2022 Runnymede Borough Council election

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2022 Runnymede Borough Council election
  2021 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05) 2023  

14 of the 41 seats in the Runnymede Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderNick PrescotIsabel MullensRobert King
Party Conservative RIRG Labour Co-op
Leader since201720222021
Leader's seatEnglefield Green WestEgham TownEgham Hythe
Last election920
Seats before2661
Seats won622
Seats after2463
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg 2
Popular vote7,1981,6243,280
Percentage37.9%8.5%17.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg 6.6 pp Decrease2.svg 0.6 pp Increase2.svg 0.6 pp

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
LeaderDon WhyteSteve Ringham
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader since2019new 2022
Leader's seatLongcross, Lyne and Chertsey SouthAddlestone North
Last election10
Seats before30
Seats won11
Seats after31
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote3,5241,208
Percentage18.6%6.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.8 pp Increase2.svg 2.8 pp

Runnymede Borough Council 2022.png
A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the councillor elected from each ward.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2022 Runnymede Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect one-third of members of the Runnymede Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in the U.K.

Contents

Since its first election in 1973, the council has been under Conservative control, apart from a short period between 1996 and 1998 when it was under no overall control. In the previous election in 2021, the Conservative Party retained control of the council, winning 9 out of 13 seats and holding their majority, albeit reduced to 4. Liberal Democrat and Labour Co-op Party councillors, are also present on the council. Since that election, one Conservative councillor, Mike Kusneraitis, had defected to become an independent and was defending his seat.

Following the election, the majority Conservatives lost four seats and reducing their majority to Four, with Labour gaining two, Green Party of England and Wales gaining one, and independent candidate Andrea Berardi picking up his seat from the Conservatives also.

The election occurred in the national context of the Partygate scandal and the cost of living crisis.

Results

Runnymede Borough Council Election 2022
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 6Decrease2.svg 442.8182458.57,19837.9-6.6%
  Liberal Democrats 1Steady2.svg7.1237.33,52418.6+4.8%
  Labour Co-op 2Increase2.svg 214.3137.33,28017.3+0.6%
  Independent 2Increase2.svg 114.3249.82,10211.1=0.0%
  RIRG 2Steady2.svg14.34614.61,6248.5-0.6%
  Green 1Increase2.svg 17.1012.41,2086.4+2.8%
  Heritage 0Steady2.svg0000610.3New

Ward Results

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Addlestone North

Addlestone North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Steve Ringham 525 40.57 +17.30
Conservative David Curran48137.17-9.75
Labour Co-op Michael Scott18614.37-4.47
Liberal Democrats Rudi Dikty-Daudiyan1027.88-0.45
Majority443.4
Rejected ballots6
Turnout 1294
Green gain from Independent Swing +13.53

Addlestone South

Addlestone South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Wilson 610 44.33 -13.23
Labour Co-op Nigel Base33924.64-2.20
Liberal Democrats Ray Williamson25118.24+2.64
Green Andrew Smith17612.79New
Majority27119.7
Rejected ballots13
Turnout 1376
Conservative hold Swing -5.52

Chertsey Riverside

Chertsey Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shannon Saise-Marshall 475 39.16 -15.54
Labour Co-op Bernie Stacey33327.45+4.18
Liberal Democrats Kevin Lee26822.09+7.22
Green Richard Miller14011.54New
Majority14211.7
Rejected ballots14
Turnout 1216
Conservative hold Swing -9.86

Chertsey St. Ann's

Chertsey St. Ann's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dolsie Clarke 502 34.34 -18.29
Independent Peter Waddell47932.76New
Labour Peter Kingham29219.97+1.30
Liberal Democrats Annabel Jones19113.06-1.26
Majority231.6
Rejected ballots9
Turnout 1464
Conservative hold Swing -25.53

Egham Hythe

Egham Hythe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op James Rhys Davies 827 57.75 +16.87
Conservative Mark Adams60542.25-0.35
Majority22215.5
Rejected ballots11
Turnout 1432
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +8.61

Egham Town

Egham Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RIRG Sam Jenkins 826 55.44 +2.53
Conservative Hollie Bolitho27818.66-2.81
Labour Co-op Jacqueline Teale22415.03-5.45
Green Timothy Hayes916.11New
Liberal Democrats Ian Heath714.77-0.37
Majority54836.8
Rejected ballots8
Turnout 1490
RIRG hold Swing +2.67

Englefield Green East

Englefield Green East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrea Berardi 368 45.89 New
Conservative Rania Elzeiny21727.06-17.44
Labour Co-op Cai Parry15919.83-2.23
Liberal Democrats Tom Jordan587.23-16.66
Majority15118.8
Rejected ballots2
Turnout 802
Independent gain from Conservative Swing +31.67

Englefield Green West

Englefield Green West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Abby King 403 36.84 +15.80
Conservative Tanya Solomon38335.01-12.64
Independent Michael Kusneraitis30828.15N/A
Majority201.8
Rejected ballots4
Turnout 1094
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +14.22

Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South

Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Whyte 657 68.80 +23.14
Conservative Neill Rubidge29831.20-9.34
Majority35937.6
Rejected ballots9
Turnout 955
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +16.24

New Haw

New Haw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vanda Cunningham 661 48.11 -8.28
Liberal Democrats Kevin DeCruz65247.45+3.84
Heritage Gian Palermiti614.44New
Majority90.7
Rejected ballots4
Turnout 1374
Conservative hold Swing -6.06

Ottershaw

Ottershaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Malcolm Cressey 947 55.58 -2.92
Conservative Leo Davies42825.12-10.41
Labour John Gurney19011.15-2.01
Liberal Democrats Stuart Lawrence1398.16+1.84
Majority51930.5
Rejected ballots6
Turnout 1704
Independent hold Swing +3.75

Thorpe

Thorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RIRG Linda Gillham 798 53.09 +2.06
Conservative Nick Wase-Rogers42128.01-5.80
Labour Co-op Benjamin Niblett21114.04+3.06
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Smith-Wright734.86+0.68
Majority37725.1
Rejected ballots5
Turnout 1503
RIRG hold Swing +3.93

Virginia Water

Virginia Water
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Hulley 900 56.68 +14.60
Liberal Democrats Karin Rowsell57236.02+12.10
Labour Co-op Karen McKinley-Gunn1167.26-2.35
Majority32820.7
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 1588
Conservative hold Swing +1.25

Woodham and Rowtown

Woodham and Rowtown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Max Darby 939 55.07 -4.46
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Coulon49028.74+17.15
Green Peter Chiverton27616.19New
Majority44926.3
Rejected ballots8
Turnout 1705
Conservative hold Swing -10.81

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References

  1. "Election results by wards, 5 May 2022". Runnymede Borough Council. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.