2023 Runnymede Borough Council election

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2023 Runnymede Borough Council election
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14 of the 41 seats in the Runnymede Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Registered59,845
Turnout19,547 (32.7%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Lab
LD
LeaderTom GraceyRobert KingDon Whyte
Party Conservative Labour Co-op Liberal Democrats
Leader since202220212019
Leader's seatWoodham & RowtownEgham HytheLongcross, Lyne and Chertsey South
Last election621
Seats before2433
Seats won522
Seats after2044
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote7,2114,2363,751
Percentage36.9%21.7%19.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.0 pp Increase2.svg 4.4 pp Increase2.svg 0.6 pp
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Res
Grn
IND
LeaderIsabel MullensSteve RinghamMalcolm Cressey
Party RIRG Green Independent
Leader since202220222019
Leader's seatEgham TownAddlestone NorthOttershaw
Last election211
Seats before614
Seats won212
Seats after625
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote1,6671,2781,237
Percentage8.5%6.5%6.3%
SwingSteady2.svg 0.0 pp Increase2.svg 0.1 pp Decrease2.svg 4.8 pp
Runnymede Borough election 2023.png
A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the councillor elected from each ward
Leader before election

Tom Gracey
Conservative

Leader after election

Tom Gracey
Conservative
No overall control

The 2023 Runnymede Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect one-third of members of the Runnymede Borough Council in Surrey, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. [1]

Contents

The Conservative Party lost control of the council for the second time since the first election in 1973, the first being a short period between 1996 and 1998 when it was also under no overall control. In the previous election in 2022, the Conservative Party retained control of the council, winning 6 out of 14 seats and holding their majority, albeit reduced to 7. Liberal Democrat, Labour Co-op Party and Green Party each made gains of one seat each, and one independent gained a seat also. [2]

The Conservatives managed to form a minority administration after the election with informal support from the three independent councillors representing the Ottershaw ward. [3]

These were the first elections to be held with a new requirement for voters to have photo ID to vote in person at a polling station. [4]

Overall results

Runnymede Borough Council election 2023
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 5Decrease2.svg 435.7152048.87,21136.9-1.0%
  Labour Co-op 2Increase2.svg 114.3249.84,23621.7+4.4%
  Liberal Democrats 2Increase2.svg 114.3249.83,75119.2+0.6%
  RIRG 2Steady2.svg 014.34614.61,6678.5=0.0%
  Independent 2Increase2.svg 114.33512.21,2376.3-4.8%
  Green 1Increase2.svg 17.1124.91,2786.5+0.1%
  Liberal 0New0.0000.0810.4New
  Reform UK 0New0.0000.0710.4New
  Heritage 0Steady2.svg 00.0000.0150.1-0.2%

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows: [5] [6]

Addlestone North

Addlestone North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Manu Singh 545 39.7 −0.9
Conservative David Curran51537.5+0.3
Labour Co-op June Tilbury22816.6+2.2
Liberal Democrats Rudi Dikty-Daudiyan866.3−1.6
Majority302.2
Rejected ballots7
Turnout 137431.5
Green gain from Conservative Swing -0.6

Addlestone South

Addlestone South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Snow 609 41.7 −2.6
Labour Co-op Elaine Percival52936.3+11.7
Liberal Democrats Ray Williamson17812.2−6.0
Green Brian Gardiner1439.8−3.0
Majority805.5
Rejected ballots14
Turnout 145930.3
Conservative hold Swing -7.1

Chertsey Riverside

Chertsey Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jaz Mavi 565 41.9 +2.7
Labour Co-op Cai Parry51938.5+11.0
Liberal Democrats Annabel Jones15811.7−10.4
Green Elaine Brindley1077.9−3.6
Majority463.4
Rejected ballots5
Turnout 134929.3
Conservative hold Swing -4.1

Chertsey St. Ann's

Chertsey St. Ann's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Nuti 647 45.1 +10.8
Labour Co-op Ricky Milstead52436.5+16.5
Liberal Democrats Kevin Lee16711.6−1.5
Green Tim Hayes966.7New
Majority1238.6
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 143430.1
Conservative hold Swing -2.9

Egham Hythe

Egham Hythe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Robert King 749 49.8 −8.0
Conservative Mark Adams62441.5−0.8
Liberal Roberto Buono815.4New
Independent John Olorenshaw493.3New
Majority1258.3
Rejected ballots2
Turnout 150330.8
Labour Co-op hold Swing -3.6

Egham Town

Egham Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RIRG Isabel Mullens 927 64.6 +9.2
Labour Meera Saravanan21314.9−0.1
Conservative John Osborn21214.8−3.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Heath825.7+0.9
Majority71449.8
Rejected ballots7
Turnout 143432.8
RIRG hold Swing +4.7

Englefield Green East

Englefield Green East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Trevor Gates 442 54.5 +8.6
Conservative Lewis Virgo18823.2−3.9
Labour Co-op Archie Langdon11313.9−5.9
Liberal Democrats Tom Jordan688.4+1.2
Majority25431.3
Rejected ballots1
Turnout 81133.2
Independent gain from Conservative Swing +6.3

Englefield Green West

Englefield Green West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eliza Kettle 613 53.9 +17.1
Conservative Tanya Solomon52546.1+11.1
Majority887.7
Rejected ballots6
Turnout 113830.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.0

Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South

Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Don Whyte 689 73.2 +4.4
Conservative Tommy Traylen25226.8−4.4
Majority43746.4
Rejected ballots3
Turnout 94133.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.4

New Haw

New Haw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Smith 1,135 64.7 +17.2
Conservative Jacqui Gracey53630.6−17.5
Green Martin Robson683.9New
Heritage Gian Palermiti150.9−3.5
Majority59934.2
Rejected ballots8
Turnout 175437.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +17.4

Ottershaw

Ottershaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Cressey 746 45.4 −10.2
Conservative Peter Edwards43126.2+1.1
Labour Co-op Joe Rourke21513.1+1.9
Liberal Democrats Kevin DeCruz1338.1−0.1
Green Peter Chiverton1187.2New
Majority31519.2
Rejected ballots6
Turnout 164334.1
Independent hold Swing -5.7

Thorpe

Thorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RIRG Elaine Gill 740 53.5 +0.4
Conservative Jacqueline Sharp39528.6+0.6
Labour Co-op Benjamin Niblett17812.9−1.1
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Smith-Wright705.1+0.2
Majority34524.9
Rejected ballots7
Turnout 138332.1
RIRG hold Swing -0.1

Virginia Water

Virginia Water
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Howorth 789 47.5 −9.2
Liberal Democrats Karin Roswell64638.9+2.9
Labour Co-op Karen McKinlay-Gunn1076.4−0.9
Reform UK Mayuran Senthilnathan714.3New
Green Maciej Pawlik482.9New
Majority1438.6
Rejected ballots4
Turnout 166138.7
Conservative hold Swing -6.0

Woodham and Rowtown

Woodham and Rowtown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Gracey 923 55.5 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Coulon33920.4−8.3
Labour Co-op Michael Scott24814.9New
Green Vicky Flyn1539.2−7.0
Majority58435.1
Rejected ballots7
Turnout 166334.4
Conservative hold Swing +4.4

By-elections

Addlestone South

Addlestone South: 10 October 2024 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Eldridge 520 55.9 +14.2
Labour Elaine Percival26228.2–8.1
Liberal Democrats Jenny Coulon859.1–3.1
Green Jess Ward636.8–3.0
Majority25827.7+22.2
Turnout 94919.4–10.9
Registered electors 4,899
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg11.2

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