Runnymede Borough Council elections

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One-third of Runnymede Borough Council in Surrey, England, is elected each year, followed by one year where there is an election to Surrey County Council instead. The council is divided up into 14 wards, electing 41 councillors, since the last boundary changes in 2019. [1]

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Council elections

Results maps

By-elections

1994-1998

Addlestone Bourneside By-Election 6 March 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,01050.2
Labour 83541.5
Liberal Democrats 1658.2
Majority 1758.7
Turnout 2,01047.0
Conservative hold Swing

1998-2002

Englefield Green East By-Election 7 June 2001 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Virginia Lenton-Smith92451.0−7.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Key48426.7+1.4
Labour Martin Rudd40522.3+5.7
Majority 44024.3
Turnout 1,81343.7
Conservative hold Swing
Englefield Green West By-Election 7 June 2001 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeffrey Haas91345.5−11.5
Labour James Walsh64733.5−9.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Heath42221.0+21.0
Majority 23912.0
Turnout 1,98247.3
Conservative hold Swing
Woodham By-Election 7 June 2001 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence McGrath1,38751.8−1.4
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Graham73927.6−1.5
Labour Peter Anderson55420.7+2.9
Majority 64824.2
Turnout 2,68062.4
Conservative hold Swing

2002-2006

Englefield Green East By-Election 6 November 2003 [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marisa Heath35080.5+20.2
Labour Richard Messingham8519.5+8.7
Majority 26561.0
Turnout 43510.8
Conservative hold Swing

2006-2010

Egham Hythe By-Election 4 June 2009 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gill Warner72046.3−5.5
Independent Brian Perry31520.3+20.3
Liberal Democrats Dorian Mead28518.3+3.3
Labour Paul Greenwood23515.1−7.0
Majority 40526.0
Turnout 1,55533.6
Conservative hold Swing
Englefield Green West By-Election 4 June 2009 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Taylor48539.5−5.0
UKIP Toby Micklethwait35729.1+3.8
Labour Sebastian Michnowicz15012.2−0.2
Green Jenny Gould12810.4+10.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Heath1088.8+1.4
Majority 12810.4
Turnout 1,22836.1
Conservative hold Swing
Virginia Water By-Election 4 June 2009 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Ridge-Newman1,08064.6−7.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Whiteley37622.5+6.5
UKIP Steve Gynn21612.9+1.3
Majority 70442.1
Turnout 1,67240.8
Conservative hold Swing
Woodham By-Election 4 June 2009 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gail Kingerley1,11165.0=16.3
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Coulon33719.7+19.7
Labour George Blair17710.4−8.4
Equal Parenting Alliance Keith Collett844.9+4.9
Majority 77445.3
Turnout 1,70941.2
Conservative hold Swing

2010-2014

Chertsey Meads By-Election 27 September 2012 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Boast45040.3−10.0
UKIP Chris Browne31227.9+5.2
Labour Doug Scott31227.9+8.6
Liberal Democrats Andy Watson343.0−4.7
Monster Raving Loony Crazy Crab100.9+0.9
Majority 13812.3
Turnout 1,118
Conservative hold Swing
New Haw By-Election 27 September 2012 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Maddox34651.5−1.4
Labour David Bell14822.0+2.0
UKIP Graham Wood12418.5+2.4
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Coulon548.0−3.0
Majority 19829.5
Turnout 672
Conservative hold Swing
Foxhills By-Election 14 March 2013 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Chris Browne33640.2+17.4
Conservative Barry Pitt31838.1−8.5
Labour John Gurney18121.7−0.3
Majority 182.2
Turnout 835
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Chertsey South and Row Town By-Election 2 May 2013 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Gillian Ellis52534.9−5.3
Conservative Mark Nuti47631.6−8.7
UKIP Paul Stevens36124.0+24.0
Labour Arran Neathey1439.5−5.0
Majority 493.3
Turnout 1,505
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Chertsey Meads By-Election 13 March 2014 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Nuti48942.2−8.1
Labour David Bell32928.4+9.1
UKIP Grahame Leon-Smith32728.2+5.5
Monster Raving Loony Crazy Crab151.3+1.3
Majority 16013.8
Turnout 1,160
Conservative hold Swing

2014-2018

Foxhills By-Election 4 May 2017 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Emma Bancroft89357.8+3.8
Liberal Democrats Don Whyte24315.7+15.7
Labour Peter Kingham18812.2−4.2
UKIP Valerie Woodhouse17311.2−18.5
Green Lee-Anne Lawrence493.2+3.2
Majority 65042.0
Turnout 1,546
Conservative hold Swing

2022-2026

Addlestone South By-Election 10 October 2024 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Eldridge52055.9+13.9
Labour Elaine Percival26228.2−13.2
Liberal Democrats Jenny Coulon859.1−7.6
Green Jess Ward636.8+6.8
Majority 25827.7
Turnout 930
Conservative hold Swing
Ottershaw By-Election 12 December 2024 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert Day44041.6
Conservative Mike Kusneraitis22120.9
Liberal Democrats Ronan McCaughey19018.0
Reform UK Mayuran Senthilnathan11310.7
Labour Anne Emerson-Miller524.9
Green Peter Chiverton424.0
Majority 21920.7
Turnout 1,058
Independent hold Swing
Addlestone South By-Election 21 August 2025 (2 seats) [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Scott Kelly467
Reform UK Sam Newman414
Liberal Democrats Jenny Coulon356
Liberal Democrats Ronan McCaughey352
Conservative Howard Freeman329
Conservative Mike Kusneraitis273
Labour Elaine Percival146
Green Izabela Wawryszuk145
Labour Arran Neathey129
Reform UK gain from Conservative Swing
Reform UK gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Election Results 2019". Runnymede Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. ↑ The District of Runnymede (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
  3. ↑ The Runnymede and Woking (Areas) Order 1977
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Runnymede and Spelthorne (Borough Boundaries) Order 1996. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Runnymede". * BBC Online . Retrieved 19 May 2008.
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Runnymede (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Runnymede Borough Council. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Runnymede Borough Council. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Runnymede Borough Council. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  11. ↑ "Independents triumph in local byelections". guardian.co.uk . London. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  12. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Runnymede Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  13. ↑ "Election of a Councillor for the Egham Hythe Ward". Runnymede Borough Council. 10 July 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  14. ↑ "Election of a Councillor for the Englefield Green West Ward". Runnymede Borough Council. June 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  15. ↑ "Election of a Councillor for the Virginia Water Ward". Runnymede Borough Council. June 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  16. ↑ "Election of a Councillor for the Woodham Ward". Runnymede Borough Council. June 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Chertsey Meads Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — New Haw Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Foxhills Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  20. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Chertsey South and Row Town Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  21. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Chertsey Meads Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  22. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Foxhills Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  23. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Addlestone South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  24. ↑ "Election of a Borough Councillor for Ottershaw on Thursday 12 December 2024". Runnymede Borough Council. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  25. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Addlestone South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
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