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16 out of 48 seats to Elmbridge Borough Council 25 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Elmbridge Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Elmbridge Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Elmbridge Borough Council in Surrey, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England. There were 16 out of 48 seats contested, being the usual third of the council.
Prior to the election the council the council was under no overall control; the Conservatives were the largest party but the council was being run by a coalition of the Residents Associations and the Liberal Democrats, led by Chris Sadler of the Residents Associations. The Conservatives lost the majority of the seats they were defending, mainly to the Liberal Democrats who became the largest party. [2] [3] The Liberal Democrats and Residents Associations continued their coalition after the election, but with Liberal Democrat group leader Bruce McDonald taking over as leader of the council. [4]
2023 Elmbridge Borough Council election [2] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 9 | +6 | 56.3 | 10 | 19 | 39.6 | 15,560 | 38.9 | ||
Conservative | 2 | -4 | 12.5 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 13,139 | 32.8 | ||
Residents | 5 | -2 | 31.3 | 11 | 17 | 35.4 | 8,384 | 21.0 | ||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,586 | 6.5 | |||
Heritage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 174 | 0.4 | |||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 101 | 0.3 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 0.1 | |||
Candidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). [5] [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alex Coomes* | 1,732 | 70.1 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | John Burns | 631 | 25.6 | -3.3 | |
Labour | Sue Cope | 106 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,101 | 44.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,469 | 44.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Robin Stephens* | 1,252 | 49.2 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Katerina Lusk Posledni | 1,098 | 43.1 | -4.4 | |
Labour | Carolyn Gray | 116 | 4.6 | +0.1 | |
Reform UK | Elaine Kingston | 57 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Heritage | Paul Van Der Hagen | 23 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 154 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,546 | 39.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Robin Stephens had won the seat from the Conservatives in a by-election in 2021. Seat shown as a Liberal Democrat gain from Conservatives to allow comparison with 2019 results.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | Richard Williams* | 1,301 | 51.3 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Amanda Manship | 989 | 39.0 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Richard Bennett | 247 | 9.7 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 312 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,537 | 38.6 | |||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Hughes | 1,300 | 46.6 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Mary Sheldon* | 1,236 | 44.3 | ±0.0 | |
Labour | Susan Dennis | 251 | 9.0 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 64 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,787 | 41.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | Janet Turner* | 1,603 | 61.9 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liz Ambekar | 518 | 20.0 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | Caroline Kim | 384 | 14.8 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Rachelle Headland | 84 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,085 | 41.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,589 | 40.3 | |||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Neil Houston* | 1,471 | 70.6 | -2.9 | |
Conservative | Blake Coe | 471 | 22.6 | -3.9 | |
Labour | Ahmad Ali | 141 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,000 | 48.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,083 | 39.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Neil Houston had been elected in 2019 as a Liberal Democrat, left the party to sit as an independent during 2021 but returned to the party shortly before the election in 2023. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Flatau | 1,236 | 42.6 | +6.4 | |
Residents | Pat Gormley | 920 | 31.7 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | Chen Zhao | 615 | 21.2 | -15.2 | |
Labour | Rosie Rendall | 129 | 4.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 316 | 10.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,900 | 43.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Residents | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | Tony Popham* | 927 | 43.0 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Nagle | 701 | 32.5 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Agnes Fuchs | 384 | 17.8 | -6.9 | |
Labour | Jamal Ajjane | 143 | 6.6 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 226 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,155 | 32.8 | |||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hilary Butler* | 1,290 | 51.3 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Davis | 1,014 | 40.3 | -2.4 | |
Labour | Angus Rendall | 157 | 6.2 | -1.0 | |
UKIP | Nicholas Wood | 55 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 276 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,516 | 42.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Corinne Sterry | 1,573 | 60.5 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Grose | 898 | 34.6 | -9.0 | |
Labour | Steven Gray | 69 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Heritage | Gaynor Van Der Hagen | 59 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 675 | 25.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,599 | 38.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | Elaine Sesemann | 1,563 | 58.2 | -1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Gattey | 643 | 24.0 | -3.3 | |
Conservative | Yanik Gammampila | 307 | 11.4 | -2.0 | |
Labour | Richard Lewis | 127 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Nick Denton | 44 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 920 | 34.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,684 | 40.5 | |||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gregor MacGregor | 1,028 | 39.5 | +15.1 | |
Residents | Andrew Kelly | 926 | 35.6 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Lloyd Soldatt | 510 | 19.6 | -6.8 | |
Labour | Asieh Ahmadzade | 138 | 5.3 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 102 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,602 | 42.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Residents | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Clare Bailey | 1,197 | 55.1 | -0.6 | |
Conservative | Aliscia Butler | 779 | 35.9 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Fatima Kamara | 195 | 9.0 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 418 | 19.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,171 | 35.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Catherine Glass | 1,476 | 50.1 | -5.1 | |
Conservative | Ellie Ioannou | 1,210 | 41.1 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Kelly Haines | 169 | 5.7 | +1.2 | |
Heritage | Charlie Garrod | 92 | 3.1 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 266 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,947 | 43.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ashley Tilling* | 1,094 | 52.9 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Freddie Tshiaba Mbuyi Kawaya | 754 | 36.5 | -2.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Helen Pilmer | 220 | 10.6 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 340 | 16.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,068 | 35.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | Pippa Graeme | 1,144 | 48.8 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Colin McFarlane | 908 | 38.7 | -12.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Gary Dean | 294 | 12.5 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 236 | 10.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,346 | 36.5 | |||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kevin Whincup | 694 | 36.1 | -6.5 | |
Conservative | Freddie Ingle | 627 | 32.6 | +11.4 | |
Residents | Pat Gormley | 523 | 27.2 | -4.5 | |
Green | Andrew Dillon | 77 | 4.0 | New | |
Majority | 67 | 3.5 | -7.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,921 | 28.1 | -14.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,844 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Residents |
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