Council profile

Surrey

Data through 26 October 2026

County council · South East · 81 seats in 81 divisions

The Conservatives run Surrey County Council as a minority administration. The council has 81 councillors in 81 divisions. Seats by party: Conservative 39, Lib Dem 19, Other 16, Reform 3, Labour 2, Green 2.

Surrey County Council will be abolished on 1 April 2027 under local government reorganisation, and will hold no further elections. Its area now elects East Surrey and West Surrey, new councils elected in May 2026.

Seats by party

Conservative (Minority)
81 seats - 41 for a majority
3
2
39
19
2
16
Reform 3Labour 2Conservative 39Lib Dem 19Green 2Other 16
Seat changes since the 6 May 2021 election Lib Dem +5 Reform +3 Conservative −8
Vote share at the 6 May 2021 election (81 seats, all wards)
ShareSeats won
Conservative42.2%47
Lib Dem24.7%14
Other15.7%16
Labour11.4%2
Green5.9%2
Reform0.2%0
Largest party
Conservative 39
2 short of the 41 needed for a majority
Closest result
Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell won by 9 votes over Conservative, 6 May 2021
Latest by-election
Lib Dem hold, 7 July 2026 (11 since 2021)
Constituencies
2024Now
Voted Leave in 2016
48%
GB 52%

Who holds each ward

AddlestoneAshAshfordAshteadBagshot, Windlesham and ChobhamBanstead, Woodmansterne and ChipsteadBookham and Fetcham WestCamberley EastCamberley WestCaterham HillCaterham ValleyChertseyCobhamCranleigh and EwhurstDorking HillsDorking RuralDorking South and the HolmwoodsEarlswood and Reigate SouthEast Molesey and EsherEghamEnglefield GreenEpsom Town and DownsEpsom WestEwellEwell Court, Auriol and CuddingtonFarnham CentralFarnham NorthFarnham SouthFoxhills, Thorpe and Virginia WaterFrimley Green and MytchettGodalming NorthGodalming South, Milford and WitleyGodstoneGoldsworth East and Horsell VillageGuildford EastGuildford NorthGuildford South EastGuildford South WestGuildford WestHaslemereHeatherside and ParksideHershamHinchley Wood, Claygate and OxshottHorley EastHorley West, Salfords and SidlowHorsleysKnaphill and Goldsworth WestLaleham and SheppertonLeatherhead and Fetcham EastLightwater, West End and BisleyLingfieldLower Sunbury and HallifordMerstham and Banstead SouthNork and TattenhamsOxtedRedhill EastRedhill West and MeadvaleReigateShalfordShereStainesStaines South and Ashford WestStanwell and Stanwell MoorSunbury Common and Ashford CommonTadworth, Walton and KingswoodThe ByfleetsThe DittonsWaltonWalton South and OatlandsWarlinghamWaverley Eastern VillagesWaverley Western VillagesWest EwellWest MoleseyWeybridgeWoking NorthWoking SouthWoking South EastWoking South WestWoodham and New HawWorplesdon
LabourConservativeLib 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
Addlestone
Scott Kelly
6 May 2021
Conservative 50.1% lead 31.1 pts
Ash
Carla Morson
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 55.8% lead 19.2 pts
Ashford
Joanne Sexton
6 May 2021
Independent 37.1% lead 4.6 pts
Ashtead
Chris Townsend
6 May 2021
Ashtead Independents 59.1% lead 36.9 pts
Bagshot, Windlesham and Chobham
Richard Tear
6 May 2021
Conservative 36.5% lead 6.9 pts
Banstead, Woodmansterne and Chipstead
Luke Bennett
6 May 2021
Conservative 68.8% lead 52.8 pts
Bookham and Fetcham West
Clare Curran
6 May 2021
Conservative 47.8% lead 5.0 pts
Camberley East
Trefor Hogg
6 May 2021
Conservative 56.9% lead 29.8 pts
Camberley West
Alan Ashbery
6 May 2021
Conservative 49.2% lead 16.3 pts
Caterham Hill
Jeremy Webster
6 May 2021
Conservative 43.6% lead 2.1 pts
Caterham Valley
Tony Pearce
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 47.5% lead 10.9 pts
Chertsey
Mark Nuti
6 May 2021
Conservative 60.4% lead 39.2 pts
Cobham
David Lewis
6 May 2021
Conservative 65.6% lead 38.2 pts
Cranleigh and Ewhurst
Liz Townsend
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 46.5% lead 2.4 pts
Dorking Hills
Hazel Watson
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 58.6% lead 29.0 pts
Dorking Rural
Helyn Clack
6 May 2021
Conservative 49.2% lead 11.3 pts
Dorking South and the Holmwoods
Stephen Cooksey
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 54.7% lead 25.5 pts
Earlswood and Reigate South
Catherine Baart
6 May 2021
Green 44.6% lead 3.2 pts
East Molesey and Esher
Steve Bax
6 May 2021
Conservative 54.2% lead 23.5 pts
Egham
Robert King
6 May 2021
Labour 39.3% lead 3.3 pts
Englefield Green
Marisa Heath
6 May 2021
Conservative 36.0% lead 4.5 pts
Epsom Town and Downs
Steven McCormick
6 May 2021
Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell 28.7% lead 0.1 pts
Epsom West
Bernie Muir
6 May 2021
Conservative 32.8% lead 7.5 pts
Ewell
John Beckett
6 May 2021
Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell 62.1% lead 43.8 pts
Ewell Court, Auriol and Cuddington
Eber Kington
6 May 2021
Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell 66.4% lead 52.4 pts
Farnham Central
Andy MacLeod
6 May 2021
Farnham Residents 67.3% lead 44.8 pts
Farnham North
Catherine Powell
6 May 2021
Farnham Residents 55.8% lead 36.8 pts
Farnham South
Michaela Martin
6 May 2021
Farnham Residents 40.5% lead 4.0 pts
Foxhills, Thorpe and Virginia Water
Jonathan Hulley
6 May 2021
Conservative 49.3% lead 23.5 pts
Frimley Green and Mytchett
Paul Deach
6 May 2021
Conservative 61.7% lead 30.5 pts
Godalming North
Penny Rivers
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 59.6% lead 29.7 pts
Godalming South, Milford and Witley
Paul Follows
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 58.8% lead 22.3 pts
Godstone
Chris Farr
6 May 2021
Independent 39.2% lead 5.4 pts
Goldsworth East and Horsell Village
Lance Spencer
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 46.7% lead 4.0 pts
Guildford East
George Potter
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 32.3% lead 1.8 pts
Guildford North
Julia McShane
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 44.2% lead 8.8 pts
Guildford South East
Catherine Houston
6 May 2021
Residents for Guildford and Villages 37.7% lead 6.8 pts
Guildford South West
Angela Goodwin
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 47.2% lead 27.2 pts
Guildford West
Fiona White
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 42.6% lead 15.2 pts
Haslemere
Terry Weldon
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 50.0% lead 7.0 pts
Heatherside and Parkside
Edward Hawkins
6 May 2021
Conservative 48.6% lead 4.1 pts
Hersham
John O'Reilly
6 May 2021
Conservative 59.0% lead 31.9 pts
Hinchley Wood, Claygate and Oxshott
Andy Burton
6 May 2021
Conservative 46.9% lead 2.6 pts
Horley East
Jordan Beech
6 May 2021
Conservative 57.0% lead 34.0 pts
Horley West, Salfords and Sidlow
Andy Lynch
6 May 2021
Conservative 65.8% lead 31.6 pts
Horsleys
Dennis Booth
6 May 2021
Residents for Guildford and Villages 47.8% lead 10.4 pts
Knaphill and Goldsworth West
Saj Hussain
6 May 2021
Conservative 47.0% lead 24.9 pts
Laleham and Shepperton
Maureen Attewell
6 May 2021
Conservative 59.9% lead 41.7 pts
Leatherhead and Fetcham East
Tim Hall
6 May 2021
Conservative 53.9% lead 27.0 pts
Lightwater, West End and Bisley
Rebecca Jennings-Evans
6 May 2021
Conservative 43.8% lead 11.8 pts
Lingfield
Lesley Steeds
6 May 2021
Conservative 49.2% lead 24.8 pts
Lower Sunbury and Halliford
Buddhi Weerasinghe
6 May 2021
Conservative 40.5% lead 0.7 pts
Merstham and Banstead South
Frank Kelly
6 May 2021
Conservative 56.7% lead 35.9 pts
Nork and Tattenhams
Peter Harp
6 May 2021
Nork & Tattenhams Residents' Associations 63.8% lead 42.8 pts
Oxted
Cameron McIntosh
6 May 2021
Conservative 51.7% lead 32.0 pts
Redhill East
Jonathan Essex
6 May 2021
Green 65.3% lead 44.3 pts
Redhill West and Meadvale
Natalie Bramhall
6 May 2021
Conservative 43.4% lead 10.5 pts
Reigate
Victor Lewanski
6 May 2021
Conservative 46.1% lead 22.4 pts
Shalford
Matt Furniss
6 May 2021
Conservative 56.0% lead 32.4 pts
Shere
Robert Hughes
6 May 2021
Conservative 37.2% lead 1.8 pts
Staines
Sinead Mooney
6 May 2021
Conservative 33.0% lead 6.7 pts
Staines South and Ashford West
Denise Turner-Stewart
6 May 2021
Conservative 50.1% lead 16.8 pts
Stanwell and Stanwell Moor
Robert Evans
6 May 2021
Labour 46.3% lead 6.6 pts
Sunbury Common and Ashford Common
Harry Boparai
6 May 2021
Conservative 46.6% lead 27.8 pts
Tadworth, Walton and Kingswood
Rebecca Paul
6 May 2021
Conservative 69.8% lead 58.9 pts
The Byfleets
Amanda Boote
6 May 2021
Independent 54.2% lead 24.4 pts
The Dittons
Nick Darby
6 May 2021
Thames Ditton / Weston Green Residents' Association 49.7% lead 27.3 pts
Walton
Rachael Lake
6 May 2021
Conservative 48.1% lead 13.5 pts
Walton South and Oatlands
Ashley Tilling
6 May 2021
Conservative 53.6% lead 17.0 pts
Warlingham
Jacquie Thomson
6 May 2021
Conservative 58.2% lead 29.8 pts
Waverley Eastern Villages
Kevin Deanus
6 May 2021
Conservative 61.8% lead 33.3 pts
Waverley Western Villages
David Harmer
6 May 2021
Conservative 57.8% lead 32.8 pts
West Ewell
Jan Mason
6 May 2021
Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell 48.3% lead 29.2 pts
West Molesey
Ernest Mallett
6 May 2021
The Molesey Residents Association 47.4% lead 21.8 pts
Weybridge
Tim Oliver
6 May 2021
Conservative 49.7% lead 16.1 pts
Woking North
Riasat Khan
6 May 2021
Conservative 47.8% lead 3.3 pts
Woking South
Louise Morales
6 May 2021
Lib Dem 58.0% lead 32.5 pts
Woking South East
Liz Bowes
6 May 2021
Conservative 50.5% lead 14.4 pts
Woking South West
Ayesha Azad
6 May 2021
Conservative 45.6% lead 12.2 pts
Woodham and New Haw
Scott Lewis
6 May 2021
Conservative 60.6% lead 37.3 pts
Worplesdon
Keith Witham
6 May 2021
Conservative 59.8% lead 43.2 pts

Changed party since the election

4 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

WardCouncillorElected asNow
Epsom Town and DownsSteven McCormickResidents Associations of Epsom and Ewell 2021Conservative
Horley West, Salfords and SidlowAndy LynchConservative 2021Reform
ReigateVictor LewanskiConservative 2021Independent
Woking NorthRiasat KhanConservative 2021Independent

Every council by-election since 2021

11 by-elections since July 2021, 6 of them gains.

DateWardResultWinner's share
7 July 2026HaslemereLib Dem hold47.8%
16 October 2025Camberley WestLib Dem gain from Conservative49.5%
16 October 2025Caterham ValleyLib Dem hold48.0%
16 October 2025Guildford South EastLib Dem gain from Local party41.0%
21 August 2025AddlestoneReform gain from Conservative34.0%
21 August 2025Hinchley Wood Claygate & OxshottLib Dem gain from Conservative38.0%
10 July 2025Woking SouthLib Dem hold63.8%
1 May 2025Nork and TattenhamsOther hold53.9%
19 October 2023HorsleysR4GV hold
4 May 2023Walton South and OatlandsLib Dem gain from Conservative44.1%
30 November 2022Sunbury Common and Ashford CommonLib Dem gain from Conservative35.9%

Parliamentary constituencies

ConstituencyShare of council2024 winnerProjected now
Reigate9%ConservativeConservative 35%
Runnymede and Weybridge9%ConservativeConservative 37%
Epsom and Ewell9%Lib DemLib Dem 42%
Woking9%Lib DemLib Dem 42%
Godalming and Ash8%ConservativeConservative 42%
Spelthorne8%ConservativeConservative 33%
Esher and Walton8%Lib DemLib Dem 47%
Guildford8%Lib DemLib Dem 46%
Surrey Heath8%Lib DemConservative 35%
East Surrey8%ConservativeConservative 38%
Dorking and Horley8%Lib DemLib Dem 35%
Farnham and Bordon6%ConservativeConservative 36%
Windsor1%ConservativeConservative 34%

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.

Who lives in Surrey

1,203,106 residents in 481,856 households

Voted Leave in 2016
48% 4 below GB
Degree or higher
42% 8 above GB
No qualifications
13% 5 below GB
Own their home
70% 9 above GB
Rent from a council or housing association
11% 6 below GB
Rent privately
17% 3 below GB
Aged 15 to 34
27% 4 below GB
Aged 65 and over
23% 1 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

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.