1998 Runnymede Borough Council election

Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 23
• Labour 12
• Independent 5
• Liberal Democrat 1
• Residents Association 1

Election result

Runnymede local election result 1998

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8			+2	53.3	47.1	9,396
	Labour	4			-2	26.7	28.7	5,734
	Liberal Democrats	1			0	6.7	15.6	3,108
	Residents Association	1			+1	6.7	4.8	955
	Independent	1			-1	6.7	3.9	769

Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Blake	883	53.2
	Labour	Peter Kingham	776	46.8
Majority			107	6.4
Turnout			1,659	38.6

Addlestone North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Cliff	755	53.9
	Conservative	Terry Dicks	645	46.1
Majority			110	7.8
Turnout			1,400	34.4

Addlestone St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Grahame Leon-Smith	802	61.5
	Labour	Kenneth Denyer	298	22.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Taggart	205	15.7
Majority			504	38.7
Turnout			1,305	29.7

Chertsey Meads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Jacobs	820	45.5
	Labour	Linda Quinn	801	44.5
	Liberal Democrats	Prudence Horne	180	10.0
Majority			19	1.0
Turnout			1,801	34.6

Chertsey St. Ann's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Lowther	765	57.6
	Conservative	Graham Thomas	469	35.3
	Liberal Democrats	Noel Kehoe	93	7.0
Majority			296	22.3
Turnout			1,327	34.3

Egham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents Association	Brian Clarke	955	63.1
	Conservative	Hannes Kleineke	286	18.9
	Labour	William Holland	273	18.0
Majority			669	44.2
Turnout			1,514	28.5

Englefield Green East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Jones	485	55.9
	Labour	Martin Rudd	202	23.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Key	180	20.8
Majority			283	32.6
Turnout			867	20.5

Englefield Green West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Clark	584	47.7
	Conservative	Timothy Stones	533	43.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Bonar	108	8.8
Majority			51	4.2
Turnout			1,225	31.1

Foxhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Easton	774	60.0
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Boyde	517	40.0
Majority			257	20.0
Turnout			1,291	30.2

Hythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Barrett	635	54.8
	Conservative	Dennis Dormer	401	34.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dorian Mead	123	10.6
Majority			234	20.2
Turnout			1,159	24.5

New Haw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Graham	810	60.4
	Conservative	James Broadhead	530	39.6
Majority			280	20.8
Turnout			1,340	34.4

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Francis Tourlamain	769	63.2
	Conservative	Mark Pearce	295	24.3
	Labour	Monica Dowling	152	12.5
Majority			474	38.9
Turnout			1,216	29.1

Virginia Water

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Poole	731	76.5
	Labour	Colin Archer	113	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Palm	112	11.7
Majority			618	64.7
Turnout			956	32.3

Woodham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Florence Angell	883
	Conservative	John Keene	859
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hartwell	397
	Liberal Democrats	David Castleton	383
	Labour	George Blair	213
	Labour	Shaun O'Byrne	167
Turnout			2,902	39.7

References

• "Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16
• Ward results