2016 Runnymede Borough Council election

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2016 Runnymede Borough Council election
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  2015 5 May 2016 (2016-05-05) 2018  

15 seats to Runnymede Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Con
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Party Conservative Residents
Last election366
Seats won366

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2016 Runnymede Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect 15 members of Runnymede Borough Council in Surrey, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Election result

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward results

[2]

Addlestone Bourneside

Addlestone Bourneside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cherith Mary Simmons 772 57.36
Labour June Patricia Tilbury40730.24
Liberal Democrats Donald James Whyte14810.99
Turnout 134631.33
Conservative hold Swing

Addlestone North

Addlestone North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stewart Mark Mackay 722 59.82
Labour Anne Emerson-Miller48540.18
Turnout 122526.93
Conservative hold Swing

Chertsey Meads

Chertsey Meads
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Gordon Nuti 616 48.28
Labour Judith Elizabeth Middleton29022.73
UKIP Christopher David Butcher27121.24
Green Lee-Anne Josephine Collett Lawrance917.13
Turnout 127628.16
Conservative hold Swing

Chertsey South and Row Town

Chertsey South and Row Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Scott Alderson Lewis 785 56.47
Green Richard George Miller34524.82
Labour Philip Martin24917.91
Turnout 139031.21
Conservative hold Swing

Chertsey St Ann's

Chertsey St Ann's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Myles Lee Willingale 600 41.93
Labour Arran Richard Neathey40027.95
UKIP William Albert Bruno31522.01
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Jane Whyte1097.62
Turnout 143129.38
Conservative hold Swing

Egham Hythe

Egham Hythe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Yvonna Pia Lay 493 38.91
Labour Robert Ashley King38029.99
UKIP Alex Ali Balkan26921.23
Liberal Democrats Aidan Peter Leonard Watson1219.55
Turnout 126726.24
Conservative hold Swing

Egham Town

Egham Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Residents David John Knight 769 62.07
Conservative Liane Gibson27922.52
Labour Helen Elizabeth Jewell18715.09
Turnout 123929.21
Residents hold Swing

Englefield Green East

Englefield Green East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marisa Natalia Heath 502 65.19
Labour Benjamin James Tozer16120.91
Liberal Democrats Catherine Elizabeth Watson10113.17
Turnout 77031.36
Conservative hold Swing

Englefield Green West

Englefield Green West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Michael King 365 42.20
Labour Abby Louise King25829.83
UKIP David Charles Hunt23727.40
Turnout 86525.44
Conservative hold Swing

Foxhills

Foxhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iftikhar Ahmad Chaudhri 775 53.82
UKIP Christopher Alan Browne42629.58
Labour Fiona Robertson Dent23516.32
Turnout 144034.20
Conservative hold Swing

New Haw

New Haw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Peter Tollett 750 61.63
Labour James Richard Mullett23018.90
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Jane Coulon22418.41
Turnout 121727.77
Conservative hold Swing

Thorpe

Thorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Residents Elaine Gill 790 56.27
UKIP John Stephen Gynn34224.36
Conservative Mark David Pearce15511.04
Labour Jacqueline Mary Fletcher1127.98
Turnout 140433.03
Residents hold Swing

Virginia Water

Virginia Water
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Susan Sant Manduca 689 56.38
Residents Brian Anthony Clarke36629.95
UKIP Ross Thompson15412.60
Turnout 122229.32
Conservative hold Swing

Woodham

Woodham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas James Francis Gracey 961 72.15
Conservative David Ewan Anderson-Bassey 901 67.64
UKIP Valerie Ann Woodhouse32224.17
Turnout 141033.11
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. "Election results: Thursday 5 May 2016" (PDF). www.runnymede.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2021.