Surrey County Council elections

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Surrey County Council is elected every four years and was made in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888. Since 1965 this council has had one of two statuses as to its body of councillors: no overall political control, or overall Conservative party control.

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Political context

Its area was significantly altered in 1965, taking much of its north into Greater London and adding an area forming one present district from Middlesex which was dissolved. To accommodate this, councillors elected in 1961 had their three year-term extended for an extra year and the April 1964 election took place in 1965. [1]

Since 1974 all Surrey areas have had district/borough councils providing a second tier of services (see the Local Government Act 1972) replacing Urban Districts and Rural Districts.

Approximately a third of the population elect a further more localised third tier of local government to civil parishes such as Farnham, Claygate and Horley.

Major services provided include social services, minerals strategy and permissions, waste planning and substantial elements of transport (excluding railways) and education. The county has no grammar schools (which tend to have less local authority control) however academies and free schools in the 21st century have been set up in Surrey meaning a lower proportion of schools are run by the authority than in the 20th century.

Council composition

Composition of the council [2]
Year Conservative Liberal Democrats [a] Labour Green UKIP Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
1965 [3] 5718––6Conservative
1967 [4] 6403––5Conservative
1970 [5] 6414––3Conservative
Local government reorganisation (72 seats)
1973 46912––5Conservative
1977 68020–3Conservative
New division boundaries (76 seats)
1981 61370–5Conservative
1985 521270–5Conservative
1989 56970–4Conservative
1993 342980–5No overall control
1997 47176006Conservative
2001 51136006Conservative
New division boundaries (80 seats)
2005 58122008Conservative
2009 561310010Conservative
New division boundaries (81 seats)
2013 5891139Conservative
2017 6191109Conservative
2021 471422016 [b] Conservative

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County result maps

By-election results

1997–2001

Dorking Rural By-Election 7 May 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,93055.3+4.7
Liberal Democrats 1,24535.7−1.8
Labour 3128.9−3.0
Majority 68519.6
Turnout 3,487
Conservative hold Swing 3.2
Addlestone By-Election 6 May 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 2,42859.1+9.3
Labour 1,67840.9+7.6
Majority 75018.2
Turnout 4,10632.3
Conservative hold Swing 0.8
Waverley West By-Election 28 October 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,90452.1+8.9
Liberal Democrats 1,62944.5−6.1
Labour 1233.4−2.8
Majority 2787.6
Turnout 3,65931.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 7.5
Epsom and Ewell By-Election 18 November 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent 84738.5−31.5
Conservative 73633.7+33.7
Liberal Democrats 47221.6−8.1
Labour 1295.9+5.9
Majority 1114.8
Turnout 2,18418.9
Independent hold Swing -32.6

2001–2005

Stanwell By-Election 20 November 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 74140.1−9.9
Conservative 72939.4+3.8
Liberal Democrats 28215.2+6.5
Independent 985.3−0.3
Majority 120.7
Turnout 1,85022.5
Labour hold Swing -6.8
Woking West By-Election 4 March 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,67257.2+9.3
Conservative 1,02234.9+4.0
Labour 2317.9−13.3
Majority 65022.3
Turnout 2,92518.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +2.6

2005–2009

Godalming South Milford & Witley By-Election 15 September 2005 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 2,04249.4+0.1
Liberal Democrats 1,97447.8+6.7
Labour 1152.8−6.7
Majority 681.6
Turnout 4,13139.6
Conservative hold Swing -3.3
Ash By-Election 28 July 2006 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marsha Moseley1,54763.3+12.2
Liberal Democrats Denise Smith89836.7+3.5
Majority 64926.6
Turnout 2,44527.7
Conservative hold Swing +4.3
Englefield Green By-Election 23 November 2006 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marisa Heath [9] 66445.9−3.1
Liberal Democrats 31721.9−1.5
UKIP 28119.4+13.8
Labour 15010.4−9.2
Monster Raving Loony 342.4+2.4
Majority 34724.0
Turnout 1,446
Conservative hold Swing

2009–2013

Walton South & Oatlands By-Election 6 May 2010 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Samuels523165.1−0.2
Liberal Democrats Vicki Macleod280234.9+9.3
Majority 242930.2
Turnout 8,03369.4+29.7
Conservative hold Swing -4.8
Worplesdon 15 July 2010 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Sutcliffe1,84453.5+5.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Ronald Cragg1,28637.3+2.4
Labour Martin Phillips1935.6+1.5
UKIP Mazhar Manzoor782.3−9.8
Peace John Hugh Morris391.1+1.1
Majority 55816.2
Turnout 3,448
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
Cranleigh and Ewhurst By-Election 5 May 2011 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Young2,83052.5−6.1
Independent Diane James 1,09320.3+20.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Cole93317.3−19.0
Labour Lynda MacDermott5329.9+4.9
Majority 1,73732.2
Turnout 5,388
Conservative hold Swing
Shalford By-Election 5 May 2011 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Gimson3,60266.1+8.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Barnes1,08720.0−2.4
Labour Michael Jeram70112.9+7.8
Majority 2,51546.2
Turnout 5,446
Conservative hold Swing +5.4
St Johns and Brookwood By-Election 19 May 2011 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Kemeny1,34248.9+5.9
Liberal Democrats Christina Judith Liddington105838.6−2.8
Labour Audrey Janice Worgan1886.9+3.1
UKIP Duncan Clarke1555.6−6.2
Majority 28410.3
Turnout 2,749
Conservative hold Swing
Worplesdon By-Election 3 May 2012 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Witham2,02253.6+0.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Ronald Cragg123632.7−4.7
Labour Martin Phillips51713.7+8.1
Majority 78620.8
Turnout 3,794
Conservative hold Swing

2013–2017

Weybridge By-Election 7 May 2015 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ramon Gray4,19054.6+22.8
Weybridge IndependentsPeter Harman1,89924.7−0.7
Labour Elinor Jones96712.6+7.5
UKIP Joe Branco6228.1−8.7
Majority 2,29129.8
Turnout 7,678
Conservative hold Swing
Epsom West By-Election 19 November 2015 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Karan Persand61223.6+10.8
Residents Association Neil Dallen59122.8+0.0
Liberal Democrats Julie Morris58822.7−5.3
Labour Kate Chinn57822.3+2.1
UKIP Robert Leach1686.5−9.7
Green Chris Crook582.2+2.2
Majority 210.8
Turnout 2,60224.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Staines South and Ashford West By-Election 5 May 2016 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Denise Turner-Stewart1,58546.6+9.0
UKIP Peter Appleford69520.4−17.4
Labour Iain Raymond54316.0−4.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Bateson38211.2+7.4
Green Andrew McLuskey1454.3+4.3
TUSC Matthew David Clarke331.0+1.0
Majority 89026.1
Turnout 3,404
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing
Farnham South By-Election 18 August 2016 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Ramsdale93241.2−9.0
Farnham ResidentsJerry Hyman75433.4+33.4
Liberal Democrats Joanne Aylwin26911.9+11.9
Independent Mark Westcott1396.1−10.0
UKIP Paul John Chapman893.9−12.3
Labour Fabian Benjamin Wood773.4−3.6
Majority 1787.9
Turnout 2,26722.8
Conservative hold Swing

2017–2021

The Byfleets By-Election 6 December 2018 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Amanda Boote1,12848.6+48.6
Conservative Gary Elson78233.7−7.7
Liberal Democrats Ellen Nicholson30913.3−4.2
UKIP Lyn Sage1014.4+1.1
Majority 34614.9
Turnout 2,32023
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Warlingham By-Election 31 January 2019 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Becky Rush1,19948.1−8.2
Liberal Democrats Charles Lister99039.7+10.8
UKIP Haley Martin Arthur1767.1−2.9
Labour Michael Snowden1265.1+0.3
Majority 2098.4
Turnout 2,49125
Conservative hold Swing
Haselmere By-Election 2 May 2019 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Nikki Barton2,66565.2+65.2
Conservative Malcolm Carter115928.4−22.9
Labour Adrian la Porta2636.4−1.9
Majority 1,50636.8
Turnout 4,08743
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

2021–2025

Sunbury Common and Ashford Common By-Election 30 November 2022 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Harry Boparai73535.9+17.1
Conservative Naz Islam72035.1−11.4
Labour Khalid Mustafa38318.7+2.6
Reform UK Rory O'Brien1447.0+2.5
Majority 150.7
Turnout 2,05317
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 14.3
Horsleys By-Election 19 October 2023 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
R4GV Dennis Booth1,09539.3−8.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Kennedy1,02336.7+25.1
Conservative Alexander Stewart-Clark56920.4−17.0
Labour John Barnes993.6+0.4
Majority 722.6
Turnout 2,786
R4GV hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ Including 10 Residents Association, 2 R4GV

References

  1. ↑ "London Government Act 1963". legislation.gov.uk. 31 July 1963. Retrieved 25 July 2023. As respects the counties of Essex, Kent and Surrey the ordinary election of county councillors due (apart from this paragraph) to take place in April 1964 shall be postponed until such date in 1965 as the Secretary of State may by order specify in relation to the county in question
  2. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Surrey Advertiser, 3 April 1965.
  4. ↑ Surrey Advertiser, April 1967
  5. ↑ Surrey Advertiser, 17 April 1970
  6. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Godalming South, Milford and Witley Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Ash Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Englefield Green Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Marisa Heath". Surrey County Council. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Walton South and Oatlands Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  11. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Worplesdon Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cranleigh and Ewhurst Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Shalford Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Johns and Brookwood Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Worplesdon Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Weybridge Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Epsom West Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Staines South and Ashford West Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Farnham South Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  20. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — The Byfleets Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  21. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Warlingham Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  22. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Haslemere Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  23. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sunbury Common and Ashford Common Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  24. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Horsleys Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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