Editing Surrey Heath (section)

===Leadership===
The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Surrey Heath. Political leadership is instead provided by the [[leader of the council]]. The leaders since 1994 have been:

{| class=wikitable
! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To
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| Vivienne Chapman<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 5 April 2023 |url=https://surreyheath.moderngov.co.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=16784 |website=Surrey Heath Borough Council |access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1994 || align=right|1998
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| Moira Gibson<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 27 May 1998 |url=https://surreyheath.moderngov.co.uk/CeListDocuments.aspx?CommitteeId=128&MeetingId=393&DF=27%2f05%2f1998&Ver=2 |website=Surrey Heath Borough Council |access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Leader of Surrey Heath Borough Council to step down |url=https://camberleynet.co.uk/news/surrey-heath/leader-of-surrey-heath-borough-council-to-step-down/ |access-date=9 January 2025 |work=Camberley Net |date=30 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724004804/https://camberleynet.co.uk/news/surrey-heath/leader-of-surrey-heath-borough-council-to-step-down/ |archive-date=24 July 2019}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|27 May 1998 || align=right|26 Feb 2019
|-
| Richard Brooks<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 27 February 2019 |url=https://surreyheath.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g3069/Printed%20minutes%2027th-Feb-2019%2019.00%20Council.pdf?T=1 |website=Surrey Heath Borough Council |access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Curley |first1=Rebecca |title=Newly elected leader of Surrey Heath says residents 'deserve openness' |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/newly-elected-leader-surrey-heath-17660436 |access-date=12 July 2022 |work=Surrey Live |date=31 January 2020}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|27 Feb 2019 || align=right|20 Jan 2020
|-
| Alan McClafferty<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 29 January 2020 |url=https://surreyheath.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g3401/Printed%20minutes%2029th-Jan-2020%2019.00%20Council.pdf?T=1 |website=Surrey Heath Borough Council |access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Caulfield |first1=Chris |title=All the Surrey Heath local election 2023 candidates in full |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-heath-local-election-2023-26672743 |access-date=9 January 2025 |work=Surrey Live |date=11 April 2023}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|29 Jan 2020 || align=right|May 2023
|-
| David Whitcroft<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 17 May 2023 |url=https://surreyheath.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g3907/Printed%20minutes%2017th-May-2023%2019.00%20Council.pdf?T=1 |website=Surrey Heath Borough Council |access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref><ref name=28Jun2023/> || {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} || align=right|17 May 2023 || align=right|28 Jun 2023
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| Shaun Macdonald<ref name=28Jun2023>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 28 June 2023 |url=https://surreyheath.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g4219/Printed%20minutes%2028th-Jun-2023%2019.00%20Council.pdf?T=1 |website=Surrey Heath Borough Council |access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|| align=right|28 Jun 2023 || 
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