Photo: Bobulous · CC BY-SA 4.0No party holds a majority on Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
Ewell is run by Epsom and Ewell Borough Council and Surrey County Council. No party holds a majority on Epsom and Ewell Borough Council. The Conservatives have a majority on Surrey County Council. Most of Ewell is in Epsom and Ewell (MP Helen Maguire, Liberal Democrat); 2% of residents are in Kingston and Surbiton (MP Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat).
£2,532
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Ewell’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell, the largest group, holds 17 of its 35 seats as elected, one short of the 18 needed. The Liberal Democrats hold 4, Stoneleigh and Auriol Residents' Association 4, Labour 3, Residents' Association of Cuddington 3, the Conservatives 2 and Ewell Court Residents' Association 2. Who’s in charge ↓
Surrey in 2021
Surrey County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, has a Conservative majority at the May 2021 election: the Conservatives won 41 of 81 seats. Surrey ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Ewell’s wards, the Liberal Democrats took 48.3%, Reform UK took 28.8% and the Conservatives took 16.3% of votes in May 2026. In 2023, the Liberal Democrats had 10.7%. How Ewell has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Ewell is £2,531 for 2026–27; Epsom and Ewell Borough Council keeps 9% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 51% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Ewell’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 18 of Epsom and Ewell’s 35 or 41 of Surrey’s 81 seats to run the council alone.
- Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell17
- Liberal Democrat4
- Stoneleigh and Auriol Residents' Association4
- Labour3
- Residents' Association of Cuddington3
- Conservative2
- Ewell Court Residents' Association2
Latest election: May 2023.
- Conservative41
- Liberal Democrat19
- Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell4
- Farnham Residents3
- Independent3
- Green2
- Labour2
- Reform UK2
- Ashtead Independents1
- Nork & Tattenhams Residents' Associations1
- Residents for Guildford and Villages1
- Thames Ditton / Weston Green Residents' Association1
- The Molesey Residents Association1
Latest election: May 2021.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, no parish tier
Ewell has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
98% of Ewell’s residents
Website ↗Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Who runs Ewell: same source as Who runs Ewell, above.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
All of Ewell is unparished: there is no parish or town council, so the council runs local matters itself and no parish precept is added to the bill.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Ewell, from the most recent elections.
- 1Council wards6 wards · 15 councillorsResidents Associations of Epsom and Ewell 10 · Liberal Democrat 3 · Ewell Court Residents' Association 2 · all 15
- 2Surrey County Council3 divisions · 3 councillorsJan MasonJohn BeckettEber Alan Kington
- 3Police and crime commissionerSurrey Police · elected May 2024Lisa Townsend
- 4House of CommonsSplit between 2 constituencies
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
15 councillors for 6 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Lucie Kimberley McIntyreResidents Associations of Epsom and Ewell · May 2023
- Alan Keith WilliamsonResidents Associations of Epsom and Ewell · May 2023
- Humphrey ReynoldsResidents Associations of Epsom and Ewell · May 2023
- Christine Anne HowellsResidents Associations of Epsom and Ewell · May 2023
- Robert LeachResidents Associations of Epsom and Ewell · May 2023
- Shanice GoldmanResidents Associations of Epsom and Ewell · May 2023
- Alex ColeyResidents Associations of Epsom and Ewell · May 2023
- Jan MasonResidents Associations of Epsom and Ewell · May 2023
- Peter William O'DonovanEwell Court Residents' Association · May 2023
- Christopher Robin John WatsonEwell Court Residents' Association · May 2023
- Christine Gladys ClevelandResidents Associations of Epsom and Ewell · May 2023
- Clive WoodbridgeResidents Associations of Epsom and Ewell · May 2023
- Andreas KirschLiberal Democrat · May 2026
- Griseldis KirschLiberal Democrat · May 2026
- Sharukh MirzaLiberal Democrat · May 2026
Show as a table, with Surrey County Council’s 3 divisions (3 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| West EwellEpsom and Ewell · all in Ewell · 6,607 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Lucie Kimberley McIntyreAlan Keith WilliamsonHumphrey Reynolds | May 2023 |
| NonsuchEpsom and Ewell · mostly in Ewell · 6,506 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Christine Anne HowellsRobert LeachShanice Goldman | May 2023 |
| RuxleyEpsom and Ewell · all in Ewell · 5,071 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Alex ColeyJan Mason | May 2023 |
| Ewell CourtEpsom and Ewell · all in Ewell · 4,481 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Peter William O'DonovanChristopher Robin John Watson | May 2023 |
| Ewell VillageEpsom and Ewell · all in Ewell · 4,272 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Christine Gladys ClevelandClive Woodbridge | May 2023 |
| Chessington South & Malden RushettKingston upon Thames · 6% in Ewell · 572 residents3 seats · May 2026 | 3 | Andreas KirschGriseldis KirschSharukh Mirza | May 2026 |
Surrey County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Ewell ED49% in Ewell · 11,678 residents1 seat · May 2021 | 1 | Jan Mason | May 2021 |
| Ewell EDmostly in Ewell · 10,778 residents1 seat · May 2021 | 1 | John Beckett | May 2021 |
| Ewell Court, Auriol and Cuddington ED29% in Ewell · 4,481 residents1 seat · May 2021 | 1 | Eber Alan Kington | May 2021 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Who led each council vote, 2022–2026
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Ewell’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2022 | 2023 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 0% | 5.7% | 0% |
| Labour | 11.8% | 10.3% | 5.1% |
| Liberal Democrat | 49.7% | 10.7% | 48.3% |
| Conservative | 35.4% | 19.3% | 16.3% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 0% | 28.8% |
| Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell | 0% | 43.2% | 0% |
| Ewell Court Residents' Association | 0% | 10.7% | 0% |
In 2026, the Liberal Democrats won 3 of the 3 seats up in Ewell’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Kingston upon Thames council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Ewell, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Not every seat in the town’s wards was up this time.
No election is scheduled yet for Ewell’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗9,743 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Ewell is split between 2 constituencies
The constituencies’ MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result.
Liberal Democrat, MP since 4 July 2024
98% of Ewell’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 71% (England 60%).
Majority 3,686 of 54,525 votes (6.8%): the 127th-narrowest of 543 in England.
Liberal Democrat, MP since 8 June 2017
2% of Ewell’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 65% (England 60%).
Majority 17,235 of 50,664 votes (34%): wider than in 90% of England’s 543 constituencies.
54,525 votes for candidates · majority 3,686
Liberal Democrat, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 54,525 votes from 76,513 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 3,686 of 54,525 votes (6.8%): the 127th-narrowest of 543 in England.
Kingston and Surbiton
50,664 votes for candidates · majority 17,235
Liberal Democrat, MP since 8 June 2017.
turnout in July 2024: 50,664 votes from 77,353 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 17,235 of 50,664 votes (34%): wider than in 90% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Ewell’s Band D council tax is £2,531 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council keeps £239.85 of a Band D bill (9%); the rest goes to Surrey County Council and the Surrey police and crime commissioner.
Across the whole town the average Band D is £2,532 (parishes differ; weighted by residents).
Band D since 1993
Epsom and Ewell’s Band D bill has risen 51% in ten years, from £1,670.54 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £525.38 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Epsom and Ewell, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Surrey’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,300.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Surrey
| Epsom and Ewell + Surrey | Ewell’s councils | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £468 | £471 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £216 | £217 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £52 | £69 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £64 | £30 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £116 | £128 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £52 | £33 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £22 | £32 | £26 |
| Public health | £46 | £43 | £78 |
| Running the council | £87 | £79 | £59 |
| Other | £0 | £-2 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,163 | £1,139 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Epsom and Ewell per its residents plus Surrey per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Surrey and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Ewell is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
epsom-ewell.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
epsom-ewell.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Ewell is run
Which council runs Ewell?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Ewell have a town council?
No. Ewell is unparished, so there is no town or parish council and no parish precept.
Who is the MP for Ewell?
Ewell is split between 2 constituencies: Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire, Liberal Democrat) and Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat). Parliament’s Find your MP service matches a postcode to its MP.
How many councillors does Ewell have?
15 ward councillors represent Ewell’s 6 wards, and 3 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Ewell?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Ewell’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Ewell?
Band D council tax in Ewell is £2,532 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Epsom and Ewell Borough Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell 17 · Liberal Democrat 4 · Stoneleigh and Auriol Residents' Association 4 · Labour 3 · Residents' Association of Cuddington 3 · Conservative 2 · Ewell Court Residents' Association 2 of 35 seats; a majority needs 18. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Surrey County Council?
The Conservatives have a majority: 41 of 81 seats as elected.
Who won the 2026 council election in Ewell?
In Ewell’s wards on 7 May 2026, Liberal Democrat 3 of the 3 seats up. The Liberal Democrats had the largest share of votes, 48.3%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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