Council profile

East Surrey

Data through 26 October 2026

Unitary authority (shadow authority until 1 April 2027) · South East · 72 seats in 36 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 1 May 2031

Liberal Democrats have a majority on East Surrey Council. The council has 72 councillors in 36 wards. Seats by party: Lib Dem 39, Conservative 10, Other 9, Green 8, Reform 5. The next election is on 1 May 2031.

Seats by party

Liberal Democrats (Majority)
72 seats - 37 for a majority
5
10
39
8
9
1
Reform 5Conservative 10Lib Dem 39Green 8Other 9Vacant 1
Seat changes since the 7 May 2026 election Lib Dem −1 1 vacant
Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (72 seats, all wards)
ShareSeats won
Lib Dem27.7%40
Conservative21.8%10
Reform20.0%5
Other15.5%9
Green11.3%8
Labour3.6%0

2026 election results for East Surrey, ward by ward

Next election
1 May 2031
all 72 seats up, then every four years
Largest party
Lib Dem 39
majority of 6; 37 needed
Closest result
Conservative won the last seat by 6 votes over Lib Dem, 7 May 2026
Constituencies
2024Now

Who holds each ward

AshteadBanstead, Woodmansterne & ChipsteadBookham & Fetcham WestCaterham HillCaterham ValleyCobham & Oxshott SouthDorkingDorking HillsDorking RuralEarlswood & Reigate SouthEpsom Town & DownsEpsom WestEsher, Claygate & Oxshott NorthEwell Court, Auriol & CuddingtonEwell Village, Stoneleigh & NonsuchGodstoneHershamHorley EastHorley West, Salfords & SidlowLeatherhead & Fetcham EastLingfieldLong Ditton, Hinchley Wood & Weston GreenMerstham & Banstead SouthNork & TattenhamsOxtedRedhill East & North EarlswoodRedhill West & MeadvaleReigateTadworth, Walton & KingswoodThames Ditton & East MoleseyWaltonWalton South & OatlandsWarlinghamWest EwellWest MoleseyWeybridge
ConservativeLib DemReformGreenIndependentOther

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillorsLast election
Ashtead
Andy Smith, Chris Hunt
7 May 2026
Ashtead Independents 49.6% lead 33.1 pts
Banstead, Woodmansterne & Chipstead
Lynne Fletcher, James King
7 May 2026
Conservative 45.0% lead 18.8 pts
Bookham & Fetcham West
Caroline Joseph, Andrew Matthews
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 46.7% lead 22.7 pts
Caterham Hill
Martin Redman, Ben Horne
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 37.0% lead 8.5 pts
Caterham Valley
Robin Spencer, Tony Pearce
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 45.0% lead 20.5 pts
Cobham & Oxshott South
David Lewis, Alan Parker
7 May 2026
Conservative 47.5% lead 22.2 pts
Dorking
Stephen Cooksey, Bradley Nelson
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 51.2% lead 34.5 pts
Dorking Hills
Claire Malcomson, Abhiram Magesh
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 42.3% lead 16.0 pts
Dorking Rural
Dineke van den Bogerd, Vacant
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 34.4% lead 5.5 pts
Earlswood & Reigate South
Robin Whitwell, Neha Boghani
7 May 2026
Green 38.8% lead 11.8 pts
Epsom Town & Downs
Melissa Baynes, Roy Deadman
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 43.3% lead 19.8 pts
Epsom West
David Buxton, John Hindmarsh
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 41.4% lead 25.3 pts
Esher, Claygate & Oxshott North
Andrew Burton, Alex Coomes
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 35.4% lead 6.4 pts
Ewell Court, Auriol & Cuddington
Peter O’Donovan, Eber Kington
7 May 2026
Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell 44.9% lead 26.4 pts
Ewell Village, Stoneleigh & Nonsuch
Alan Avis, Julian Freeman
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 31.1% lead 6.8 pts
Godstone
Simon Lock, Steve Paris
7 May 2026
Reform 31.0% lead 1.9 pts
Hersham
Wendy Gibbs, John Cope
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 35.7% lead 4.8 pts
Horley East
Barry Maguire, David Heaver
7 May 2026
Reform 28.1% lead 0.2 pts
Horley West, Salfords & Sidlow
Andrew Stevens, Steve Wotton
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 35.2% lead 2.7 pts
Leatherhead & Fetcham East
Alan Thompson, Jolanta Waugh
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 34.0% lead 4.5 pts
Lingfield
Lesley Steeds, Nick Greenfield
7 May 2026
Conservative 30.2% lead 2 votes
Long Ditton, Hinchley Wood & Weston Green
Fran Fish, Neil Houston
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 40.6% lead 8.4 pts
Merstham & Banstead South
Shasha Khan, Joel Gabriel
7 May 2026
Green 32.7% lead 3.2 pts
Nork & Tattenhams
Peter Harp, Tim Snuggs
7 May 2026
Nork & Tattenhams Residents' Associations 50.1% lead 25.7 pts
Oxted
Deb Shiner, Cameron McIntosh
7 May 2026
Independent 25.4% lead 0.4 pts
Redhill East & North Earlswood
Jonathan Essex, Stephen McKenna
7 May 2026
Green 56.4% lead 40.4 pts
Redhill West & Meadvale
Elly Heaton, Nick Abear
7 May 2026
Green 27.5% lead 0.9 pts
Reigate
Mike Robinson, Mark Johnston
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 30.6% lead 3.2 pts
Tadworth, Walton & Kingswood
Shelly Newton, George Curry
7 May 2026
Conservative 36.5% lead 10.1 pts
Thames Ditton & East Molesey
Sue Fergy, Vicky Zadeh
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 30.5% lead 6.2 pts
Walton
Nick Dodds, Joshua Lambert
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 33.1% lead 15.5 pts
Walton South & Oatlands
Ashley Tilling, Kirsty Hewens
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 42.3% lead 17.3 pts
Warlingham
Ryan Bloomfield, Jeremy Pursehouse
7 May 2026
Independent 25.9% lead 3.7 pts
West Ewell
Jeremy Smith, Sammi Villabon
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 34.5% lead 10.4 pts
West Molesey
Steve Bax, Ernest Mallett
7 May 2026
Conservative 33.9% lead 12.6 pts
Weybridge
Eva Ferlez, Pippa Graeme
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 36.1% lead 11.4 pts

Parliamentary constituencies

ConstituencyShare of council2024 winnerProjected now
Reigate20%ConservativeConservative 35%
Epsom and Ewell20%Lib DemLib Dem 42%
Esher and Walton19%Lib DemLib Dem 47%
East Surrey18%ConservativeConservative 38%
Dorking and Horley17%Lib DemLib Dem 35%
Runnymede and Weybridge7%ConservativeConservative 37%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.