2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election

2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election
All 39 seats to Spelthorne Borough Council ; 20 seats needed for a majority
Registered	77,255
Turnout	24,293 (31.4%)
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election
Leader before election; John Boughtflower; Conservative ; No overall control	Leader after election; Joanne Sexton ; Independent ; No overall control

Last updated September 03, 2023

The 2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Spelthorne Borough Council in Surrey, England.^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Summary

Election result

2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39	12	0	12	11	30.7	38.6	24,720	–7.7
	Liberal Democrats	14	10	2	0	2	25.6	18.6	11,893	+1.1
	Independent	18	7	5	0	5	17.9	17.7	11,363	+13.6
	Labour	14	7	6	1	3	17.9	13.6	8,696	–2.3
	Green	10	3	4	0	1	7.7	10.8	6,927	+2.0
	TUSC	3	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	37	N/A
	Reform UK	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	350	N/A

Ward results

The results were declared on the 5 May 2023.^[3]

Ashford Common

Ashford Common (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Bhadye	783	40.7	-10.9
	Conservative	Naz Islam	781	40.6	-6.0
	Independent	Katherine Rutherford	773	40.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Jugjit Matharu	709	36.9	-4.7
	Independent	David Alexander	706	36.7	N/A
	Labour	Andrew Lamb	491	25.5	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Mockford	490	25.5	+4.4
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			1,929	29.8	+2.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Ashford East

Ashford East (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joanne Sexton**	991	50.7	*N/A*
	Independent	Elizabeth Baldock	776	39.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Rose Chandler*	714	36.5	-8.3
	Conservative	Keith Robinson	615	31.5	-15.4
	Conservative	Vandana Tuteja	544	27.8	-14.7
	Independent	John Enright	467	23.9	N/A
	Labour	Gerald Dare	442	22.6	+1.4
	Green	Chris Hyde	319	16.3	-12.2
	Independent	Gerald Gravett	265	13.6	N/A
	Green	Nigel Scott	253	12.8	N/A
Rejected ballots			3
Turnout			1,958	33.3
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Joanne Sexton was an incumbent in Ashford North and Stanwell South

Ashford North & Stanwell South

Ashford North & Stanwell South (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Beatty	728	43.3	+7.9
	Labour	Rebecca Geach	695	41.3	+6.0
	Labour	Med Buck	671	39.9	+7.8
	Conservative	Sonia Maya	511	30.4	-13.5
	Conservative	Amar Brar*	506	30.1	-7.8
	Conservative	Julie Fegredo	497	29.5	-10.4
	Independent	Chris Davies	421	25.0	N/A
	Independent	Jason Lane	395	23.5	N/A
	Reform UK	Marian Rough	178	10.6	N/A
Rejected ballots			4
Turnout			1,687	25.0	+2.7
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ashford Town

Ashford Town (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michelle Arnold	801	39.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Olivia Rybinski*	725	35.5	-8.9
	Green	Andrew McLuskey	677	33.1	-1.1
	Conservative	Nick Gething*	653	31.9	-17.0
	Conservative	Paul Woodward	651	31.8	-11.5
	Labour	Mark Kluth	571	27.9	-3.8
	Green	Dene Winch	548	26.8	+4.8
	Independent	Robin Henfrey	519	25.4	N/A
	Independent	Quentin Edgington	499	24.4	N/A
Rejected ballots			1
Turnout			2,046	34.4
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Green gain from Conservative

Halliford & Sunbury West

Halliford & Sunbury West (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Dunn*	1,014	63.5	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Nichols*	921	57.6	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Turner	833	52.1	+4.6
	Conservative	Michael Brennan	489	30.6	-1.7
	Conservative	Anna Nowicka	489	30.6	+2.1
	Conservative	Paul Robigo	477	29.8	+0.8
	Labour	Roger Bowen	281	17.6	+6.0
Rejected ballots			12
Turnout			1,610	32.7	–3.7
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Laleham & Shepperton Green

Laleham & Shepperton Green (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Howkins*	945	50.2	-1.4
	Conservative	Darren Clarke	878	46.6	+3.3
	Conservative	Anant Mathur	710	37.7	-3.7
	Green	Stuart Whitmore*	673	35.7	+7.1
	Green	Jill Beecher	614	32.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Thesiger	470	25.0	+1.4
	Labour	Pierre Cooper	378	20.1	-0.3
	Independent	John Johnston	192	10.2	N/A
	TUSC	Andy Pattinson	65	3.5	N/A
	TUSC	Helen Couchman	55	2.9	N/A
	TUSC	Paul Couchman	37	2.0	N/A
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			1,892	30.2	+1.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Riverside & Laleham

Riverside & Laleham (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Denise Saliagopoulos*	1,191	56.1	+8.0
	Independent	Daniel Geraci	1,046	49.3	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Michele Gibson*	1,022	48.1	+9.6
	Conservative	Sinead Mooney*	754	35.5	-3.0
	Conservative	Keith Malcouronne	661	31.1	-3.3
	Conservative	Michael Zenonos	619	29.2	+1.2
Rejected ballots			5
Turnout			2,128	39.6
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Shepperton Town

Shepperton Town (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Attewell**	1,194	57.6	-1.9
	Conservative	Lisa Brennan	955	46.0	-8.6
	Conservative	John Boughtflower**	920	44.4	-8.6
	Green	Peter Hughes	694	33.5	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Gammon	672	32.4	+12.0
	Labour Co-op	Stephen Bentley	555	26.8	+14.4
	Independent	Sue Bryer	423	20.4	N/A
Rejected ballots			8
Turnout			2,082	36.9	–2.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Maureen Attewell was a sitting councillor for Laleham and Shepperton Green John Boughtflower was a sitting councillor for Ashford East

Staines

Staines (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Malcolm Beecher*	1,222	57.4	+5.1
	Green	Adam Gale	1,169	54.9	+7.3
	Independent	Howard Williams	942	44.2	*N/A*
	Labour	Khalid Mustafa	740	34.7	+0.9
	Conservative	Mark Francis	537	25.2	-8.5
	Conservative	Trudy Burgess	474	22.3	-11.0
	Conservative	Adrian Ulisse	343	16.1	-16.3
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			2,139	31.2	+1.3
	Green hold
	Green hold
	Independent gain from Labour

Staines South

Staines South (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Bateson*	1,171	71.3	+21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jolyon Caplin	1,064	64.8	+16.5
	Labour	Tony Burrell	769	46.8	+17.0
	Conservative	Kathy Hurst	437	26.6	+1.0
	Conservative	Maurice Watts	383	23.3	±0.0
	Conservative	Graeme Reid	337	20.5	-2.8
Rejected ballots			7
Turnout			1,649	30.9	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Labour hold

Stanwell North

Stanwell North (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Doran*	804	53.1	+8.5
	Labour	Jon Button*	798	52.7	+16.3
	Labour	John Doran*	773	51.0	+8.8
	Conservative	Anita McIlroy	632	41.7	+9.8
	Conservative	Jim McIlroy	621	41.0	+1.3
	Conservative	Rohan Vijjhalwar	476	31.4	+5.3
Rejected ballots			13
Turnout			1,528	25.8	–1.6
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

Sunbury Common

Sunbury Common (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Boparai	828	53.0	+17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Bing Dong	740	47.4	+15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Suraj Gyawali	648	41.5	+19.8
	Independent	Ian Beardsmore*	608	38.9	-7.9
	Independent	Jacqueline Stanton	348	22.3	N/A
	Conservative	Simon Rollo	347	22.2	-7.3
	Conservative	Jayson Bhadye	283	18.1	-1.1
	Conservative	Alex Sapunovas	227	14.5	-3.6
	Reform UK	Rory O'Brien	172	11.0	N/A
Rejected ballots			5
Turnout			1,562	25.7	–3.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Sunbury East

Sunbury East (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathy Grant*	1,068	51.6	+8.7
	Conservative	Buddhi Weerasinghe	967	46.7	-1.5
	Conservative	Matthew Lee	960	46.4	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Alexiou	952	46.0	+7.6
	Conservative	Jay Patel	852	41.1	-1.2
	Green	Daniel Dollin	758	36.6	N/A
Rejected ballots			12
Turnout			2,083	35.6	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

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References

↑ "Your councillors". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
↑ "Local Elections - 4 May 2023". Spelthorne Borough Council . Retrieved 22 April 2023.
↑ "Election results". Spelthorne Borough Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

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[1] "Your councillors". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[2] "Local Elections - 4 May 2023". Spelthorne Borough Council . Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[3] "Election results". Spelthorne Borough Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

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