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Elmbridge

Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

7 cycles in our data
27.1% all-time seats elected below the quota (39 of 144)
19.4% all-time seats unfairly awarded (28 of 144 across 7 cycles)

Cycles

Council composition as of 2025

48 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.

Most recent election (2024)

In 2024, 16 seats were up across 16 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 16 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Liberal Democrats14,89238.6%743.8%850.0%-1
Conservative Party11,93930.9%318.8%743.8%-4
Labour Party2,5676.6%00.0%16.3%-1
HW and WG1,6274.2%16.3%00.0%+1
TD and WG1,3443.5%16.3%00.0%+1
W and ST.G IND1,2753.3%16.3%00.0%+1
ERA1,1022.9%16.3%00.0%+1
MRA1,0322.7%16.3%00.0%+1
Independent1,0202.6%16.3%00.0%+1
Welsh Socialist Republican Party8092.1%00.0%00.0%0
Green Party7131.8%00.0%00.0%0
Reform UK1680.4%00.0%00.0%0
Heritage Party710.2%00.0%00.0%0
UK Independence Party (UKIP)700.2%00.0%00.0%0
Total38,629100.0%16100.0%16100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Full ward-by-ward results for 2024 →

Composition history

One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.

2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward2016201820192021202220232024
Claygate69%56%63%60%64%70%40%
Cobham and Downside74%66%47%65%48%49%46%
Esher51%49%47%52%46%51%46%
Hersham Village53%49%53%52%45%47%49%
Hinchley Wood and Weston Green83%70%74%59%64%62%63%
Long Ditton71%46%58%53%73%71%69%
Molesey East57%47%48%35%36%43%48%
Molesey West82%47%64%49%43%43%45%
Oatlands and Burwood Park79%69%60%59%50%51%48%
Oxshott and D'Abernon69%56%
Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon81%77%66%61%59%
Thames Ditton77%66%67%56%59%58%51%
Walton Central65%45%57%47%31%40%44%
Walton North64%46%46%39%56%55%63%
Walton South82%55%51%51%55%50%52%
Weybridge Riverside47%39%48%50%52%53%60%
Weybridge St George's Hill55%54%52%
Weybridge St. Georges Hill45%51%49%53%