New boundaries in Tandridge ahead of elections

There will now be 18 wards, with 43 councillors instead of 42 in Tandridge

The whole of Tandridge District Council will be up for election in May, for the first time in 24 years.

It follows the electoral map being changed by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.

There will now be 18 wards, with 43 councillors instead of 42.

In previous years, a third of the representatives at Tandridge have been elected.

The Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) think tank has named Tandridge as a council "to watch" during the elections.

Chief executive Jonathan Carr-West said: “At the LGIU, we always say local elections are the most important set of elections of all because they are the ones that make the most difference to the places where we live and work and to our experience of public services.”

Nominations for candidates to stand in the elections will close at 16:00 BST on 5 April

Currently, no political party is in overall control at Tandridge.

Eighteen councillors are part of the Residents’ Alliance group, while there are also 11 Liberal Democrats, nine Conservatives and Independent Group members.

People will also go to the polls in Woking, Mole Valley, Elmbridge, Runnymede, plus Reigate & Banstead on 2 May.

An election for the police and crime commissioner (PCC) will take place on the same day.

Nominations for candidates to stand in the elections will close at 16:00 BST on Friday.

Voters will need to bring acceptable forms of photographic identification with them to polling stations to be allowed to vote.