Surrey County Council
| Surrey County Council | |
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Coat of arms
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| Leadership | |
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Chief Executive
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David McNulty
Since 13 July 2009 |
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Leader
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Chairman
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Sally Marks, Conservative
Since 19 May 2015 |
| Structure | |
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57 / 81
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9 / 81
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9 / 81
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5 / 81
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Independent
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1 / 81
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| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
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Last election
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2 May 2013 |
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Next election
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4 May 2017 |
| Website | |
| http://www.surreycc.gov.uk | |
Surrey County Council is the county council administering major local services in the non-metropolitan county of Surrey in England. The council is composed of 81 elected Councillors, the majority of whom are members of the Conservative party. The leader of the council is David Hodge.
Surrey county council was created in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888, which established the county council local government system in England and Wales. The council was originally headquartered in Newington; however it moved to Surrey County Hall, Kingston upon Thames in 1893 as Newington had become part of the County of London in 1889 instead of Surrey. Kingston upon Thames became part of Greater London in 1965, but the headquarters remain there.
The Local Government Act 1972 led to Surrey becoming a Non-metropolitan county. This was accompanied by an alteration of county boundaries that led to Gatwick Airport falling under the control of West Sussex County Council.
The council is responsible for a number of local public services in Surrey. These include the standard responsibilities of county councils in England and Wales such as Transport and highway management, Waste disposal (but not collection) and education.
There are 11 borough or district councils that govern at a more local level than Surrey County Council.
The council has been almost exclusively controlled by the Conservative party since 1973. The only exception was the 1993 election when there was No Overall Control.
The most recent election on 2 May 2013 produced a council made up of: 58 Conservatives, 9 Liberal Democrats, 9 Residents association/Independent councillors, 3 UKIP councillors, 1 Labour and 1 Green councillor.
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