2006 Runnymede Borough Council election

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Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Runnymede Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1430+387.555.411,881+3.7%
  Runnymede Residents Association 200012.58.71,869-1.6%
  Labour 003-3015.33,288-2.4%
  Liberal Democrats 0000013.72,932+1.0%
  UKIP 000005.21,113-1.4%
  Senior Citizens 000001.2261+1.2%
  Monster Raving Loony 000000.484+0.4%

Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Furey97771.1+6.7
Labour Gavin Morrison39728.9+6.6
Majority58042.2+0.1
Turnout 1,37434.0-1.2
Conservative hold Swing
Addlestone North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Parr75659.8-1.0
Labour David Bell28322.4-1.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Key22617.9+2.2
Majority47337.4+0.1
Turnout 1,26531.3-1.3
Conservative hold Swing
Chertsey Meads
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Tuley75053.4+5.0
UKIP Christopher Browne25618.2-1.8
Labour Bernie Stacey22115.7-0.8
Liberal Democrats Ross Belson17812.7-2.3
Majority49435.2+6.8
Turnout 1,40533.5-2.3
Conservative hold Swing
Chertsey St.Ann's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Edis83859.5+0.3
Labour Paul Greenwood57140.5-0.3
Majority26719.0+0.6
Turnout 1,40932.3-4.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Chertsey South and Row Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Davis1,02668.2+2.6
Liberal Democrats James Whiteley27218.1-1.2
Labour Peter Kingham20613.7-1.5
Majority75450.1+3.8
Turnout 1,50438.2-1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Egham Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Runnymede Residents Association Alan Alderson82763.7-1.4
Conservative Terence McGrath32625.1+3.1
Labour Keith Thompson14611.2-1.7
Majority50138.6-4.5
Turnout 1,29932.5-3.2
Independent hold Swing
Englefield Green East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Roberts591
Conservative Niall Thewlis471
Liberal Democrats Peter Russell324
Liberal Democrats Alexander Harrowell282
UKIP Anthony Micklethwait124
Monster Raving Loony Keith Collett84
Turnout 1,87625.1+1.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Englefield Green West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Kusneraitis59156.7+6.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Heath18517.7+4.4
Labour Adrian Elston14614.0-6.0
UKIP Harold Pearce12111.6-4.8
Majority40639.0+8.8
Turnout 1,04331.6+3.2
Conservative hold Swing
Foxhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Howard Butterfield81953.8+0.9
Labour John Gurney23015.1+0.9
Liberal Democrats Nancy Palm19412.7-2.6
UKIP Leon Mullett16510.8-6.9
Senior Citizens Grahame Leon-Smith1157.6+7.6
Majority58938.7+3.5
Turnout 1,52336.70.0
Conservative hold Swing
Hythe (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Nixey649
Conservative Nik Stewart549
Labour Robert Ray463
Liberal Democrats Dorian Mead352
Labour Benjamin Rose319
UKIP Guy Leven-Torres252
Turnout 2,58429.90.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
New Haw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Knight1,06779.4+19.9
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Coulon27720.6-4.5
Majority79058.8+24.4
Turnout 1,34431.3-2.2
Conservative hold Swing
Thorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Runnymede Residents Association Brian Relph1,04264.2-1.9
Conservative Nicholas Wase-Rogers44427.4+1.0
Labour Michael Fuller1368.4+0.9
Majority59836.8-2.9
Turnout 1,62238.2-0.8
Independent hold Swing
Virginia Water
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gillian Switalski1,03566.2+2.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Key33321.3+4.7
UKIP John Gynn19512.5-0.4
Majority70244.9-2.1
Turnout 1,56337.8+1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Woodham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Brown99261.3-2.0
Liberal Democrats Janet Cockle30919.1-5.6
Labour George Blair17010.5-1.5
Senior Citizens Terence Pattinson1469.0+9.0
Majority68342.2+3.6
Turnout 1,61738.6-0.7
Conservative hold Swing

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