Photo: Hywel Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0No party holds a majority on Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Salfords is run by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and Surrey County Council, with Salfords and Sidlow parish council for local matters. No party holds a majority on Reigate and Banstead Borough Council. The Conservatives have a majority on Surrey County Council. Its MP is Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat), member for Dorking and Horley.
£2,591
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Salfords’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
The Conservatives, the largest group, hold 20 of its 49 seats as elected, 5 short of the 25 needed. The Greens hold 14, the Liberal Democrats 5, Nork Residents' Association 3, Tattenham & Preston Residents 3, Labour 2 and independents 1. 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 2024 vote
Across Salfords’s wards, the Greens took 42.9%, the Conservatives took 34.1% and Labour took 12.2% of votes in May 2024. In 2023, the Greens had 42.1%. How Salfords has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Salfords is £2,591 for 2026–27; Reigate and Banstead Borough Council keeps 10% 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 Salfords’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 25 of Reigate and Banstead’s 49 or 41 of Surrey’s 81 seats to run the council alone.
- Conservative20
- Green14
- Liberal Democrat5
- Nork Residents' Association3
- Tattenham & Preston Residents3
- Labour2
- Independent1
Latest election: May 2024.
- 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, and a parish tier
Salfords has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
100% of Salfords’s residents · Band D precept £35
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
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.
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 parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Salfords, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierSalfords and Sidlow parish council
- 2Reigate and Banstead Borough Council1 ward · 3 councillorsNeha BoghaniJason Michael ThorneVictoria Louise Chester
- 3Surrey County Council1 division · 1 councillorAndy Lynch
- 4Police and crime commissionerSurrey Police · elected May 2024Lisa Townsend
- 5House of CommonsDorking and Horley
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.
3 councillors for 1 ward
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.
- Neha BoghaniGreen · May 2024
- Jason Michael ThorneGreen · May 2023
- Victoria Louise ChesterGreen · May 2022
Show as a table, with Surrey County Council’s 1 division (1 councillor)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horley East & Salfords19% in Salfords · 1,873 residents3 seats · May 2024, May 2023, May 2022 | 3 | Neha BoghaniJason Michael ThorneVictoria Louise Chester | May 2024, May 2023, May 2022 |
Surrey County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horley West, Salfords and Sidlow ED6% in Salfords · 1,873 residents1 seat · May 2021 | 1 | Andy Lynch | May 2021 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Reigate and Banstead 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, 2021–2024
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Salfords’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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 21% | 41.7% | 42.1% | 42.9% |
| Labour | 22% | 17.6% | 13.8% | 12.2% |
| Liberal Democrat | 0% | 0% | 8.7% | 10.7% |
| Conservative | 57% | 40.7% | 35.3% | 34.1% |
In 2024, the Greens won 1 of the 1 seats up in Salfords’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.
Reigate and Banstead council election, May 2024
Results in the wards that make up Salfords, 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. Reigate and Banstead elects a third of its councillors at a time, so a third of the seats were up.
No election is scheduled yet for Salfords’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗2,540 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Salfords is in Dorking and Horley constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Salfords).
49,965 votes for candidates · majority 5,391
Liberal Democrat, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 49,965 votes from 71,645 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 5,391 of 49,965 votes (10.8%): the 205th-narrowest of 543 in England.
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.
Salfords’s Band D council tax is £2,591 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council keeps £264.87 of a Band D bill (10%); the rest goes to the Salfords and Sidlow parish council, Surrey County Council and the Surrey police and crime commissioner.
Band D since 1993
Reigate and Banstead’s Band D bill has risen 51% in ten years, from £1,703.86 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £549.00 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Salfords and Sidlow, 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
| Reigate and Banstead + Surrey | Salfords’s councils | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £459 | £471 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £219 | £217 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £73 | £69 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £22 | £30 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £111 | £128 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £38 | £33 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £25 | £32 | £26 |
| Public health | £42 | £43 | £78 |
| Running the council | £63 | £79 | £59 |
| Other | £0 | £-2 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,092 | £1,139 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Reigate and Banstead 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 Salfords 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.
reigate-banstead.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
reigate-banstead.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Salfords is run
Which council runs Salfords?
Salfords is run by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and Surrey County Council. The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Salfords have a town council?
Yes: Salfords has its own parish-tier council (Salfords and Sidlow parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £35 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Salfords?
Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for Dorking and Horley, which covers Salfords.
How many councillors does Salfords have?
3 ward councillors represent Salfords’s 1 ward, and 1 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Salfords?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Salfords’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Salfords?
Band D council tax in Salfords is £2,591 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Reigate and Banstead Borough Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Conservative 20 · Green 14 · Liberal Democrat 5 · Nork Residents' Association 3 · Tattenham & Preston Residents 3 · Labour 2 · Independent 1 of 49 seats; a majority needs 25. 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 2024 council election in Salfords?
In Salfords’s wards on 2 May 2024, Green 1 of the 1 seats up. The Greens had the largest share of votes, 42.9%.
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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