These are concentrated within the Ruxley Private Estate, on the Esher-Claygate border and in the roads to the south of the railway station. Politics Claygate is served by a Parish Council made up of 10 elected representatives. The Parish Council has some responsibilities, acquired from Surrey County and Elmbridge Borough Councils, such as highway, garden sites and tree planting. The parish council is also influential in its responses to planning applications in the area. Claygate is in the parliamentary constituency of Esher and Walton, which since its inception in 1997 has been a relatively safe seat for the Conservative Party. The local MP since 2010 is the deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab. Local government is administered by Elmbridge Borough Council and Surrey County Council. At Surrey County Council, one of its 81 councillors represents the area within the Hinchley Wood, Claygate and Oxshott division. At Elmbridge Borough Council all wards of the borough are deemed appropriate to be represented under the current constitution of councillors by three councillors. References 10. Your Councillors by Ward Elmbridge Borough Council * Retrieved 2 September 2016 Malcolm W H Peebles The Claygate Book: a History of a Surrey Village (1983) and Millennium edition (1999) Claygate Village Residents Association Claygate Village: Enquire Within (1983) External links Claygate Parish Council website The Claygate Flower & Village Show website The Claygate Music Festival website The History of Claygate Holy Name Church website Holy Trinity Church website 1st Claygate Scouts – Scouting in Claygate since 1909 Villages in Surrey Civil parishes in Surrey Borough of Elmbridge