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LOCAL ELECTIONS CANCELLED SURREY CONSERVATIVE REQUEST TO CANCEL LOCAL ELECTIONS THIS YEAR HAS BEEN GRANTED BY THE GOVERNMENT ‼️ After many delays and so many rumours coming from all sides, I am dismayed to inform residents that the Surrey County Council Elections, scheduled for May 2025 have been CANCELLED.‼️ ➡️ As I have posted previously, the Conservative leadership of the County Council put in a request to cancel the elections and this was opposed by me and my colleagues at every level. 🛑 The government have chosen to grant their request and press ahead with a rushed, unplanned local government re-organisation in Surrey (and several other counties in England). ❇️ There are many questions that will now follow this announcement. I will be asking them. I will be in the room (as the Leader of Waverley) for the discussions and negotiations that come next with the intention of seeking a unitary authority that continues to fully and properly represent the people of Waverley. ❇️ I will report back to residents and councillors as frequently and fully as I am able to during this process. 🛑 I consider this an affront to your democratic rights and a regrettable decision from all of the local Conservatives to pursue this and of the government to grant it. Cllr Paul Follows Leader of the Opposition, Surrey County Council Leader, Waverley Borough Council Elections Cancelled! Conservative request to cancel May local elections granted by government Opposed by Liberal Democrats at every level in Surrey Your elected Lib Dems will work to make sure you are democratically and locally represented going forward Democracy Denied. Liberal Democrats Logo.
February 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM