Politics
Farnham is represented by councillors at a county, district and town level. Farnham is represented at Surrey County Council by three councillors from three county council wards: Farnham Central, Farnham North and Farnham South. As of the 2009 election, all three sitting county councillors are members of the Conservative party.
As the town with the largest population in Waverley, Farnham has nine wards and is represented by eighteen councillors at Waverley borough council. As of the 2011 election, all eighteen of the sitting borough councillors represent the Conservative party.
Farnham Town Council is composed of 18 councillors. Of these, 16 are Conservatives, 1 is Independent, and 1 represents the Liberal Democrats. The current Member of Parliament is Jeremy Hunt (Conservative).
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