2025 Surrey County Council election

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.

2025 Surrey County Council election

← 2021 1 May 2025 2024 →

All 81 seats to Surrey County Council
41 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Con
LD
Leader Tim Oliver Paul Follows
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 2018 2024
Leader's seat Weybridge Godalming South, Milford & Witley
Last election 47 seats, 42.2% 14 seats, 24.7%
Seats before 44 16

  Third party Fourth party
 
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Grn
Leader Robert Evans Jonathan Essex
Party Labour Green
Leader since 2013 2021
Leader's seat Stanwell, Stanwell Moor & Ashford North Redhill East & North Earlswood
Last election 2 seats, 11.3% 2 seats, 5.9%
Seats before 2 2

Leader before election

Tim Oliver
Conservative

Leader after election

TBD

The 2025 election will be held under new division boundaries following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.[2]

Background

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At 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

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  1. ^ "Election timetable in England". Electoral Commission. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. ^ LGBCE (2024-05-14). "New political map for Surrey County Council | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  3. ^ "Surrey result - Local Elections 2021". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-11-29.

See also

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