2011 Runnymede Borough Council election

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The 2011 Runnymede Borough Council election took place in May 2011 to fill 14 open seats on the Runnymede Borough District Council. [1] The Conservative Party swept the elections, earning nearly 86% of the seats with only 53% of votes cast. [2]

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Election result

Runnymede Borough Election, 2011
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1285.72%53.73%12,373
  Labour 00%17.66%4,068
 [[Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrats]]00%8.56%1,972
  Monster Raving Loony 00%0.19%44
  RIRG 214.28%8.64%1,990
  UKIP 00%11.21%2,581

Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gavin Morrison47427.81%
Liberal Democrats Cleo Saise18610.91%
Conservative Peter Waddell1,04561.30%
Majority1,04561.30%
Turnout 1,70539.30%
Addlestone North (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Broadhead88358.10%
Monster Raving Loony Keith Collett442.90%
Labour Anne Emerson42327.83%
Liberal Democrats Geoff Pyle17011.19%
Majority88358.10%
Turnout 1,52035.10%
Chertsey Meads (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Christopher Browne32018.39%
Conservative Derek Cotty94554.28%
Liberal Democrats Peter Key1468.39%
Labour Doug Scott33018.99%
Majority94554.28%
Turnout 1,74138.50%
Chertsey South & Row Town (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Denyer30816.96%
Conservative Terry Dicks 98954.44%
UKIP Gillian Ellis33918.66%
Liberal Democrats Derek Weston1819.97%
Majority98954.44%
Turnout 1,81744.80%
Chertsey St. Anns (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dolsie Clarke78646.13%
Labour Paul Greenwood55032.28%
UKIP Angela Shepperdson36821.60%
Majority78646.13%
Turnout 1,70435%
Egham Hythe (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dorian Meade33821.24%
Labour Andreea Scott43627.39%
Conservative Gill Warner81851.39%
Majority81851.39%
Turnout 1,59233.20%
Egham Town (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RIRG John Ashmore90053.42%
UKIP Rosemary Browne1046.18%
Conservative Ifti Chaudhri48128.55%
Labour Deb Greenwood20011.87%
Majority90053.42%
Turnout 1,68539.40%
Englefield Green East (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Ben Lyon14712.33%
Conservative Peter Taylor68457.34%
Liberal Democrats Andy Watson36230.35%
Majority68457.34%
Turnout 1,19329%
Englefield Green West (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Brenda Lyon35533.02%
Conservative Nick Prescot72066.98%
Majority72066.98%
Turnout 1,07533.10%
Foxhills (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frances Barden99355.48%
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Gillies1558.66%
Labour John Gurney31717.71%
UKIP Toby Micklethwait32518.16%
Majority99355.48%
Turnout 1,79042.10%
New Haw (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Bell28016.74%
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Coulon23313.93%
UKIP Leon Mullet22213.27%
Conservative Damian Sorgiovanni93856.07%
Majority93856.07%
Turnout 1,67338.10%
Thorpe (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RIRG Linda Gillham1,09058.48%
UKIP Steve Gynn1739.29%
Labour James Hale1236.60%
Conservative Nicholas Wase-Rogers47825.65%
Majority1,09058.48%
Turnout 1,86443.70%
Virginia Water (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Heath20111.52%
Labour Bernie Stacey21212.15%
Conservative Geoffrey Woodger1,33376.35%
Majority1,33376.35%
Turnout 1,74640.30%
Woodham (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brenda Head41521.59%
Conservative Gail Kingerley1,28066.57%
UKIP Graham Wood22811.86%
Majority1,28066.57%
Turnout 1,92345.70%

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References

  1. "Local Election Results 2011". Local Elections Archive Project. n.d. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2012). "Runnymede Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre Plymouth University. Retrieved 27 September 2021.