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2024 Tandridge District Council election

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2024 Tandridge District Council election

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All 43 seats to Tandridge District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Catherine Sayer Jeffrey Gray Robin Bloore
Party Residents' Alliance Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader's seat Oxted North Whyteleafe Warlingham West
Seats before 18 11 9
Seats after 20 11 7
Seat change Increase 2 Steady Decrease 2

Results by ward (Residents (various) in pink, OLRDG in lime, independents in grey, Liberal Democrats in orange, and Conservatives in blue)

Leader before election

Catherine Sayer
Residents' Alliance
No overall control

Elected Leader

Catherine Sayer
Residents' Alliance
No overall control

The 2024 Tandridge District Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom held on the same day. All 43 members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey were elected following boundary changes. The local residents' association (composed of independent councillors and Oxted and Limpsfield Residents Group councillors) managed to increase their seat count, but fell two seats short of gaining majority control of the council.[1]

Background

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Tandridge was a historically Conservative council. The Conservatives held a majority on the council until 1990, when the Liberal Democrats became the largest party.[2] They briefly retook the council in 1994, before losing it to no overall control again in 1995. The Conservatives formed a majority administration in 2000, which lasted until 2019.[3]

Following the previous election, independents had a total of 14 seats (up 2), the Liberal Democrats had 11, the Conservatives had 9 (down 2), and the Oxted and Limpsfield Residents Group had 8. The Oxted and Limpsfield Residents Group and 10 independents run the council as a minority administration.[4]

Boundary changes

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Tandridge usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[5] The change increases the number of councillors by 1.

Old wards[6] No. of seats New wards No. of seats
Bletchingley and Nutfield 3 Bletchingley and Nutfield 3
Burstow, Horne and Outwood 3 Burstow, Horne and Outwood 3
Chaldon 1 Chaldon 1
Dormansland and Felcourt 2 Dormansland and Felbridge 3
Felbridge 1 Godstone 3
Godstone 3 Harestone 2
Harestone 2 Limpsfield 2
Limpsfield 2 Lingfield and Crowhurst 3
Lingfield and Crowhurst 2 Oxted North 3
Oxted North and Tandridge 3 Oxted South 3
Oxted South 3 Portley and Queens Park 3
Portley 2 Tatsfield and Titsey 1
Queens Park 2 Valley 2
Tatsfield and Titsey 1 Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh 3
Valley 2 Warlingham West 2
Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh 3 Westway 3
Warlingham West 2 Whyteleafe 2
Westway 2 Woldingham 1
Whyteleafe 2
Woldingham 1

Previous council composition and election results

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Tandridge District Council following the 2024 local elections

No council seats changed hands between the previous election and this election.

After 2023 election After 2024 election[7][8]
Party Seats Party Seats
Independent (Residents’ Alliance) 10 Independent (Residents’ Alliance) 12
Oxted and Limpsfield Residents Group (OLRG) 8 Oxted and Limpsfield Residents Group (OLRG) 8
RA total
18
RA total
20
Liberal Democrats 11 Liberal Democrats 11
Conservative 9 Conservative 7
Independent 4 Independent 5
Total
42
Total
43

Ward Results

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The results were as follows, with an asterisk(*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[1]

Bletchingley & Nutfield

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Bletchingley & Nutfield (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Helena Windsor* 640
Bletchingley & Nutfield Residents Louise Case 518
Liberal Democrats Richard Fowler 501
Conservative Liam Hammond* 495
Liberal Democrats Susan Hickson 366
Liberal Democrats Martin Redman 348
Conservative Iain Carter 343
Green Emily Malkin 271
Labour Linda Baharier 218
Labour Barbara Wantling 195
Heritage Graham Bailey 168
Labour Graham Powell 145
Turnout 35.9
Registered electors
Independent win (new seat)
Residents win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Burstow, Horne & Outwood

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Burstow, Horne & Outwood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Burstow, Horne & Outwood Residents Ashleigh Bolton 825
Burstow, Horne & Outwood Residents Sue Farr* 800
Burstow, Horne & Outwood Residents Richard Smith* 799
Conservative Theo Harris 361
Labour Stephen Case-Green 197
Green Elliott McLean de Boer 189
Labour Matthew Allen 180
Liberal Democrats Judy Wilkinson 171
Labour Andrew McLean 147
Turnout 29.2
Registered electors
Residents win (new seat)
Residents win (new seat)
Residents win (new seat)

Chaldon

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Chaldon (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lewis Sharp* 367 65.8
Liberal Democrats Neil Parker 113 20.3
Green Rebecca Gower 78 14.0
Turnout 558 39.8
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)

Dormansland & Felbridge

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Dormansland & Felbridge (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley Steeds* 705
Dormansland & Felbridge Residents Nicholas White* 655
Dormansland & Felbridge Residents Nicola O'Riordan* 591
Independent Judy Moore* 565
Conservative Maureen Young 458
Conservative Nigel Lea 328
Green Becky Peterson 273
Liberal Democrats David Nickols 193
Liberal Democrats Roger Martin 179
Labour Richard Clarke 168
Labour Emba Jones 145
Turnout 37.3
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Residents win (new seat)
Residents win (new seat)

Godstone

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Godstone (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Godstone Residents Mike Crane* 1,051
Godstone Residents Chris Farr* 1,037
Godstone Residents Colin White* 1,018
Labour Amy Hare 207
Conservative Oliver Watkins 205
Conservative Hoong-Wai Cheah 175
Turnout 32.3
Registered electors
Residents win (new seat)
Residents win (new seat)
Residents win (new seat)

Harestone

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Harestone (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Annette Evans* 697
Liberal Democrats Robin Spencer 531
Conservative Michael Casebourne 468
Conservative Mark Winsbury 378
Labour Carron Walker 127
Labour Thomas Holloway 101
Turnout 39.4
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Limpsfield

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Limpsfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
OLRG Claire Blackwell* 1,051
OLRG Ian Booth* 996
Conservative Robert Brewer 144
Conservative Bernice Milton 116
Liberal Democrats Rupert McCann 113
Turnout 44.7
Registered electors
OLRG win (new seat)
OLRG win (new seat)

Lingfield & Crowhurst

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Lingfield & Crowhurst (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lingfield & Crowhurst Residents Julie Duggan 739
Lingfield & Crowhurst Residents Peter Killick 684
Independent Liz Lockwood 584
Lingfield & Crowhurst Residents Alan Schmidt 521
Labour Ryan Howard 360
Labour Freyja Chapman 305
Labour Joseph Pettitt 272
Conservative Anthony Beck 253
Conservative Paul Greenhalgh 241
Liberal Democrats Dave Wilkes 190
Conservative Arman Shahjid 161
Turnout 36.3
Registered electors
Residents win (new seat)
Residents win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Oxted North

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Oxted North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
OLRG Catherine Sayer* 1,570
OLRG Peter Damesick* 1,531
OLRG Chris Bassett 1,481
Conservative Janet Brealey 186
Green Ian Giddings 186
Labour Louis Labrosse 170
Conservative Laurence Hatchwell 153
Conservative Matthew Hatchwell 149
Labour Philip Son 146
Heritage Christopher Dean 21
Turnout 44.4
Registered electors
OLRG win (new seat)
OLRG win (new seat)
OLRG win (new seat)

Oxted South

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Oxted South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
OLRG Deb Shiner* 1,096
OLRG Chris Langton* 1,079
OLRG Bryan Black* 1,071
Labour David Halliwell 265
Labour Patricia Hunter 263
Labour Mark Dean 254
Conservative Elizabeth Parker 235
Conservative Nicolas Cook 144
Conservative Marjory Budgen 126
Turnout 35.8
Registered electors
OLRG win (new seat)
OLRG win (new seat)
OLRG win (new seat)

Portley & Queens Park

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Portley & Queens Park (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ben Horne 767
Conservative Michael Cooper* 637
Conservative Richard Mark 499
Caterham Residents Susan Berns 493
Conservative Linda Jenkins 468
Labour Jane Lopez 352
Labour Nick Bray 336
Labour Steven Willmott 277
Turnout 35.3
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Tatsfield & Titsey

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Tatsfield & Titsey (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Martin Allen* 423 70.0
Conservative Kenneth Budgen 129 21.4
Green Sarah Stewart 52 8.6
Turnout 604 39.6
Registered electors
Independent win (new seat)

Valley

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Valley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alun Jones* 628
Liberal Democrats Jenny Gaffney* 584
Caterham Residents Peter Roberts 302
Conservative Max Barry 155
Labour Anne Watson 134
Labour Nicole Morrigan 116
Turnout 32.6
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Warlingham East, Chelsham & Farleigh

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Warlingham East, Chelsham & Farleigh (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jeremy Pursehouse* 850
Liberal Democrats Perry Chotai* 506
Liberal Democrats Anna Patel* 499
Independent Martin Strzebrakowski 495
Conservative Nathan Adams 494
Conservative Marc Lamont 268
Conservative Michael Whittington 246
Labour Julian Cresswell 200
Labour Daniel Mann 118
Turnout 38.2
Registered electors
Independent win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Warlingham West

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Warlingham West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robin Bloore* 596
Conservative Keith Prew* 492
Liberal Democrats Ed Ralph 333
Liberal Democrats Don Mackinlay 277
Independent Martin Haley 144
Labour Steven Bracey 132
Labour Andrew Waters 131
Turnout 36.8
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Westway

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Westway (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Rujbally 622
Liberal Democrats Sarah Sowambur 571
Conservative Ankita Sharma 423
Conservative Charlie Kelly 412
Conservative Mike Steddy 406
Labour Robin Clements 405
Labour Roy Stewart 360
Labour Adam Avery 345
Turnout 28.2
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Whyteleafe

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Whyteleafe (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whyteleafe Residents Deano Cline 441
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Gray* 313
Whyteleafe Residents Marcus Jones 302
Liberal Democrats Dave Evans 233
Labour Rosa Knight 116
Conservative Joseph Eve 97
Conservative Harry Millar 85
Green Jessica Hibberd 53
Labour Annie Weller 52
Turnout 30.2
Registered electors
Residents win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Woldingham

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Woldingham (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Deborah Sherry 477 70.8
Conservative Sakina Bradbury 120 17.8
Labour Nathan Manning 46 6.8
Liberal Democrats Nick Pomery 31 4.6
Turnout 674 42.2
Registered electors
Independent win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ a b van Klaveren, Tom (3 May 2024). "Tandridge Local Election results in full as Residents' Associations improve position and Tories lose seats". Surrey Live. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Tandridge District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Election results: Tories suffer four Surrey council defeats". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  4. ^ Coady-Stemp, Emily (30 June 2023). "Tandridge leader hails 'fantastic' result in dealing with missing £1m". Surrey Live. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  5. ^ "The Tandridge (Electoral Changes) Order 2024", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2024/139, retrieved 30 March 2024
  6. ^ "The District of Tandridge (Electoral Changes) Order 1999", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1999/2480, retrieved 30 March 2024
  7. ^ "District election results 2 May 2024". Tandridge District Council. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Tandridge election result". BBC News. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.