2021 Surrey County Council election

2021 Surrey County Council election

6 May 2021

All 81 seats to Surrey County Council
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout39% (3%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tim Oliver Will Forster Nick Darby
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Residents
Last election 61 seats 9 seats 8 seats
Seats won 47 14 12
Seat change 14 5 4
Popular vote 144,940 84,882 24,923
Percentage 42.2% 24.7% 9.6%
Swing 6.5% 1.7% N/A

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Robert Evans
Party Independent Labour Green
Last election 1 seat 1 seat 1 seat
Seats won 4 2 2
Seat change 3 1 1
Popular vote 17,828 39,019 20,121
Percentage 5.2% 11.4% 5.9%
Swing N/A 1.9% 1.7%

Map showing the results of the election in each division

The 2021 Surrey County Council election took place on 6 May 2021, alongside other English and Welsh local elections. Councillors were elected for all 81 single-member electoral divisions of Surrey County Council for a four-year term. The electoral system used was first-past-the-post voting.

The result was that Conservative councillors formed a significantly decreased majority on the council, losing a net 14 seats. Although they retained a very secure majority of 13 seats over and above all other Parties (47 seats to 34 seats), this was nevertheless the worst result for the Conservatives since 1993.

The Liberal Democrats gained five seats overall, making them the largest party on the council after the Conservatives, but an informal alliance of Independent and Residents‘ Parties and councillors became the largest opposition group on the council with 16 councillors in total, a net increase of seven.

The Labour Party and the Green Party of England and Wales both doubled their representation, going from one to two councillors each.

The 2025 election cycled of councillors to Surrey County Council were cancelled owing to the proposal to disband it and replace it was a unitary model.