Surrey County Council elections

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.

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.

Composition since 1965

1965

1967

1970

1973

1977

1981

1985

1989

1993

1997

2001

2005

2009

2013

2017

2021

Council elections

1965 Election^[2]
Party		Seats
	Conservative	57
	Labour	8
	Residents Association/Independent	6
	Liberal	1

1967 Election^[3]
Party		Seats
	Conservative	64
	Residents Association/Independent	5
	Labour	3
	Liberal	0

1970 Election^[4]
Party		Seats
	Conservative	64
	Labour	4
	Residents Association/Independent	3
	Liberal	1

1973 Election^[5]
Party		Seats
	Conservative	46
	Labour	12
	Liberal	9
	Residents Association/Independent	5

1977 Election
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.

1981 Election
Party		Seats
	Conservative	61
	Labour	7
	Residents Association/Independent	5
	Liberal	3

1985 Election
Party		Seats
	Conservative	52
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	12
	Labour	7
	Residents Association/Independent	5

1989 Election
Party		Seats
	Conservative	56
	Social & Liberal Democrats	9
	Labour	7
	Residents Association/Independent	4

1993 Election
Party		Seats
	Conservative	34
	Liberal Democrats	29
	Labour	8
	Residents Association/Independent	5

1997 Election^[6]
Party		Seats
	Conservative	47
	Liberal Democrats	17
	Labour	6
	Residents Association/Independent	6

2001 Election^[7]
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]

2005 Election^[9]
Party		Seats
	Conservative	58
	Liberal Democrats	12
	Residents Association/Independent^[10]	8
	Labour	2

2009 Surrey County Council election

2009 Election^[11]
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.

2013 Election^[12]
Party		Seats
	Conservative	58
	Liberal Democrats	9
	Residents Association/Independent	9
	UKIP	3
	Labour	1
	Green	1

2017 Surrey County Council election

2017 Election
Party		Seats
	Conservative	61
	Liberal Democrats	9
	Residents Association/Independent	9
	Green	1
	Labour	1

2021 Surrey County Council election

2021 Election
Party		Seats
	Conservative	47
	Residents Association/Independent	16
	Liberal Democrats	14
	Green	2
	Labour	2

County result maps

2013 results map
2017 results map
2021 results map

By-election results

Dorking Rural By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		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

Addlestone By-Election 6 May 1999
Party		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

Waverley West By-Election 28 October 1999
Party		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

Epsom and Ewell By-Election 18 November 1999
Party		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

Stanwell By-Election 20 November 2003
Party		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

Woking West By-Election 4 March 2004
Party		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

Godalming South Milford & Witley By-Election 15 September 2005
Party		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

Ash By-Election 28 July 2006
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

Walton South & Oatlands By-Election 6 May 2010^[13]
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

Worplesdon 15 July 2010^[14]
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

Shalford By-Election 5 May 2011^[14]
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

Cranleigh and Ewhurst By-Election 5 May 2011^[15]
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

St Johns and Brookwood By-Election 19 May 2011^[15]
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

Worplesdon By-Election 3 May 2012^[15]
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

Weybridge By-Election 7 May 2015^[15]
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

Epsom West By-election 19 November 2015^[15]
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

Staines South & Ashford West By-election 5 May 2016^[15]
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

Farnham South By-election 18 August 2016^[15]
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

The Byfleets By-election 6 December 2018^[15]
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

Warlingham By-election 31 January 2019^[15]
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

Haselmere By-election 2 May 2019^[15]
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

Sunbury Common and Ashford Common By-election 30 November 2022^[15]
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

References

^ "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
^ see Surrey Advertiser 3 April 1965 edition
^ see Surrey Advertiser April 1967
^ see Surrey Advertiser 17 April 1970 edition
^ 1973 to 1993 results source - Local Elections in Britain A Statistical Digest, 2nd edition, edited by Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher
^ pp7,8 RESEARCH PAPER 01/71 "The Local Elections of 7 June 2001" at http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/research_papers.cfm . See also http://www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5C2744D8-F982-4CCE-AC16-30B071EC1BB4/0/SurreyCountyCouncilElectionResults.pdf
^ p7 RESEARCH PAPER 01/71 "The Local Elections of 7 June 2001" at http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/research_papers.cfm . See also http://www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5C2744D8-F982-4CCE-AC16-30B071EC1BB4/0/SurreyCountyCouncilElectionResults.pdf
^ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/england/4520703.stm
^ BBC News local election results: Surrey http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/locals/html/3883.stm
^ The 8 Resident Association/Independent councillors represent electoral divisions in Elmbridge and in Epsom & Ewell, or in an electoral division bordering on Epsom & Ewell. See http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/members/membook.nsf/webSelectMember?openform
^ Surrey County Council website election results 2009: http://www1.surreycc.gov.uk/election2009/default.aspx?2009-06-06T15:59:12#election
^ "Election results declared". 3 May 2013.
^ Surrey County Council, Woodhatch Place. "Home". surreycc.gov.uk.
^ ^a ^b See www.guildford.gov.uk
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k See www.surreycc.gov.uk

External links

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[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] see Surrey Advertiser 3 April 1965 edition

[3] see Surrey Advertiser April 1967

[4] see Surrey Advertiser 17 April 1970 edition

[5] 1973 to 1993 results source - Local Elections in Britain A Statistical Digest, 2nd edition, edited by Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher

[6] 7,8 RESEARCH PAPER 01/71 "The Local Elections of 7 June 2001" at http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/research_papers.cfm . See also http://www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5C2744D8-F982-4CCE-AC16-30B071EC1BB4/0/SurreyCountyCouncilElectionResults.pdf

[7] 7 RESEARCH PAPER 01/71 "The Local Elections of 7 June 2001" at http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/research_papers.cfm . See also http://www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5C2744D8-F982-4CCE-AC16-30B071EC1BB4/0/SurreyCountyCouncilElectionResults.pdf

[8] BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/england/4520703.stm

[9] BBC News local election results: Surrey http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/locals/html/3883.stm

[10] The 8 Resident Association/Independent councillors represent electoral divisions in Elmbridge and in Epsom & Ewell, or in an electoral division bordering on Epsom & Ewell. See http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/members/membook.nsf/webSelectMember?openform

[11] Surrey County Council website election results 2009: http://www1.surreycc.gov.uk/election2009/default.aspx?2009-06-06T15:59:12#election

[12] "Election results declared". 3 May 2013.

[13] Surrey County Council, Woodhatch Place. "Home". surreycc.gov.uk.

[auto1-14] See www.guildford.gov.uk

[auto-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k See www.surreycc.gov.uk

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v t e Council elections in Surrey
Surrey County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1965 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Elmbridge Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Guildford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Mole Valley District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Runnymede Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Spelthorne Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Surrey Heath Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Tandridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Waverley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Woking Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
See also: Wards Boundary changes Middlesex County Council elections (1889–1965)