--- title: "Independent candidates in the Surrey 2026 election | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/independents" last_updated: "2026-10-10T03:55:37.381Z" meta: description: "The candidates running with no party in Surrey on October 17, 2026, what running without a party means on the ballot, and where to read each profile." "og:description": "The candidates running with no party in Surrey on October 17, 2026, what running without a party means on the ballot, and where to read each profile." "og:title": "Independent candidates in the Surrey 2026 election" "twitter:description": "The candidates running with no party in Surrey on October 17, 2026, what running without a party means on the ballot, and where to read each profile." "twitter:title": "Independent candidates in the Surrey 2026 election" --- ** NO PARTY ยท Surrey 2026 # Running without a party 19 candidates on the October 17 ballot have no party behind them. They are not a group, they have no shared platform, and nothing on this site treats them as one. [All parties ](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties) **19**Independent candidates **2**Races they are in WHAT IT MEANS ON THE BALLOT ## What running without a party changes A party in a British Columbia local election is called an elector organization. Only a registered one can endorse candidates, take campaign contributions as a group and spend as a group. A candidate running alone raises and files their own money, and their name appears on the ballot with no affiliation beside it. It also changes what they can do if elected. A candidate with no party arrives with no bloc, which means every vote has to be won one at a time. That is a real difference, and it cuts both ways: no bloc to rely on, and no bloc to answer to. The candidates listed below share nothing except the absence of a party label. Treating them as a group would be inventing a relationship that does not exist, so this page lists them and links to their own profiles. BY OFFICE ## The 19 independent candidates ### Councillor (11) [**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) ### School Trustee (8) [**Afzalur Rahman**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/afzalur-rahman) [**Amrit Birring**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/amrit-birring) [**Gary B. Hee**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/gary-b-hee) [**Ghulam Mujtaba**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/ghulam-mujtaba) [**Gurleen K. Chahal**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/gurleen-k-chahal) [**Harjit Bhullar**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/harjit-bhullar) [**Meena Kochher**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/meena-kochher) [**Noor Cheema**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/noor-cheema) ### No invented affiliations A candidate appears here only when the official City of Surrey candidate list shows no party beside their name. None of them is linked to a party page anywhere on this site. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/surrey-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.