--- title: "Which parties are running for Councillor in Surrey | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/councillor" last_updated: "2026-10-10T03:55:39.038Z" meta: description: "Every party contesting Councillor in the Surrey 2026 election, how many candidates each is running, and who they are. Eight councillor seats, elected acros..." "og:description": "Every party contesting Councillor in the Surrey 2026 election, how many candidates each is running, and who they are. Eight councillor seats, elected acros..." "og:title": "Which parties are running for Councillor in Surrey" "twitter:description": "Every party contesting Councillor in the Surrey 2026 election, how many candidates each is running, and who they are. Eight councillor seats, elected acros..." "twitter:title": "Which parties are running for Councillor in Surrey" --- ** 8 SEATS · OCTOBER 17, 2026 # Which parties are running for Councillor Eight councillor seats, elected across the whole city. 66 candidates are standing, from 7 parties plus 11 with no party. [All parties ](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties) [Compare on the issues](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/compare) **8**Seats to fill **66**Candidates standing **7**Parties in this race **11**With no party WHAT THIS BODY DOES ## What you are electing Eight councillors are elected across the whole city, and every voter in Surrey chooses from the same list. The City of Surrey says the mayor and eight councillors sit on Council, the governing body of the City. Council develops and evaluates the policies and programs for the City’s services, and adopts bylaws on the matters the Community Charter and other provincial statutes give to local government. The City says councillors give direction as a group at an official meeting, and that a single member of Council cannot make a decision on behalf of Council. LARGEST SLATE FIRST ## The parties contesting Councillor ### [Conservative](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/conservative) · 8 of 8 seats [**Calvin Vanderploeg**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/calvin-vanderploeg) [**Cordel Pullar**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/cordel-pullar) [**Dan B. Carlos**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/dan-b-carlos) [**Donna Wu**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/donna-wu) [**Harkirat Sidhu**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/harkirat-sidhu) [**Manu Sharma**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/manu-sharma) [**Mehnaz Javed**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/mehnaz-javed) [**Ricky Bajwa**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/ricky-bajwa) ### [Imagine Surrey](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/imagine-surrey) · 8 of 8 seats [**Ashiyana Hanif**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/ashiyana-hanif) [**Chandan Chahal**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/chandan-chahal) [**Kevin Wilkie**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/kevin-wilkie) [**Margaret Mubanda**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/margaret-mubanda) [**Narima Dela Cruz**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/narima-dela-cruz) [**Perminder Chohan**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/perminder-chohan) [**William Li**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/william-li) [**Yousef Aldabainah-Barakat**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/yousef-aldabainah-barakat) ### [New Surrey+](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/new-surrey) · 8 of 8 seats [**Christopher R. Hoffmann**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/christopher-r-hoffmann) [**Emily Kennedy**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/emily-kennedy) [**Grace Zeigler**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/grace-zeigler) [**Ian de Hoog**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/ian-de-hoog) [**Leanna Jacinta Chatwin**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/leanna-jacinta-chatwin) [**Lily Tsi**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/lily-tsi) [**Matthew J. Smed**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/matthew-j-smed) [**Messia Ditshimba**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/messia-ditshimba) ### [Safe Surrey Coalition](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/safe-surrey-coalition) · 8 of 8 seats [**Allison Patton**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/allison-patton) [**Beau Simpson**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/beau-simpson) [**Cheney Cloke**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/cheney-cloke) [**Doug Elford**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/doug-elford) [**Laurie Guerra**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/laurie-guerra) [**Mandeep Singh Nagra**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/mandeep-singh-nagra) [**Meera Gill**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/meera-gill) [**Suhana Gill**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/suhana-gill) ### [Surrey Connect Public IA](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/surrey-connect-public-ia) · 8 of 8 seats [**Gord Hepner**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/gord-hepner) [**Harry Bains**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/harry-bains) [**Michael Dunn**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/michael-dunn) [**Noemi Victorino**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/noemi-victorino) [**Pardeep Kooner**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/pardeep-kooner) [**Rob Stutt**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/rob-stutt) [**Rona Tepper**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/rona-tepper) [**Vera LeFranc**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/vera-lefranc) ### [Surrey First](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/surrey-first) · 8 of 8 seats [**Bilal Cheema**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/bilal-cheema) [**Clint Stewart**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/clint-stewart) [**Debra Antifaev**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/debra-antifaev) [**Gagan Nahal**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/gagan-nahal) [**Janet Brown**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/janet-brown) [**Jasroop Gosal**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/jasroop-gosal) [**Mike Bose**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/mike-bose) [**Shina Vermani**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/shina-vermani) ### [SURREY NOW](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/surrey-now) · 7 of 8 seats [**Enrique Ponce de Leon**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/enrique-ponce-de-leon) [**Gail Beszedes**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/gail-beszedes) [**James Yu**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/james-yu) [**Jesse Johl**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/jesse-johl) [**Ollivor Dickson**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/ollivor-dickson) [**Rahul Gill**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/rahul-gill) [**Werner Spangehl**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/werner-spangehl) NO PARTY ## 11 independent candidates These candidates have no party beside their name on the official list. They are not a group and share no platform. [**Intikhab Ahmed**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/intikhab-ahmed) [**Isaac Daniel**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/isaac-daniel) [**Jimmy Rico**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/jimmy-rico) [**Lisa Dawn Alexis**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/lisa-dawn-alexis) [**Miguel Ting**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/miguel-ting) [**Mila Wong-Kabush**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/mila-wong-kabush) [**Philip Carless**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/philip-carless) [**Salman Zafar**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/salman-zafar) [**Tom Said**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/tom-said) [**Vik Uppal**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/vik-uppal) [**Youssef Khattab**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/youssef-khattab) [What running without a party means ](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/independents) ### 2 parties are not contesting Councillor - [Our Surrey](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/our-surrey) - [Surrey First Education](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/surrey-first-education) Each of these parties is running elsewhere on the same ballot. No candidate of theirs appears in this race on the official City of Surrey candidate list. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/surrey-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.