Editing Surbiton (section)

==Politics==
{{See also|Municipal Borough of Surbiton}}
[[file:Sessions House, Surbiton.jpg|thumb|[[Sessions House, Surbiton|Sessions House]] housed the [[Municipal Borough of Surbiton]] before Surbiton became part of [[Greater London]] in 1965.]]
[[file:Surbiton London UK blank ward map.svg|thumb|Location map of Surbiton within the [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]] and [[Greater London]]]]

===National politics===
{{See also|Kingston and Surbiton}}
Surbiton falls within the [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|UK parliamentary constituency]] of [[Kingston and Surbiton]], which is represented in the [[House of Commons]] by [[Ed Davey|Sir Ed Davey]], currently the leader of the  [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] who served as [[Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change]] during the [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition]]. Davey also represented the constituency between [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]] and [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]], having been ousted for a short period of time by [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[James Berry (politician)|James Berry]]. In the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Davey went on to defeat Berry by 45% to 38%.<ref name="Election results">{{cite web|url=https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/uk-general-elections/2017-uk-general-election-results |title=2017 UK general election results |publisher=The Electoral Commission |access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref> Both Davey's and Berry's offices were located in Surbiton's [[Berrylands]] ward.

In the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]], Kingston and Surbiton voted to remain a member of the [[European Union]] by 61.7% of the local vote.<ref name="EU ref">{{cite web|url=https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/eu-referendum/electorate-and-count-information |title=EU referendum results |publisher=The Electoral Commission |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref>

===London politics===
{{See also|South West (London Assembly constituency)}}
Surbiton is represented in the [[London Assembly]] by [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] politician [[Gareth Roberts (politician)|Gareth Roberts]], as part of Greater London's [[South West (London Assembly constituency)|South West]] constituency.

===Local councillors===
Surbiton elects 12 of the [[Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council]]'s 48 councillors. As of the [[2018 United Kingdom local elections|2018 local elections]], the council is controlled by the Liberal Democrats, and all Surbiton's elected councillors are members of that party.

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|+ Councillors from Surbiton's four [[Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council|Kingston Council]] wards<ref name="2018 election results">{{cite web|url=https://moderngov.kingston.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=17&RPID=15829896 |title=Local Elections - Thursday 3 May 2018 |date=3 May 2018 |publisher=Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames |access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
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!Party
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|style="width:200px;"|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]]
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