Editing Surbiton (section)

===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>