Surrey Heath Borough Council elections

Surrey Heath Borough Council the local authority for Surrey Heath borough within the county of Surrey is elected every four years. Since the latest boundary changes in 2019, 35 councillors are elected to 14 wards of which seven are three member and the remainder are two member.

Council elections

Composition of the council ^[1]

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats [a]	Green [b]	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (36 seats)
1973	35	0	0	–	1		Conservative
New ward boundaries (36 seats)
1976	31	2	0	0	3		Conservative
1979	36	0	0	0	0		Conservative
1983	36	0	0	0	0		Conservative
1987	36	0	0	0	0		Conservative
1991	31	1	4	0	0		Conservative
1995	22	5	7	0	2		Conservative
1999	20	7	7	0	2 [c]		Conservative
New ward boundaries (40 seats)
2003	22	3	13	0	2		Conservative
2007	30	2	7	0	1		Conservative
2011	36	2	0	0	2		Conservative
2015	36	1	1	0	2		Conservative
New ward boundaries (40 seats)
2019	18	1	10	2	4		Conservative
2023	6	2	24	0	3		Liberal Democrats

• 1973 Surrey Heath Borough Council election
• 1976 Surrey Heath Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[2]
• 1979 Surrey Heath Borough Council election
• 1983 Surrey Heath Borough Council election
• 1987 Surrey Heath Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^[3]
• 1991 Surrey Heath Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^[4]
• 1995 Surrey Heath Borough Council election
• 1999 Surrey Heath Borough Council election
• 2003 Surrey Heath Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[5]
• 2007 Surrey Heath Borough Council election
• 2011 Surrey Heath Borough Council election
• 2015 Surrey Heath Borough Council election
• 2019 Surrey Heath Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[6]
• 2023 Surrey Heath Borough Council election

Results maps

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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

2007–2011

Bagshot By-election 13 December 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gret Woodason	720	55.0	+5.2
	Conservative	Valerie White	590	45.0	−5.2
Majority			130	10.0
Turnout			1,310	31.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2011–2015

Old Dean By-election 4 November 2014 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heather Gerred	290	44.1	−5.7
	Conservative	Max Nelson	196	29.8	−0.5
	UKIP	Eddie Hill	171	26.0	+14.3
Majority			94	14.3
Turnout			657
	Labour hold		Swing

2019–2023

Bagshot By-election 6 May 2021 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Gordon	1,225	54.1	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Wilson	1,038	45.9	−2.3
Majority			187	8.3
Turnout			2,263
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Frimley Green By-election 14 October 2021 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Black	896	48.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jacques Olmo	877	47.4
Majority			19	1.0
Turnout			1,310
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bisley and West End By-election 14 April 2022 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Noble	1286	66.2	43.1
	Conservative	Tony Henderson	662	33.8	6.2
Majority			624	31.9	14.4
Turnout			1,956	28.3	2.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	24.65

2023–2027

Old Dean By-election 24 October 2024 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Hough	394	44.7
	Conservative	Catherine Gibbard	278	31.6
	Reform UK	Sam Goggin	109	12.4
	Labour	Charlie Wilson	96	10.9
	Independent	Tal Belnik	4	0.5
Majority			116	13.2
Turnout			881
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

External links

• Surrey Heath Borough Council

Notes

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
2. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.
3. 2 vacant seats

References

1. "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
2. legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Surrey Heath (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
3. legislation.gov.uk – The Surrey (District Boundaries) Order 1986. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
4. legislation.gov.uk – The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
5. legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Surrey Heath (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
6. "The Surrey Heath (Electoral Changes) Order 2017" . Retrieved 19 September 2022.
7. "Local Elections Archive Project — Old Dean Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
8. "Local Elections Archive Project — Bagshot Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
9. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Surrey Heath Borough Council. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
10. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Surrey Heath Borough Council. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
11. "Local Elections Archive Project — Old Dean Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.