2018 Runnymede Borough Council election

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2018 Runnymede Borough Council election
  2016 3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) 2019  

16 of the 42 seats in the Runnymede Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Con
Res
LeaderNick PrescotLinda Gillham
Party Conservative RIRG
Leader since20172018
Leader's seatEnglefield Green WestThorpe
Last election266
Seats before366
Seats won112
Seats after336
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Steady2.svg
Popular vote8,8931,954
Percentage49.3%9.4%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Ind
Lab
LeaderMalcolm CresseyFiona Dent
Party Independent Labour
Leader since20182018
Leader's seatFoxhillsEgham Hythe
Last election00
Seats before00
Seats won21
Seats after21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote1,3504,580
Percentage6.5%22.0%

Leader before election

Nick Prescot
Conservative

Leader after election

Nick Prescot
Conservative

Elections for Runnymede Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018 alongside nationwide local elections. A third of the council was up for election, and the Conservatives retained control. [1] Labour won their first seat on the council for over 20 years. [2]

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Election results

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Runnymede Borough Council Election 2022
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 11Decrease2.svg 368.8223378.610,26649.3
  RIRG 2Steady2.svg12.54614.31,9549.4
  Independent 2Increase2.svg 212.5024.81,7838.6
  Labour 1Increase2.svg 16.3012.44,58022.0
  Liberal Democrats 0Steady2.svg7.1007.31,3286.4
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg00005822.8
  Green 1Increase2.svg 17.1012.43451.7

Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside

Addlestone Bourneside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Raymond Furey 739 52.60 -4.76
Labour June Patricia Tilbury49835.44+5.20
Liberal Democrats Chelsea Katherine Whyte16811.96+0.97
Turnout 1,41432.68
Conservative hold Swing

Addlestone North

Addlestone North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David William Parr 779 63.80 +3.98
Labour Michael William Scott44236.20-3.98
Turnout 1,23626.03
Conservative hold Swing

Chertsey Meads

Chertsey Meads
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Luke Dennett 900 66.08 +13.80
Labour Philip Martin46233.92+11.19
Turnout 1,38630.09
Conservative hold Swing

Chertsey South and Row Town

Chertsey South and Row Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Snow 723 48.56 -7.91
Conservative Neil William Rubidge 719 48.29 -8.18
Green Richard George Miller34523.17-1.65
Labour James Douglas Scott24916.82-1.09
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Jane Whyte24616.52N/A
UKIP Graham Frank Wood1449.67N/A
Turnout 1,49332.13
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Chertsey St Ann's

Chertsey St Ann's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Joseph Edis 736 49.10 +7.17
Labour Arran Richard Neathey48132.09+4.14
Liberal Democrats Kevin Thomas Lee15810.54+2.92
UKIP William Albert Bruno1248.27-13.74
Turnout 1,51331.27
Conservative hold Swing

Egham Hythe

Egham Hythe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Robertson Dent 682 53.12 +23.13
Conservative Jonathan James Wilson60246.88+7.97
Turnout 1,29927.50
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Egham Town

Egham Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RIRG Alan Alderson 674 56.21 -5.86
Conservative Charles Stewart Prescott26922.44-0.08
Labour William Keith Heal25621.35+6.26
Turnout 1,20230.48
Residents hold Swing

Englefield Green East

Englefield Green East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter John Taylor 411 53.59 -11.60
Labour Robert Ashley King19925.95+5.04
Liberal Democrats Nina Immink15720.47+7.30
Turnout 77034.09
Conservative hold Swing

Englefield Green West

Englefield Green West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Touros Kusneraitis 389 41.25 -0.95
Labour Abby Louise King30632.45+2.62
RIRG Annabel Rose Tresilian Clarke16817.82N/A
UKIP David Charles Hunt808.48-18.92
Turnout 94629.70
Conservative hold Swing

Foxhills

Foxhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Malcolm David Cressey 725 42.30 N/A
Independent Angela Shepperdson 625 36.46 N/A
Conservative Emma Georgina Bancroft56432.91-20.91
Conservative David Calum James MacPhee48928.53-25.29
Liberal Democrats Don Whyte40223.45N/A
Labour John Colin Gurney20411.90-4.42
UKIP Toby Micklethwait1347.82-21.76
Turnout 1,71641.72
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

New Haw

New Haw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark James Maddox 725 62.61 +0.98
Labour James Richard Mullett23620.38+1.48
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Jane Coulon19717.01-1.40
Turnout 1,16626.78
Conservative hold Swing

Thorpe

Thorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RIRG Margaret Theresa Harnden 827 59.80 +3.63
Conservative Christian Thomas Jepson Egglishaw39628.63+17.59
Labour Jack Eugeniusz Stokes16011.57+3.59
Turnout 1,38932.86
Residents hold Swing

Virginia Water

Virginia Water
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Parshotam Singh Sohi 738 47.31 -9.07
Independent Alex Balkan43327.76N/A
RIRG Brian Anthony Clarke28518.27-11.68
Labour James Lloyd Neal1046.67N/A
Turnout 1,56336.85
Conservative hold Swing

Woodham

Woodham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Ewan Anderson-Bassey 1,087 73.05 +5.41
Labour Anne Marie Emerson-Miller30120.23N/A
UKIP Valerie Ann Woodhouse1006.72-17.45
Turnout 1,50235.32
Conservative hold Swing

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  2. "ELECTION 2018: Runnymede Borough Council goes to the polls". Royal Borough Observer. Retrieved 14 January 2021.