Runnymede Borough Council elections

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]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in controlYears
Conservative1973–1996
No overall control1996–1998
Conservative1998–2023
No overall control2023–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2016 have been:[3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
LabourMay 1996May 1998
Geoffrey Woodger ConservativeMay 1998May 2003
Roger Habgood ConservativeMay 2003May 2005
Geoffrey Woodger ConservativeMay 2005May 2006
John Furey ConservativeMay 2006May 2011
Patrick Roberts ConservativeMay 201118 May 2016
Peter Waddell Conservative18 May 201617 May 2017
Nick Prescot Conservative17 May 201718 May 2022
Tom Gracey Conservative18 May 2022

Council elections

By-elections

1994-1998
Addlestone Bourneside By-Election 6 March 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,010 50.2
Labour 835 41.5
Liberal Democrats 165 8.2
Majority 175 8.7
Turnout 2,010 47.0
Conservative hold Swing

1998-2002
Englefield Green East By-Election 7 June 2001[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Virginia Lenton-Smith 924 51.0 -7.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Key 484 26.7 +1.4
Labour Martin Rudd 405 22.3 +5.7
Majority 440 24.3
Turnout 1,813 43.7
Conservative hold Swing
Englefield Green West By-Election 7 June 2001[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeffrey Haas 913 45.5 -11.5
Labour James Walsh 647 33.5 -9.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Heath 422 21.0 +21.0
Majority 239 12.0
Turnout 1,982 47.3
Conservative hold Swing
Woodham By-Election 7 June 2001[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence McGrath 1,387 51.8 -1.4
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Graham 739 27.6 -1.5
Labour Peter Anderson 554 20.7 +2.9
Majority 648 24.2
Turnout 2,680 62.4
Conservative hold Swing

2002-2006
Englefield Green East By-Election 6 November 2003[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marisa Heath 350 80.5 +20.2
Labour Richard Messingham 85 19.5 +8.7
Majority 265 61.0
Turnout 435 10.8
Conservative hold Swing

2006-2010
Egham Hythe By-Election 4 June 2009[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gill Warner 720 46.3 -5.5
Independent Brian Perry 315 20.3 +20.3
Liberal Democrats Dorian Mead 285 18.3 +3.3
Labour Paul Greenwood 235 15.1 -7.0
Majority 405 26.0
Turnout 1,555 33.6
Conservative hold Swing
Englefield Green West By-Election 4 June 2009[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Taylor 485 39.5 -5.0
UKIP Toby Micklethwait 357 29.1 +3.8
Labour Sebastian Michnowicz 150 12.2 -0.2
Green Jenny Gould 128 10.4 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Heath 108 8.8 +1.4
Majority 128 10.4
Turnout 1,228 36.1
Conservative hold Swing
Virginia Water By-Election 4 June 2009[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Ridge-Newman 1,080 64.6 -7.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Whiteley 376 22.5 +6.5
UKIP Steve Gynn 216 12.9 +1.3
Majority 704 42.1
Turnout 1,672 40.8
Conservative hold Swing
Woodham By-Election 4 June 2009[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gail Kingerley 1,111 65.0 =16.3
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Coulon 337 19.7 +19.7
Labour George Blair 177 10.4 -8.4
Equal Parenting Alliance Keith Collett 84 4.9 +4.9
Majority 774 45.3
Turnout 1,709 41.2
Conservative hold Swing

2010-2014
Chertsey Meads By-Election 27 September 2012[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Boast 450 40.3 -10.0
UKIP Chris Browne 312 27.9 +5.2
Labour Doug Scott 312 27.9 +8.6
Liberal Democrats Andy Watson 34 3.0 -4.7
Monster Raving Loony Crazy Crab 10 0.9 +0.9
Majority 138 12.3
Turnout 1,118
Conservative hold Swing
New Haw By-Election 27 September 2012[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Maddox 346 51.5 -1.4
Labour David Bell 148 22.0 +2.0
UKIP Graham Wood 124 18.5 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Coulon 54 8.0 -3.0
Majority 198 29.5
Turnout 672
Conservative hold Swing
Foxhills By-Election 14 March 2013[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Chris Browne 336 40.2 +17.4
Conservative Barry Pitt 318 38.1 -8.5
Labour John Gurney 181 21.7 -0.3
Majority 18 2.2
Turnout 835
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Chertsey South and Row Town By-Election 2 May 2013[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gillian Ellis 525 34.9 -5.3
Conservative Mark Nuti 476 31.6 -8.7
UKIP Paul Stevens 361 24.0 +24.0
Labour Arran Neathey 143 9.5 -5.0
Majority 49 3.3
Turnout 1,505
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Chertsey Meads By-Election 13 March 2014[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Nuti 489 42.2 -8.1
Labour David Bell 329 28.4 +9.1
UKIP Grahame Leon-Smith 327 28.2 +5.5
Monster Raving Loony Crazy Crab 15 1.3 +1.3
Majority 160 13.8
Turnout 1,160
Conservative hold Swing

2014-2018
Foxhills By-Election 4 May 2017[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Emma Bancroft 893 57.8 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Don Whyte 243 15.7 +15.7
Labour Peter Kingham 188 12.2 -4.2
UKIP Valerie Woodhouse 173 11.2 -18.5
Green Lee-Anne Lawrence 49 3.2 +3.2
Majority 650 42.0
Turnout 1,546
Conservative hold Swing

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