2008 Runnymede Borough Council election

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Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

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Three councillors had resigned from the council before the election and a further two did not stand for re-election. [1] No seats changed hands with the Conservative party remaining dominant on the council. [2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Runnymede Local Election Result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1400082.457.112,402-1.0%
  Runnymede Residents Association 300017.612.32,678+2.5%
  Labour 0000014.63,160+2.2%
  UKIP 000008.31,808-0.5%
  Liberal Democrats 000006.51,408-3.4%
  Independent 000000.6141-0.3%
  Green 000000.5109+0.5%

Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Broadhead97572.4-3.8
Labour Gavin Morrison23017.1-6.7
Independent Colin Stephens14110.5+10.5
Majority74555.3+2.9
Turnout 1,34633.2+1.9
Conservative hold Swing
Addlestone North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Denby73165.0+5.5
Labour Deborah Greenwood18516.4+0.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Key13211.7-1.4
UKIP Tarun Comar776.8-3.7
Majority54648.6+4.7
Turnout 1,12527.6-1.1
Conservative hold Swing
Chertsey Meads
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Norman82660.4+2.6
UKIP Christopher Browne29421.5+3.7
Labour Bernie Stacey24718.1+3.2
Majority53238.9-1.1
Turnout 1,36732.7-0.7
Conservative hold Swing
Chertsey St.Ann's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Chapman755
Conservative Louis Pouyanne698
Labour Paul Greenwood461
Labour Kenneth Denyer395
UKIP Robert Belobaba191
UKIP Ileana Nguyen142
Turnout 2,64231.2-0.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Chertsey South and Row Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Edwards94767.2+3.3
UKIP Gillian Ellis26218.6-1.3
Labour Peter Kingham20114.3-1.9
Majority68548.6+4.6
Turnout 1,41035.2-0.3
Conservative hold Swing
Egham Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Runnymede Residents Association Anthony Moore71959.5+5.1
Conservative Andrew Sheldon35829.6-5.7
Labour Keith Thompson13210.9+0.6
Majority36129.9+10.8
Turnout 1,20931.0-1.9
Independent hold Swing
Englefield Green East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marisa Heath49351.9-2.2
Liberal Democrats James Whiteley26427.8-7.8
Labour Sebastian Michnowicz10110.6+10.6
UKIP Rosemary Browne919.6-0.6
Majority22924.1+5.6
Turnout 94923.3-0.6
Conservative hold Swing
Englefield Green West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Meares46444.5+2.0
UKIP Anthony Micklethwait26425.3-0.4
Labour Roxanne Mashari12912.4+12.4
Green Jenny Gould10910.5+10.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Heath777.4-6.5
Majority20019.2+2.4
Turnout 1,04332.9+0.3
Conservative hold Swing
Foxhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Francis97570.2+9.4
Labour John Gurney22716.3+4.5
UKIP Leon Mullett18713.5-0.3
Majority74853.9+6.9
Turnout 1,38934.5-0.7
Conservative hold Swing
Hythe (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Yvonna Lay659
Conservative Jonathan Wilson600
Labour David Bell299
Labour Antonio Dorileo281
Liberal Democrats Andrew Watson191
Liberal Democrats Alexander Harrowell187
UKIP Guy Leven-Torres141
Turnout 2,35827.4+0.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
New Haw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Tollett89572.5+8.6
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Coulon33927.5-8.6
Majority55645.0+17.2
Turnout 1,23429.4-2.3
Conservative hold Swing
Thorpe (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Runnymede Residents Association Elaine Gill1,024
Runnymede Residents Association Margaret Harnden935
Conservative William Roberts485
Conservative Nicholas Wase-Rogers373
Turnout 2,81734.1-2.7
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Virginia Water
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Roberts98672.3
Liberal Democrats Christine Key21816.0
UKIP Steve Gynn15911.7
Majority76856.3
Turnout 1,36333.6-2.1
Conservative hold Swing
Woodham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Jones1,18281.3
Labour George Blair27218.7
Majority91062.6
Turnout 1,45435.2-1.1
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Election - Runnymede's runners and riders". Surrey Advertiser. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
  2. ↑ "Local election results in Surrey". Surrey Advertiser. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
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