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Surrey County Council elections

Local government elections in Surrey, England

Summary

Local government elections in Surrey, England

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 article: Surrey County Council, 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.

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

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Green	UKIP	Independents
& Others	Council control
after election	1965	1967	1970	1973	1977	1981	1985	1989	1993	1997	2001	2005	2009	2013	2017	2021	Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width: 3px;"	Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"	Green Party of England and Wales}}; width: 3px;"	UKIP}}; width: 3px;"	Independent politician}}; width: 3px;"
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		Labour Party (UK)}}"		Green Party of England and Wales}}"		UKIP}}"		Independent politician}}"
57	1	8			6
64	0	3			5
64	1	4			3
Local government reorganisation (72 seats)
46	9	12			5
68	0	2	0		3
New division boundaries (76 seats)
61	3	7	0		5
52	12	7	0		5
56	9	7	0		4
34	29	8	0		5
47	17	6	0	0	6
51	13	6	0	0	6
New division boundaries (80 seats)
58	12	2	0	0	8
56	13	1	0	0	10
New division boundaries (81 seats)
58	9	1	1	3	9
61	9	1	1	0	9
47	14	2	2	0	16

Visual representation

County result maps

File:Surrey County Council 2005 election map.svg|2005 results map File:Surrey County Council 2009 election map.svg|2009 results map File:Surrey UK local election 2013 map.svg|2013 results map File:Surrey UK local election 2017 map.svg|2017 results map File:Surrey UK local election 2021 map.svg|2021 results map

By-election results

1997–2001

2001–2005

2005–2009

2009–2013

2013–2017

2017–2021

2021–2026

Notes

References

Wikipedia Source

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