Surrey County Council is elected every four years and was made in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888. Since 1965 this council has had one of two statuses as to its body of councillors: no overall political control, or overall

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control.

Political context

Its area was significantly altered in 1965, taking much of its north into

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and adding an area forming one present district from Middlesex which was dissolved. Since 1974 all Surrey areas have had district/borough councils providing a second tier of services (see the

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) replacing Urban Districts and Rural Districts. Approximately a third of the population elect a further more localised third tier of local government to civil parishes such as

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, Claygate and Horley. Major services provided include social services, minerals strategy and permissions, waste planning and substantial elements of transport (excluding railways) and education. The county has no grammar schools (which tend to have less local authority control) however academies and free schools in the 21st century have been set up in Surrey meaning a lower proportion of schools are run by the authority than in the 20th century.

Political control

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1997 have been:

Composition since 1965

Council elections

* 1977 Surrey County Council election * 2009 Surrey County Council election * 2013 Surrey County Council election *

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County result maps

File:Surrey UK local election 2013 map.svg, 2013 results map File:Surrey UK local election 2017 map.svg, 2017 results map File:Surrey UK local election 2021 map.svg, 2021 results map

By-election results

References

External links

Surrey County Council
{{English County Council Elections Council elections in Surrey County council elections in England