2017 Surrey County Council election explained

Election Name:2017 Surrey County Council election
Country:Surrey
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2013 Surrey County Council election
Previous Year:2013
Next Election:2021 United Kingdom local elections
Next Year:2021
Seats For Election:All 81 seats to Surrey County Council
Majority Seats:41
Election Date:4 May 2017
Turnout:36%
Leader1:David Hodge
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Leaders Seat1:Warlingham
Last Election1:58
Seats1:61
Seat Change1:3
Party2:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election2:9
Seats2:9
Seat Change2:-
Party3:Residents' association
Last Election3:8
Seats3:8
Seat Change3:-
Party4:Independents
Last Election4:1
Seats4:1
Seat Change4:-
Party6:Labour Party (UK)
Last Election6:1
Seats6:1
Seat Change6:-
Party5:Green Party of England and Wales
Last Election5:1
Seats5:1
Seat Change5:-
Map Size:350px

The 2017 Surrey County Council election took place as part of the 2017 local elections in the UK.[1] All 81 councillors were elected for single-member electoral divisions for a four-year term. The electoral system used was first-past-the-post voting.

The result was that Conservative councillors formed an increased majority on the council, having won back all three of the divisions gained from them by UKIP at the previous election in 2013.

Two second-largest party groupings of councillors remained tied on nine seats each, as in the results of the previous election. These were the Liberal Democrats and an informal alliance of Independent and Residents Association councillors, with both groups securing nine councillors each.

The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats both won two seats off each other.

The Conservatives won two further seats - one from an Independent in Haslemere (who didn’t re-stand) and one from the Esher and Molesey Residents’ Associations in the East Molesey and Esher division. However, the Conservatives also lost two out of the three divisions that they were defending in Farnham to the Independent Farnham Residents group.

The balance of two councillors on the Council continued to be the same as before: one Labour Party member and one Green Party of England and Wales member each secured re-election in their divisions.

Results Summary

|-|| Independents and Residents' Associations| align="right" | 9||| align="right" | 0|| align="right" | 9.7| align="right" | 29,446||-|}The informal alliance of Independents and Residents’ Associations gained two divisions but also lost two divisions; all four in contests with the Conservatives.

Division Results

An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.

Ashtead

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 11%

Bagshot, Windlesham and Chobham

In the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 22%.

Camberley East

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 30%.

Caterham Valley

In the previous election a Green Party candidate polled 5%.

Epsom Town & Downs

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 13%.

Epsom West

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 16%

Ewell

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 16%

Ewell Court, Auriol & Cuddington

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 18%.

Farnham Central

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 22%, the Independent candidate polled 19% and the Labour candidate polled 8%.

Farnham North

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 31%, an Independent candidate polled 18% and Labour polled 7%.

Godalming North

At the previous election the Labour candidate polled 16%.

Godalming South, Milford & Witley

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 22%.

Guildford East

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 15%.

Guildford North

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 21%.

Guildford South-East

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 12%.

Guildford South-West

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 13%.

Guildford West

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 21%.

Haslemere

At the previous election the Independent candidate polled 35%.

Heatherside and Parkside

At the previous election David Ivison won the seat for the Conservatives, so this division is a HOLD in relation to the previous election in 2013.

Hersham

At the previous election a UKIP candidate polled 14%

Knaphill and Goldsworth West

At the preceding election, an Independent candidate polled 10%.

Lingfield

At the previous election the Independent candidate polled 30%.

Nork and Tattenhams

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 18%.

Shere

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 23%.

Stanwell & Stanwell Moor

At the preceding election an Independent candidate polled 11%.

The Dittons

At the previous election a UKIP candidate polled 14%

Walton

At the previous election a Walton Society candidate polled 32%

Waverley Western Villages

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 22% and the Labour candidate polled 7%.

West Ewell

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 18%.

West Molesey

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 13%

Worplesdon

At the previous election the UKIP candidate polled 22%.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Upcoming elections & referendums. Electoral Commission. 15 September 2016. 5 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180505140550/https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums. dead.