Surbiton was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council.
This was extended for an extra year in 1976 when the electoral cycle was switched to four-yearly.
The councillor was elected for a four-year term, extended by an extra year by the Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984, ahead of the abolition of the council.
Russell: Abolitionist A by-election was held on 15 September 1983, following the resignation of Geoffrey Seaton.
[7] Anthony Francis Arbour would be elected in 2000 to the London Assembly from the South West constituency.