Your vote matters: please use it on 4 May – The biggest day in the county council calendar is next Thursday (4 May) when the people of Surrey go to the polls to elect a new county council for a four-year term. All 81 seats (which are called electoral divisions in county areas) are being contested by a total of 381 candidates. One guaranteed outcome of the elections, whatever the results, is that there will be a significant intake of new county councillors this year, with more than a quarter (22) of current councillors stepping down.
Responsibility for the elections rests with Surrey County Council’s Chief Executive, David McNulty, who is the Returning Officer. A team of Deputy Returning Officers from Surrey’s 11 district and borough councils will be organising and managing the polls and subsequent counts on behalf of the county council. Altogether there will be 572 polling stations across the districts and boroughs. They will open at 7am and close at 10pm.
Counting the votes will take place at one location in each district and borough, 11 in total. The counts will begin on Friday, with the first results expected in the early afternoon. The districts and boroughs will release the provisional results to the county council for authorisation, after which the final results will be publicly announced. The results will also be posted on the county council website as they become available. An interactive map will show the result for each electoral division, and there will be a table giving a breakdown of the results at a district and borough level.
The county council is running a public information campaign to encourage the public to exercise their democratic right to vote next Thursday. By using your vote, you’re ensuring that you and your community are represented when it comes to decisions about vital services in Surrey. To find out more about the elections, including who is standing in your local area and how to vote, visit the county council website.
0 Comments