Did you know?
The Labour Government and the Conservative-run Surrey County Council are planning to dismantle our borough and districts, replacing them with just one or two massive unitary authorities serving the 1.2 million population in Surrey. Please read the article below and reply to the poll on this page.
BBC Article: “Surrey Council Elections could be postponed”
LINK: Surrey’s Conservative Leader, Tim Oliver, wants to postpone Surrey’s May Election
ISG do NOT support postponing the County Council elections currently scheduled for May 2025. The Labour Government has indicated that this will only happen in priority areas with clear and agreed-upon plans. This is not the case in Surrey. Surrey County Council has also not consulted or discussed other options with the Districts and Boroughs before making a public statement.
Please read the Labour Governments White Paper which outlines their clear intentions and direction; can be found here.
This should be a collaboration between the Government, Surrey County Council and the residents & businesses of Spelthorne to agree on our response to the Governments White Paper.
This is our Spelthorne, our Surrey, our future.
Do you agree with Catherine Powell, leader of the Residents’ Association and Independent Councillors’ group at Surrey, that….
more time should be given to work through the “once in a generation change that carries great opportunities and risks”.
“In the push for increased devolution the importance of truly local democracy and community spirit must not be lost,”
Do you AGREE or DISAGREE?
Councillor Contact Details
You local Councillors need to know your views by end of Tuesday 7th Jan to speak on your behalf at the Surrey Council meeting on Wednesday 8th Jan (Surrey Council ECM agenda here).
You can find their contact details below:
Find my SPELTHORNE Councillor
Find my SURREY Councillor
Suggestions to raise:
Deciding to postpone elections without consultation with one’s constituents is flagrantly undemocratic.
The current Councilors have served their fixed term of office and will hold no democratic mandate from May 2025 onwards.
The proposed timeline for the completion of devolution by May 2026, in order to hold elections, is purely aspirational. There are no legally binding assurances with the actions of Westminster and their legislative calendars now controlling the timelines of local democracy.
With no mandate for these changes in the current Labour Governments manifesto and current Councilors having reached the end of the fixed term. The public has the right to elect a new group of Councilors who may better represent the views and wishes of their constituents.
Or any of your own.
Independent Spelthorne Group (ISG) 