[3] This was after Liberal Democrat councillor Sakina Bradbury of Whyteleafe ward defected to the Conservatives in February 2008.
[3] The Conservative party retained control of the council and made a net gain of 2 seats to have 42 councillors.
[6] The Conservatives gained Queens Park and Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh from the Liberal Democrats and Valley from independent Peter Longhurst.
[7] The leader of the council, Conservative Gordon Keymer, said that it had been "a good night for us".
[8] A by-election was held in Whyteleafe on 2 February 2010 after Liberal Democrat councillor Jeffrey Gray resigned from the council when he moved away from Tandridge.