Surrey County Council (FER)
Final recommendations on future electoral arrangements in Surrey
On 17 January 2012 we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Surrey County Council. These are available through the links below:
- Final recommendations for Surrey County Council (PDF)
- Summary of the report (PDF)
- Read our news release
- Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Surrey County Council (PDF)
You can view the maps of the proposed recommended boundaries below:
- Map 1 - Overview map of Surrey (PDF)
- Maps 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d - Maps of Camberley, the west of Guildford borough, Guildford town and the south east of Guildford borough (PDF) Note: The Chobham area in the south east of Surrey Heath borough is no longer shown on a map, as the final recommendations are not dividing the parish of Chobham. Although printed copies of the report indicate that Chobham is shown on Map 2b, this area is only shown on Sheet 1.
- Map 3 - Map of Ashford, Egham, Staines and Sunbury (PDF)
- Maps 4a, 4b and 4c - Maps of the south east of Runnymede borough, the north west of Elmbridge borough and the north east of Elmbridge borough (PDF)
- Map 5 - Map of Leatherhead and Oxshott (PDF)
- Maps 6a, 6b and 6c - Maps of Epsom and Ewell borough, the north of Reigate and Banstead borough, and Godalming town (PDF)
- Maps 7a and 7b - Maps of central Reigate and Banstead borough, and Horley town (PDF)
Please note: some of the maps are very large and may take some time to download.
We have now completed our electoral review of Surrey County Council. The changes we have made must be approved by Parliament. A draft Order - the legal document which brings into force our recommendations - will be laid in Parliament. The draft Order will provide for new electoral arrangements for the council to be implemented at the local elections in 2013.
Opinion Survey
We would like to invite you to participate in our opinion survey. This survey seeks feedback on the review processes and procedures, in order to identify improvements that can be made. We would be grateful if you could spare some time to complete the survey. Click here to go to the opinion survey.
Stage Three
Draft recommendations
On 19 July 2011, we published our draft recommendations for the further electoral review (FER) of Surrey County Council. Between 19 July and 10 October we invited comments on the division boundaries in the authority.
Consultation closed on 10 October
Below are the representations we received:
Local Authorities
Epsom & Ewell Borough Council (PDF)
Mole Valley District Council (PDF) and further letter sent by group leaders (PDF)
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council (PDF)
Surrey Heath Borough Council (PDF)
Councillors, MPs and Political Groups
We received 37 submissions from Councillors, MPs and Political Groups, which you can find grouped in this PDF file:
All Councillors, MPs and Political Groups (PDF)
Parish and Town Councils
We received 16 submissions from Parish and Town Councils, which you can find grouped in this PDF file:
All Parish and Town Councils (PDF)
Local Organisations
We received 14 submissions from Local Organisations, which you can find grouped in this PDF file:
Local Residents
We received 281 submissions from Local Residents, which are grouped by surname in the below PDF files:
Local Residents A-Br (PDF)
We also received standard letters relating to the Kingswood area, which are grouped in this PDF file:
Kingswood Standard Letters (PDF)
Our draft recommendations can be found using the links below.
- Draft recommendations for Surrey County Council (PDF)
- Summary of the report (PDF)
- News release on draft recommendations for Surrey
- Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Surrey County Council (PDF)
Maps of the area recommendations:
Map 1 - Overview of Surrey (PDF)
Map 3 - the towns of Ashford, Egham, Staines and Sunbury (PDF)
Map 5 - the towns of Leatherhead and Oxshott (PDF)
Please note: some of these maps are very large and may take some time to download.
If you would like to have your say on the draft recommendations, please contact us at:
The Review Manager (Surrey)
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England
Layden House
76-86 Turnmill Street
London
EC1M 5LG
Or e-mail us at reviews@lgbce.org.uk.
Stage One
On 11 January 2011, we started the second period of consultation for a pattern of divisions for Surrey County Council. Between 11 January and 4 April, we are inviting comments on the division boundaries for the authority.
Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Surrey County Council (PDF)
Consultation closed on 4 April 2011.
Below are the submissions we received:
Local Authorities
Surrey Heath District Council (PDF)
Tandridge District Council (PDF)
Councillors, MPs and Political Groups
Mole Valley Liberal Democrat group (PDF)
Woking Conservative Association, Cllr Carasco and J Lord MP (PDF)
Joint letters by current and former Councillors for Horsell Division (PDF)
Parish and Town Councils
Caterham on the Hill Parish Council (PDF)
Lingfield Parish Council (PDF)
Tandridge Parish Council (PDF)
West Horsley Parish Council (PDF)
Windesham Parish Council (PDF)
Woldingham Parish Council (PDF)
Local Organisations
Cuddington Residents Association (PDF)
Egham Residents Association (PDF)
Ewell Court Residents Association (PDF)
Horsell Residents Association (PDF)
Lower Kingswood Residents Association (PDF)
Nork Residents Association (PDF)
Residents Association of Epsom and Ewell (PDF)
Rowledge Residents Association (PDF)
Shepperton Residents Association (PDF)
Tattenhams Residents Association (PDF)
Local Residents
G Devine (PDF) and clarification (PDF)
Preliminary council size consultation
On 12 October 2010 we started an electoral review of Surrey County Council. From 12 October 2010 to 22 November 2010 we invited proposals for the council size of the council.
We only considered comments on council size at this time, and we will consider detailed electoral arrangements for Surrey during two further periods of consultation later in 2011.
Local authority
Parish and town councils
Betchworth parish council (PDF)
Salfords & Sidlow parish council (PDF)
Councillor
Local organisations
Brookwood Village Association (PDF)
Fetcham Residents Association (PDF)
FLG Community Association (PDF)
Resident Association of Epsom & Ewell (PDF)
Stoneleigh & Auriol Residents Association (PDF)
West Ewell & Ruxley Residents Association (PDF)
Local residents
The below links contain information on this review:
Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Surrey County Council (PDF)
You may find maps of Surrey's divisions (PDF), parishes (PDF) and unparished areas (PDF) useful. Here are the electoral figures (XLS) for Surrey including the County council's projected electoral forecast for 2016. Please note the electoral figures have been updated as of 28 February 2011, this is due to further evidence received from the authority
Click here to use our online form to give your views on Surrey.
We produced two different documents to support people where there is an electoral review being conducted in their area:
- Electoral reviews: what they are and how you can get involved (PDF) provides straightforward information for members of the public who want to get involved in the review.
- Electoral reviews: technical guidance (PDF) contains more detailed guidance on the review process and includes details of the legislation that reviews are conducted under.