Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 102776

Mayors: Surrey

Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 8 January 2026

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities in Surrey on a directly elected mayor for Surrey.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
The introduction of a mayor for Surrey would depend on there being a combined authority across the area, i.e. more than one local authority. It will be for the new councils across the Surrey footprint to set out to the Government how they wish to take for...
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