2023 Runnymede Borough Council election

2023 Runnymede Borough Council election
← 2022 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 2024 →
14 of the 41 seats in the Runnymede Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Registered59,845
Turnout19,547 (32.7%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lab
LD
Leader Tom Gracey Robert King Don Whyte
Party Conservative Labour Co-op Liberal Democrats
Leader since 2022 2021 2019
Leader's seat Woodham & Rowtown Egham Hythe Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South
Last election 6 2 1
Seats before 24 3 3
Seats won 5 2 2
Seats after 20 4 4
Seat change 4 1 1
Popular vote 7,211 4,236 3,751
Percentage 36.9% 21.7% 19.2%
Swing 1.0 pp 4.4 pp 0.6 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Res
Grn
IND
Leader Isabel Mullens Steve Ringham Malcolm Cressey
Party RIRG Green Independent
Leader since 2022 2022 2019
Leader's seat Egham Town Addlestone North Ottershaw
Last election 2 1 1
Seats before 6 1 4
Seats won 2 1 2
Seats after 6 2 5
Seat change 0 1 1
Popular vote 1,667 1,278 1,237
Percentage 8.5% 6.5% 6.3%
Swing 0.0 pp 0.1 pp 4.8 pp
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.

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.

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

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.

Overall results

Runnymede Borough Council election 2023
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 5 4 35.7 15 20 48.8 7,211 36.9 -1.0%
  Labour Co-op 2 1 14.3 2 4 9.8 4,236 21.7 +4.4%
  Liberal Democrats 2 1 14.3 2 4 9.8 3,751 19.2 +0.6%
  RIRG 2 0 14.3 4 6 14.6 1,667 8.5 =0.0%
  Independent 2 1 14.3 3 5 12.2 1,237 6.3 -4.8%
  Green 1 1 7.1 1 2 4.9 1,278 6.5 +0.1%
  Liberal 0 New 0.0 0 0 0.0 81 0.4 New
  Reform UK 0 New 0.0 0 0 0.0 71 0.4 New
  Heritage 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 15 0.1 -0.2%

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows:

Addlestone North

Addlestone North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Manu Singh 545 39.7 −0.9
Conservative David Curran 515 37.5 +0.3
Labour Co-op June Tilbury 228 16.6 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Rudi Dikty-Daudiyan 86 6.3 −1.6
Majority 30 2.2
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 1374 31.5
Green gain from Conservative Swing -0.6

Addlestone South

Addlestone South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Snow 609 41.7 −2.6
Labour Co-op Elaine Percival 529 36.3 +11.7
Liberal Democrats Ray Williamson 178 12.2 −6.0
Green Brian Gardiner 143 9.8 −3.0
Majority 80 5.5
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 1459 30.3
Conservative hold Swing -7.1

Chertsey Riverside

Chertsey Riverside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jaz Mavi 565 41.9 +2.7
Labour Co-op Cai Parry 519 38.5 +11.0
Liberal Democrats Annabel Jones 158 11.7 −10.4
Green Elaine Brindley 107 7.9 −3.6
Majority 46 3.4
Rejected ballots 5
Turnout 1349 29.3
Conservative hold Swing -4.1

Chertsey St. Ann's

Chertsey St. Ann's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Nuti 647 45.1 +10.8
Labour Co-op Ricky Milstead 524 36.5 +16.5
Liberal Democrats Kevin Lee 167 11.6 −1.5
Green Tim Hayes 96 6.7 New
Majority 123 8.6
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 1434 30.1
Conservative hold Swing -2.9

Egham Hythe

Egham Hythe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Robert King 749 49.8 −8.0
Conservative Mark Adams 624 41.5 −0.8
Liberal Roberto Buono 81 5.4 New
Independent John Olorenshaw 49 3.3 New
Majority 125 8.3
Rejected ballots 2
Turnout 1503 30.8
Labour Co-op hold Swing -3.6

Egham Town

Egham Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RIRG Isabel Mullens 927 64.6 +9.2
Labour Meera Saravanan 213 14.9 −0.1
Conservative John Osborn 212 14.8 −3.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Heath 82 5.7 +0.9
Majority 714 49.8
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 1434 32.8
RIRG hold Swing +4.7

Englefield Green East

Englefield Green East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Trevor Gates 442 54.5 +8.6
Conservative Lewis Virgo 188 23.2 −3.9
Labour Co-op Archie Langdon 113 13.9 −5.9
Liberal Democrats Tom Jordan 68 8.4 +1.2
Majority 254 31.3
Rejected ballots 1
Turnout 811 33.2
Independent gain from Conservative Swing +6.3

Englefield Green West

Englefield Green West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eliza Kettle 613 53.9 +17.1
Conservative Tanya Solomon 525 46.1 +11.1
Majority 88 7.7
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 1138 30.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.0

Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South

Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Don Whyte 689 73.2 +4.4
Conservative Tommy Traylen 252 26.8 −4.4
Majority 437 46.4
Rejected ballots 3
Turnout 941 33.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.4

New Haw

New Haw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Smith 1,135 64.7 +17.2
Conservative Jacqui Gracey 536 30.6 −17.5
Green Martin Robson 68 3.9 New
Heritage Gian Palermiti 15 0.9 −3.5
Majority 599 34.2
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 1754 37.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +17.4

Ottershaw

Ottershaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michael Cressey 746 45.4 −10.2
Conservative Peter Edwards 431 26.2 +1.1
Labour Co-op Joe Rourke 215 13.1 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Kevin DeCruz 133 8.1 −0.1
Green Peter Chiverton 118 7.2 New
Majority 315 19.2
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 1643 34.1
Independent hold Swing -5.7

Thorpe

Thorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RIRG Elaine Gill 740 53.5 +0.4
Conservative Jacqueline Sharp 395 28.6 +0.6
Labour Co-op Benjamin Niblett 178 12.9 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Smith-Wright 70 5.1 +0.2
Majority 345 24.9
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 1383 32.1
RIRG hold Swing -0.1

Virginia Water

Virginia Water
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Howorth 789 47.5 −9.2
Liberal Democrats Karin Roswell 646 38.9 +2.9
Labour Co-op Karen McKinlay-Gunn 107 6.4 −0.9
Reform UK Mayuran Senthilnathan 71 4.3 New
Green Maciej Pawlik 48 2.9 New
Majority 143 8.6
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout 1661 38.7
Conservative hold Swing -6.0

Woodham and Rowtown

Woodham and Rowtown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Gracey 923 55.5 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Coulon 339 20.4 −8.3
Labour Co-op Michael Scott 248 14.9 New
Green Vicky Flyn 153 9.2 −7.0
Majority 584 35.1
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 1663 34.4
Conservative hold Swing +4.4

By-elections

Addlestone South

Addlestone South: 10 October 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Eldridge 520 55.9 +14.2
Labour Elaine Percival 262 28.2 –8.1
Liberal Democrats Jenny Coulon 85 9.1 –3.1
Green Jess Ward 63 6.8 –3.0
Majority 258 27.7 +22.2
Turnout 949 19.4 –10.9
Registered electors 4,899
Conservative hold Swing 11.2

References

  1. ^ "Local election 2023". Runnymede Borough Council. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Your Councillors". Runnymede Borough Council. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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  4. ^ "Voter ID". The Electoral Commission. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Election results by wards, 4 May 2023". Runnymede Borough Council. 5 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Live Surrey 2023 local election results and reaction as it happens". Surrey Live. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Election results for Addlestone South, 10 October 2024". Runnymede Borough Council. Retrieved 4 January 2025.