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

Main articles: Surrey County Council and Local_Government_Act_1972 § Non-metropolitan_counties

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] 57 1 8 – – 6 Conservative
1967[4] 64 0 3 – – 5 Conservative
1970[5] 64 1 4 – – 3 Conservative
Local government reorganisation (72 seats)
1973 46 9 12 – – 5 Conservative
1977 68 0 2 0 – 3 Conservative
New division boundaries (76 seats)
1981 61 3 7 0 – 5 Conservative
1985 52 12 7 0 – 5 Conservative
1989 56 9 7 0 – 4 Conservative
1993 34 29 8 0 – 5 No overall control
1997 47 17 6 0 0 6 Conservative
2001 51 13 6 0 0 6 Conservative
New division boundaries (80 seats)
2005 58 12 2 0 0 8 Conservative
2009 56 13 1 0 0 10 Conservative
New division boundaries (81 seats)
2013 58 9 1 1 3 9 Conservative
2017 61 9 1 1 0 9 Conservative
2021 47 14 2 2 0 16[b] Conservative

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County result maps

  • 2013 results map
  • 2017 results map
  • 2021 results map

By-election results

1997–2001

Dorking Rural By-Election 7 May 1998
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
Addlestone By-Election 6 May 1999
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
Waverley West By-Election 28 October 1999
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
Epsom and Ewell By-Election 18 November 1999
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

2001–2005

Stanwell By-Election 20 November 2003
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
Woking West By-Election 4 March 2004
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

2005–2009

Godalming South Milford & Witley By-Election 15 September 2005[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
Ash By-Election 28 July 2006[7]
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
Englefield Green By-Election 23 November 2006[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marisa Heath[9] 664 45.9 −3.1
Liberal Democrats 317 21.9 −1.5
UKIP 281 19.4 +13.8
Labour 150 10.4 −9.2
Monster Raving Loony 34 2.4 +2.4
Majority 347 24.0
Turnout 1,446
Conservative hold Swing

2009–2013

Walton South & Oatlands By-Election 6 May 2010[10]
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 8,033 69.4 +29.7
Conservative hold Swing -4.8
Worplesdon 15 July 2010[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Sutcliffe 1,844 53.5 +5.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Ronald Cragg 1,286 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 3,448
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
Cranleigh and Ewhurst By-Election 5 May 2011[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Young 2,830 52.5 −6.1
Independent Diane James 1,093 20.3 +20.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Cole 933 17.3 −19.0
Labour Lynda MacDermott 532 9.9 +4.9
Majority 1,737 32.2
Turnout 5,388
Conservative hold Swing
Shalford By-Election 5 May 2011[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Gimson 3,602 66.1 +8.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Barnes 1,087 20.0 −2.4
Labour Michael Jeram 701 12.9 +7.8
Majority 2,515 46.2
Turnout 5,446
Conservative hold Swing +5.4
St Johns and Brookwood By-Election 19 May 2011[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Kemeny 1,342 48.9 +5.9
Liberal Democrats Christina Judith Liddington 1058 38.6 −2.8
Labour Audrey Janice Worgan 188 6.9 +3.1
UKIP Duncan Clarke 155 5.6 −6.2
Majority 284 10.3
Turnout 2,749
Conservative hold Swing
Worplesdon By-Election 3 May 2012[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Witham 2,022 53.6 +0.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Ronald Cragg 1236 32.7 −4.7
Labour Martin Phillips 517 13.7 +8.1
Majority 786 20.8
Turnout 3,794
Conservative hold Swing

2013–2017

Weybridge By-Election 7 May 2015[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ramon Gray 4,190 54.6 +22.8
Weybridge Independents Peter Harman 1,899 24.7 −0.7
Labour Elinor Jones 967 12.6 +7.5
UKIP Joe Branco 622 8.1 −8.7
Majority 2,291 29.8
Turnout 7,678
Conservative hold Swing
Epsom West By-Election 19 November 2015[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karan Persand 612 23.6 +10.8
Residents Association Neil Dallen 591 22.8 +0.0
Liberal Democrats Julie Morris 588 22.7 −5.3
Labour Kate Chinn 578 22.3 +2.1
UKIP Robert Leach 168 6.5 −9.7
Green Chris Crook 58 2.2 +2.2
Majority 21 0.8
Turnout 2,602 24.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Staines South and Ashford West By-Election 5 May 2016[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Denise Turner-Stewart 1,585 46.6 +9.0
UKIP Peter Appleford 695 20.4 −17.4
Labour Iain Raymond 543 16.0 −4.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Bateson 382 11.2 +7.4
Green Andrew McLuskey 145 4.3 +4.3
TUSC Matthew David Clarke 33 1.0 +1.0
Majority 890 26.1
Turnout 3,404
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing
Farnham South By-Election 18 August 2016[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Ramsdale 932 41.2 −9.0
Farnham Residents Jerry Hyman 754 33.4 +33.4
Liberal Democrats Joanne Aylwin 269 11.9 +11.9
Independent Mark Westcott 139 6.1 −10.0
UKIP Paul John Chapman 89 3.9 −12.3
Labour Fabian Benjamin Wood 77 3.4 −3.6
Majority 178 7.9
Turnout 2,267 22.8
Conservative hold Swing

2017–2021

The Byfleets By-Election 6 December 2018[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Amanda Boote 1,128 48.6 +48.6
Conservative Gary Elson 782 33.7 −7.7
Liberal Democrats Ellen Nicholson 309 13.3 −4.2
UKIP Lyn Sage 101 4.4 +1.1
Majority 346 14.9
Turnout 2,320 23
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Warlingham By-Election 31 January 2019[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Becky Rush 1,199 48.1 −8.2
Liberal Democrats Charles Lister 990 39.7 +10.8
UKIP Haley Martin Arthur 176 7.1 −2.9
Labour Michael Snowden 126 5.1 +0.3
Majority 209 8.4
Turnout 2,491 25
Conservative hold Swing
Haselmere By-Election 2 May 2019[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nikki Barton 2,665 65.2 +65.2
Conservative Malcolm Carter 1159 28.4 −22.9
Labour Adrian la Porta 263 6.4 −1.9
Majority 1,506 36.8
Turnout 4,087 43
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

2021–2025

Sunbury Common and Ashford Common By-Election 30 November 2022[23]
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 2,053 17
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 14.3
Horsleys By-Election 19 October 2023[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4GV Dennis Booth 1,095 39.3 −8.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Kennedy 1,023 36.7 +25.1
Conservative Alexander Stewart-Clark 569 20.4 −17.0
Labour John Barnes 99 3.6 +0.4
Majority 72 2.6
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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