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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Conservatives lose control of Surrey Council after by-election defeats to Reform UK and Lib Dems

The Conservatives have lost control of Surrey County Council for the first time in almost 30 years after by-election defeats to Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats.

Nigel Farage’s party picked up the Addlestone ward in a poll on Thursday, while the Lib Dems gained the Hinchley Wood, Claygate, and Oxshott seat from the Tories.

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