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.

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, known informally as the Tories, and historically also known as the Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. The governing party since 2010, it is the largest in the House of Commons, with 288 Members of Parliament, and also has 234 members of the House of Lords, 4 members of the European Parliament, 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 11 members of the Welsh Assembly, 8 members of the London Assembly and 7,445 local councillors.

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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]

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat Andrew Watson191
Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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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