Politics
Badshot Lea residents benefit from a strong Community Association. Badshot Lea is represented at Waverley Borough Council by two councillors: Gillian Beel and Christopher Storey, both of whom are members of the Conservative Party. On Surrey County Council Badshot Lea is part of the Farnham North region, and is represented by Denise Le Gal, a member of the Conservative Party. Badshot Lea is part of the South West Surrey parliamentary constituency. It is represented by Jeremy Hunt, of the Conservative Party, who enjoys a majority of 16,318 (28.5%). Previously it has been represented by the Baronet Samuel of Mancroft (1918–1937), the Baronet Nicholson of Winterbourne (1937–1966), Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (1966–1984), and Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (1984–2005).
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