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Surrey County Council.

Council with no overall control county. £1247m net revenue. 172 wards across 13 parliamentary constituencies. Comprises 11 districts: Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, Woking.

Typecounty
Seats0 councillors · 172 wards
Net revenue · 2025-26
£1,247m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
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Westminster
13
constituencies overlap · 2 MP parties
Dispatch
8 Jun 2026

Council chamber, 2-party MP geography.

Surrey County Council is a county with no overall control. Net revenue is £1,247m for 2025-26. It covers 172 wards spanning 13 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§Districts.11 districts · Band D £2,380–£2,484
DistrictBand D billCounty tax sourcedWards
Elmbridge£2,442.92£123.4m16
Epsom and Ewell£2,416.84£62.7m14
Guildford£2,428.89£111.6m21
Mole Valley£2,405.75£77.4m13
Reigate and Banstead£2,459.20£120.1m15
Runnymede£2,380.06£66.2m14
Spelthorne£2,412.78£72.1m13
Surrey Heath£2,467.86£74.0m14
Tandridge£2,471.62£72.5m18
Waverley£2,483.85£108.9m24
Woking£2,482.03£78.3m10

Band D is the full household bill (county + district + police + fire + parish). “County tax sourced” is Surrey County Council’s own precept (£1846.35/yr at Band D) collected through each district’s tax base — totalling £967.3m.

§ 01Composition.0 seats

Who sits in the chamber.

Councillors — the people.

Councillor data not yet ingested for Surrey County Council.

§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

78%
Council tax
£967.3m · median 66%
17%
Central grants
£215.1m · median 27%
5%
Business rates
£65.1m · median 7%

This is a high-council-tax councils (county): 78% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (66%).

Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)

Band-D bill.

Council slice£1,846

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.11 buckets · vs 20 other councils (county)

How does Surrey County Council split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (county)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.

Education41.0% of net spend · cohort median 40%
9 of 21+2% vs median
Adult Social Care31.4% of net spend · cohort median 31%
11 of 210% vs median
Children's Services12.1% of net spend · cohort median 14%
17 of 21-12% vs median
Waste & Recycling4.3% of net spend · cohort median 3%
4 of 21+25% vs median
Highways & Transport4.1% of net spend · cohort median 4%
9 of 21+2% vs median
Protective Services2.4% of net spend · cohort median 3%
8 of 9-14% vs median
Public Health2.2% of net spend · cohort median 3%
21 of 21-35% vs median
Culture & Leisure1.1% of net spend · cohort median 1%
6 of 21+13% vs median
Corporate & Central0.6% of net spend · cohort median 1%
19 of 21-55% vs median
Planning & Economic Development0.5% of net spend · cohort median 0%
7 of 21+72% vs median
Housing & Homelessness0.4% of net spend · cohort median 0%
5 of 18+43% vs median
How to read these bars

The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.

Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.

§ 04Top suppliers.77,996 payments · £737.4m gross · 3 Dec 202531 Mar 2026

Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).

Top by total — last 180 days

SupplierPaidSharePmts
RINGWAY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LTD£56.51m7.7%1,324
REDACTED PERSONAL DATA£31.89m4.3%12,336
SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY UK LTD£25.38m3.4%31
NEILCOTT CONSTRUCTION LTD£10.72m1.5%39
JOHN GRAHAM CONSTRUCTION LTD£9.06m1.2%4
MACRO GROUP LTD£9.04m1.2%117
SURREY PENSION FUND£8.02m1.1%8
ACHIEVE TOGETHER SERVICES LIMITED£6.81m0.9%347
SURREY LIGHTING SERVICES LTD£6.46m0.9%68
SURREY & KENT COMMERCIAL SERVICES LLP£6.23m0.8%1

By service area · top supplier

ServiceTop supplierPaid
Highways And TransportRINGWAY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LTD£32.20m
Corporate And CentralNEILCOTT CONSTRUCTION LTD£10.72m
EducationREDACTED PERSONAL DATA£5.66m
Adult Social CareREDACTED PERSONAL DATA£3.33m
§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.172 wards split across 13 parliamentary seats

Surrey County Council’s territory crosses 13 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
East Surrey1911% Claire CoutinhoCon
Epsom and Ewell1911% Helen MaguireLD
Guildford1710% Zöe FranklinLD
Godalming and Ash169% Jeremy HuntCon
Runnymede and Weybridge159% Ben SpencerCon
Surrey Heath159% Al PinkertonLD
Spelthorne138% Lincoln JoppCon
Esher and Walton127% Monica HardingLD
Dorking and Horley116% Chris CoghlanLD
Farnham and Bordon116% Gregory StaffordCon
Reigate116% Rebecca PaulCon
Woking106% Will ForsterLD
Windsor32% Jack RankinCon
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 7 Con and 6 LD MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a -controlled county — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
Service spendDerived from MHCLG CSP shares
vs 20 other councils (county)
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
77,996 payments · 3 Dec 202531 Mar 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level