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.
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.
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 57 | |
Labour | 8 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 6 | |
Liberal | 1 |
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 64 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 5 | |
Labour | 3 | |
Liberal | 0 |
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 64 | |
Labour | 4 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 3 | |
Liberal | 1 |
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 46 | |
Labour | 12 | |
Liberal | 9 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 5 |
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 68 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 3 | |
Labour | 2 | |
Liberal | 0 |
The number of electoral divisions on Surrey County Council was increased to 76, in time for the 1981 election.
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 61 | |
Labour | 7 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 5 | |
Liberal | 3 |
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 52 | |
SDP-Liberal Alliance | 12 | |
Labour | 7 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 5 |
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 56 | |
Social & Liberal Democrats | 9 | |
Labour | 7 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 4 |
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 34 | |
Liberal Democrats | 29 | |
Labour | 8 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 5 |
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 47 | |
Liberal Democrats | 17 | |
Labour | 6 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 6 |
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 51 | |
Liberal Democrats | 13 | |
Labour | 6 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 6 |
The number of electoral divisions on Surrey County Council was increased from 76 to 80, in time for the 2005 election. [8]
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 58 | |
Liberal Democrats | 12 | |
Residents Association/Independent [10] | 8 | |
Labour | 2 |
2009 Surrey County Council election
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 56 | |
Liberal Democrats | 13 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 10 | |
Labour | 1 |
2013 Surrey County Council election
The number of electoral divisions on Surrey County Council was increased from 80 to 81, in time for the 2013 election.
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 58 | |
Liberal Democrats | 9 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 9 | |
UKIP | 3 | |
Labour | 1 | |
Green | 1 |
2017 Surrey County Council election
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 61 | |
Liberal Democrats | 9 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 9 | |
Green | 1 | |
Labour | 1 |
2021 Surrey County Council election
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 47 | |
Residents Association/Independent | 16 | |
Liberal Democrats | 14 | |
Green | 2 | |
Labour | 2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,930 | 55.3 | +4.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1,245 | 35.7 | -1.8 | ||
Labour | 312 | 8.9 | -3.0 | ||
Majority | 685 | 19.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,487 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 2,428 | 59.1 | +9.3 | ||
Labour | 1,678 | 40.9 | +7.6 | ||
Majority | 750 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,106 | 32.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,904 | 52.1 | +8.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1,629 | 44.5 | -6.1 | ||
Labour | 123 | 3.4 | -2.8 | ||
Majority | 278 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,659 | 31.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 7.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 847 | 38.5 | -31.5 | ||
Conservative | 736 | 33.7 | +33.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 472 | 21.6 | -8.1 | ||
Labour | 129 | 5.9 | +5.9 | ||
Majority | 111 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,184 | 18.9 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | -32.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 741 | 40.1 | -9.9 | ||
Conservative | 729 | 39.4 | +3.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 282 | 15.2 | +6.5 | ||
Independent | 98 | 5.3 | -0.3 | ||
Majority | 12 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,850 | 22.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 1,672 | 57.2 | +9.3 | ||
Conservative | 1,022 | 34.9 | +4.0 | ||
Labour | 231 | 7.9 | -13.3 | ||
Majority | 650 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,925 | 18.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 2,042 | 49.4 | +0.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1,974 | 47.8 | +6.7 | ||
Labour | 115 | 2.8 | -6.7 | ||
Majority | 68 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,131 | 39.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marsha Moseley | 1,547 | 63.3 | +12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Denise Smith | 898 | 36.7 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 649 | 26.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,445 | 27.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Samuels | 5231 | 65.1 | -0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vicki Macleod | 2802 | 34.9 | +9.3 | |
Majority | 2429 | 30.2 | |||
Turnout | 8033 | 69.4 | +29.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Sutcliffe | 1844 | 53.5 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Ronald Cragg | 1286 | 37.3 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Martin Phillips | 193 | 5.6 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Mazhar Manzoor | 78 | 2.3 | -9.8 | |
Peace | John Hugh Morris | 39 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 558 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 3448 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon George Stanford Gimson | 3602 | 66.1 | +8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Howard Barnes | 1087 | 20.0 | -2.4 | |
Labour | Michael Stanley Jeram | 701 | 12.9 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 2515 | 46.2 | |||
Turnout | 5446 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Edward Young | 2830 | |||
Independent | Diane Martine James | 1093 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Ernest Cole | 933 | |||
Labour | Lynda May Macdermott | 532 | |||
Majority | 1737 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Stephanie Kemeny | 1342 | 48.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christina Judith Liddington | 1058 | 38.5 | ||
Labour | Audrey Janice Worgan | 188 | 6.8 | ||
UKIP | Duncan Clarke | 155 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 284 | 10.3 | |||
Turnout | 2749 | 28.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Francis Witham | 2022 | 53.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Ronald Cragg | 1236 | 32.6 | ||
Labour | Martin Phillips | 517 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 786 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 3794 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ramon John Gray | 4190 | 54.6 | ||
Weybridge Independents | Peter Michael Harman | 1899 | 24.7 | ||
Labour | Elinor Mair Jones | 967 | 12.6 | ||
UKIP | Joe Branco | 622 | 8.1 | ||
Majority | 2291 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 67.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karan Persand | 612 | 23.5 | ||
Residents | Neil Andrew Dallen | 591 | 22.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Julie Anne Morris | 588 | 22.6 | ||
Labour | Kate Chinn | 578 | 22.2 | ||
UKIP | Robert Leach | 168 | 6.5 | ||
Green | Chris Crook | 58 | 2.2 | ||
Majority | 21 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,602 | 24.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denise Turner-Stewart | 1,585 | 46.6 | +9.0 | |
UKIP | Peter Alfred Appleford | 695 | 20.4 | -17.4 | |
Labour | Iain Lochiel Raymond | 543 | 16.0 | -4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Leslie Bateson | 382 | 11.2 | +7.4 | |
Green | Andrew McLuskey | 145 | 4.3 | New | |
TUSC | Matthew David Clarke | 33 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 890 | 26.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,404 | ||||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Wyatt Ramsdale | 932 | 41.1 | ||
Farnham Residents | Jerry Hyman | 754 | 33.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Joanne Maxwell Aylwin | 269 | 11.9 | ||
Independent | Mark Edward Westcott | 139 | 6.1 | ||
UKIP | Paul John Chapman | 89 | 3.9 | ||
Labour | Fabian Benjamin Wood | 77 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 178 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,267 | 22.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Amanda Jayne Boote | 1128 | 49 | ||
Conservative | Gary William Elson | 782 | 34 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ellen Sophie Nicholson | 309 | 13 | ||
UKIP | Lyn Sage | 101 | 4 | ||
Majority | 346 | 15 | |||
Turnout | 2,320 | 23 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Becky Rush | 1199 | 48 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Charles Edward Lister | 990 | 40 | ||
UKIP | Haley Martin Arthur | 176 | 7 | ||
Labour | Michael Snowden | 126 | 5 | ||
Majority | 209 | 8 | |||
Turnout | 2,491 | 25 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Nikki Barton | 2665 | 65 | ||
Conservative | Malcolm Carter | 1159 | 28 | ||
Labour | Adrian Paul La Porta | 263 | 6 | ||
Majority | 1,506 | 37 | |||
Turnout | 4,087 | 43 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Harry Boparai | 735 | 35.9 | +17.1 | |
Conservative | Naz Islam | 720 | 35.1 | -11.4 | |
Labour | Khalid Mustafa | 383 | 18.7 | +2.6 | |
Reform UK | Rory O'Brien | 144 | 7.0 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 15 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2053 | 17 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 14.3 | |||
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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