Spelthorne Borough Council elections

Spelthorne Borough Council in Surrey, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 39 councillors are elected from 13 wards.[1]

Political control

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

Party in controlYears
Conservative1973–2020
No overall control2020–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1995 have been:[3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Gerry Ceaser ConservativeNov 1995May 1997
Frank Davies ConservativeMay 199719 May 2005
Gerry Ceaser Conservative19 May 20056 May 2007
John Packman Conservative24 May 20078 May 2011
Vivienne Leighton Conservative26 May 201123 Feb 2012
Frank Ayers Conservative23 Feb 201221 Jan 2013
Robert Watts Conservative24 Jan 20135 Oct 2015
Quentin Edgington Conservative22 Oct 20152 Feb 2016
Ian Harvey Conservative2 Feb 2016Jun 2020
John Boughtflower Conservative25 Jun 202027 May 2021
Lawrence Nichols Liberal Democrats27 May 202126 May 2022
John Boughtflower Conservative26 May 202225 May 2023
Joanne Sexton Independent 25 May 2023

Council elections
  • 1973 Spelthorne Borough Council election
  • 1976 Spelthorne Borough Council election
  • 1979 Spelthorne Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
  • 1983 Spelthorne Borough Council election
  • 1987 Spelthorne Borough Council election
  • 1991 Spelthorne Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
  • 1995 Spelthorne Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[6][7][8][9]
  • 1999 Spelthorne Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[10]
  • 2003 Spelthorne Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)[11][12]
  • 2007 Spelthorne Borough Council election
  • 2011 Spelthorne Borough Council election
  • 2015 Spelthorne Borough Council election
  • 2019 Spelthorne Borough Council election
  • 2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election

By-election results

1995-1999
Ashford West By-Election 28 May 1998[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G E Forsbrey 455 54.1 +24.5
Labour H Cooper 277 32.9 -7.9
Liberal Democrats L de Laune 109 13.0 +6.2
Majority 178 21.2
Turnout 841 43.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Stanwell North By-Election 2 July 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Victor Agarwal 610 46.0 -18.9
Conservative 605 45.7 +19.4
Liberal Democrats 110 8.3 -0.5
Majority 5 0.3
Turnout 1,325
Labour hold Swing

1999-2003
Ashford North By-Election 23 March 2000[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Weston 508 58.9 +3.2
Labour John May 235 27.2 -9.9
Independent Eric Butterfield 80 9.3 +9.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Bird 40 4.6 -2.6
Majority 273 31.7
Turnout 863 26.3
Conservative hold Swing
Laleham By-Election 14 June 2001[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Fullbrook 532 51.4 -0.5
Labour Joyce Trace 339 32.8 -5.8
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Edwards 164 15.8 +6.3
Majority 193 18.6
Turnout 1,035 17.9
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011
Ashford East By-Election 23 October 2008[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steven Rough 858 51.7 -1.4
Liberal Democrats Diane Appleby 452 27.3 +13.4
UKIP Christopher Browne 185 11.2 +11.2
Labour Mark Appleyard 163 9.8 -3.1
Majority 406 24.4
Turnout 1,658 29.8
Conservative hold Swing
Ashford East By-Election 4 June 2009[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Amos 903 43.4 -9.8
Liberal Democrats Diane Appleby 543 26.1 +12.3
UKIP Christopher Browne 457 22.0 +22.0
Labour John May 179 8.6 -4.3
Majority 360 17.3
Turnout 2,082 37.3
Conservative hold Swing
Laleham and Shepperton Green By-Election 1 October 2009[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Fairfax 814 42.2 -16.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Dunn 742 38.5 +13.4
UKIP Peter Parker 154 8.0 +8.0
Independent Lawrence Burrell 142 7.4 +7.4
Labour Ian French 77 4.0 -12.6
Majority 72 3.7
Turnout 1,929 33
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015
Sunbury Common By-Election 19 December 2012[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bernie Spoor 372 46.6 -10.1
UKIP Bob Bromley 182 22.8 +6.1
Labour John Went 129 16.2 +16.2
Conservative Matthew Want 115 14.4 -12.2
Majority 190 23.8
Turnout 798
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sunbury East By-Election 2 May 2013[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Harvey 635 37.7 -13.3
Liberal Democrats Kathy Grant 583 34.6 -14.4
UKIP Bob Bromley 468 27.8 +27.8
Majority 52 3.1
Turnout 1,686
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Riverside and Laleham By-Election 7 November 2013[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Denise Saliagopoulos 895 55.3 +3.6
UKIP Michael Fuller 441 27.2 +11.7
Labour John Johnston 227 14.0 +14.0
Liberal Democrats Susan Vincent 56 3.5 -29.3
Majority 454 28.0
Turnout 1,619
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019
Shepperton Town By-Election 15 December 2015[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Barnard 858 62.0 +6.0
UKIP Brian Catt 180 13.0 -5.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Dunn 154 11.1 -0.8
Labour Jonathan Button 123 8.9 -4.8
Green Nigel Scott 68 4.9 +4.9
Majority 678 49.0
Turnout 1,383
Conservative hold Swing
Ashford North and Stanwell South By-Election 5 May 2016[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Boughtflower 658 37.4 +6.7
Labour Iain Raymond 487 27.7 +4.8
UKIP Gerald Gravett 393 22.3 -3.8
Green Gordon Douglas 133 7.6 -1.3
Liberal Democrats Alan Mockford 59 3.4 -2.1
TUSC Paul Couchman 30 1.7 +1.7
Majority 171 9.7
Turnout 1,760
Conservative hold Swing
Ashford East By-Election 4 May 2017[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alex Sapunovas 951 50.0 +9.4
UKIP Paul West 384 20.2 -9.6
Labour Mark Appleyard 382 20.1 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Thomas Fidler 185 9.7 +9.7
Majority 567 29.8
Turnout 1,902
Conservative hold Swing

2019-2023
Staines South By-Election 6 May 2021[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sinead Mooney 675 36.6 +17.0
Liberal Democrats Rob Millist 668 36.2 -2.0
Labour Harriet Digby 319 17.3 -5.5
Independent Lesley Connor 154 8.3 +8.3
TUSC Paul Couchman 30 1.6 +1.6
Majority 7 0.4
Turnout 1,846
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Staines By-Election 22 July 2021[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Malcolm Beecher 651 44.0 +5.5
Conservative Michael Zenonos 486 32.8 +8.0
Independent Paul West 275 18.6 +18.6
TUSC Paul Couchman 39 2.6 +2.6
Reform UK Gerald Gravett 29 2.0 +2.0
Majority 165 11.1
Turnout 1,480
Green hold Swing
Stanwell North By-Election 23 February 2022[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon Button 605 48.8 +6.0
Conservative Michael Zenonos 567 45.7 +7.6
TUSC Paul Couchman 69 5.6 +5.6
Majority 38 3.1
Turnout 1,241
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Laleham and Shepperton Green By-Election 25 May 2022[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Stuart Whitmore 903 51.7 +32.0
Conservative Karen Howkins 775 44.4 +8.9
TUSC Paul Couchman 69 3.9 +3.9
Majority 128 7.3
Turnout 1,747
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Laleham and Shepperton Green By-Election 11 August 2022[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karen Howkins 810 55.5 +20.0
Liberal Democrats John Thesiger 578 39.6 +23.4
TUSC Paul Couchman 71 4.9 +4.9
Majority 232 15.9
Turnout 1,459
Conservative hold Swing

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