Surrey
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2021 81 races · 81 seats 51.9% below quota
- 2019 1 race · 1 seat 0.0% below quota
- 2017 81 races · 81 seats 30.9% below quota
Council composition as of 2025
81 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 (2021)
In 2021, 81 seats were up across 81 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 81 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.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 144,940 | 42.2% | 47 | 58.0% | 36 | 44.4% | +11 |
| Liberal Democrats | 84,882 | 24.7% | 14 | 17.3% | 21 | 25.9% | -7 |
| Labour Party | 39,019 | 11.4% | 2 | 2.5% | 9 | 11.1% | -7 |
| RES | 32,854 | 9.6% | 12 | 14.8% | 8 | 9.9% | +4 |
| Green Party | 20,121 | 5.9% | 2 | 2.5% | 4 | 4.9% | -2 |
| Independent | 14,719 | 4.3% | 3 | 3.7% | 3 | 3.7% | 0 |
| ASHT IND | 2,908 | 0.8% | 1 | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% | +1 |
| GGG | 1,540 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Reform UK | 778 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 656 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Heritage Party | 541 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 255 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| ND | 201 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| PEACE | 140 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Workers Party of Britain | 103 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 343,657 | 100.0% | 81 | 100.0% | 81 | 100.0% | 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.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2021 →
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.
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.
| Ward | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addlestone | 54% | 50% | |
| Ash | 60% | 56% | |
| Ashford | 47% | 37% | |
| Ashtead | 54% | 59% | |
| Bagshot, Windlesham and Chobham | 62% | ||
| Bagshot/ Windlesham and Chobham | 36% | ||
| Banstead, Woodmansterne and Chipstead | 67% | ||
| Banstead/ Woodmansterne and Chipstead | 69% | ||
| Bookham and Fetcham West | 51% | 48% | |
| Camberley East | 71% | 57% | |
| Camberley West | 51% | 49% | |
| Caterham Hill | 44% | 44% | |
| Caterham Valley | 47% | 47% | |
| Chertsey | 59% | 60% | |
| Cobham | 67% | 66% | |
| Cranleigh and Ewhurst | 54% | 47% | |
| Dorking Hills | 57% | 59% | |
| Dorking Rural | 54% | 49% | |
| Dorking South and the Holmwoods | 51% | 55% | |
| Earlswood and Reigate South | 48% | 45% | |
| East Molesey and Esher | 54% | 54% | |
| Egham | 49% | 39% | |
| Englefield Green | 41% | 36% | |
| Epsom Town and Downs | 42% | 29% | |
| Epsom West | 30% | 33% | |
| Ewell | 66% | 62% | |
| Ewell Court Auriol and Cuddington | 66% | ||
| Ewell Court, Auriol and Cuddington | 68% | ||
| Farnham Central | 43% | 67% | |
| Farnham North | 45% | 56% | |
| Farnham South | 39% | 40% | |
| Foxhills, Thorpe and Virginia Water | 65% | ||
| Foxhills/ Thorpe and Viginia Water | 49% | ||
| Frimley Green and Mytchett | 61% | 62% | |
| Godalming North | 46% | 60% | |
| Godalming South, Milford and Witley | 62% | ||
| Godalming South/ Milford and Witley | 59% | ||
| Godstone | 47% | 39% | |
| Goldsworth East and Horsell Village | 43% | 47% | |
| Guildford East | 45% | 32% | |
| Guildford North | 42% | 44% | |
| Guildford South East | 51% | 38% | |
| Guildford South West | 54% | 47% | |
| Guildford West | 43% | 43% | |
| Haslemere | 51% | 65% | 50% |
| Heatherside and Parkside | 54% | 49% | |
| Hersham | 54% | 59% | |
| Hinchley Wood, Claygate and Oxshott | 50% | ||
| Hinchley Wood/ Claygate and Oxshott | 47% | ||
| Horley East | 60% | 57% | |
| Horley West, Salfords and Sidlow | 55% | ||
| Horley West/ Salfords and Sidlow | 66% | ||
| Horsleys | 54% | 48% | |
| Knaphill and Goldsworth West | 63% | 47% | |
| Laleham and Shepperton | 54% | 60% | |
| Leatherhead and Fetcham East | 53% | 54% | |
| Lightwater, West End and Bisley | 55% | ||
| Lightwater/ West End and Bisley | 44% | ||
| Lingfield | 69% | 49% | |
| Lower Sunbury and Halliford | 51% | 41% | |
| Merstham and Banstead South | 55% | 57% | |
| Nork and Tattenhams | 64% | 64% | |
| Oxted | 50% | 52% | |
| Redhill East | 53% | 65% | |
| Redhill West and Meadvale | 43% | 43% | |
| Reigate | 52% | 46% | |
| Shalford | 55% | 56% | |
| Shere | 62% | 37% | |
| Staines | 41% | 33% | |
| Staines South and Ashford West | 53% | 50% | |
| Stanwell and Stanwell Moor | 46% | 46% | |
| Sunbury Common and Ashford Common | 44% | 47% | |
| Tadworth, Walton and Kingswood | 71% | ||
| Tadworth/ Walton and Kingswood | 70% | ||
| The Byfleets | 41% | 54% | |
| The Dittons | 57% | 50% | |
| Walton | 53% | 48% | |
| Walton South and Oatlands | 62% | 54% | |
| Warlingham | 56% | 58% | |
| Waverley Eastern Villages | 68% | 62% | |
| Waverley Western Villages | 71% | 58% | |
| West Ewell | 51% | 48% | |
| West Molesey | 49% | 47% | |
| Weybridge | 50% | 50% | |
| Woking North | 44% | 48% | |
| Woking South | 54% | 58% | |
| Woking South East | 62% | ||
| Woking South East (Pyrford) | 51% | ||
| Woking South West | 55% | ||
| Woking South West (St. Johns and Brookwood) | 46% | ||
| Woodham and New Haw | 63% | 61% | |
| Worplesdon | 69% | 60% |