The 2025 Surrey County Council election is due to take place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Surrey County Council in Surrey, England.[1] All 81 seats will be elected, this will be on the same day as other local elections. All councillors will be elected for four-year terms using first-past-the-post voting.
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The 2025 election will be held under new division boundaries following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.[2]
Background
editAt the 2021 election, the Conservatives won a majority of seats but had lost three seats to by-elections, defections and suspensions, leaving them with a working majority of 7.[3]
The 2025 election will be the first since 2009 to be held under a Labour government in Westminster.
References
edit- ^ "Election timetable in England". Electoral Commission. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ LGBCE (2024-05-14). "New political map for Surrey County Council | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "Surrey result - Local Elections 2021". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-11-29.