2018 Runnymede Borough Council election

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]

2018 Runnymede Borough Council election

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16 of the 42 seats in the Runnymede Borough Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Con Res Leader Nick Prescot Linda Gillham Party Conservative RIRG Leader since 2017 2018 Leader's seat Englefield Green West Thorpe Last election 26 6 Seats before 36 6 Seats won 11 2 Seats after 33 6 Seat change 3 Popular vote 8,893 1,954 Percentage 49.3% 9.4%   Third party Fourth party   Ind Lab Leader Malcolm Cressey Fiona Dent Party Independent Labour Leader since 2018 2018 Leader's seat Foxhills Egham Hythe Last election 0 0 Seats before 0 0 Seats won 2 1 Seats after 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 1,350 4,580 Percentage 6.5% 22.0%
Map of the parties of the councillors representing each of the wards following the election. Colours denote the party, as shown in the main table of results.
Leader before election Nick Prescot Conservative Leader after election Nick Prescot Conservative

Election results

Runnymede Borough Council Election 2022
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	11	3	68.8	22	33	78.6	10,266	49.3
	RIRG	2		12.5	4	6	14.3	1,954	9.4
	Independent	2	2	12.5	0	2	4.8	1,783	8.6
	Labour	1	1	6.3	0	1	2.4	4,580	22.0
	Liberal Democrats	0		7.1	0	0	7.3	1,328	6.4
	UKIP	0		0	0	0	0	582	2.8
	Green	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.4	345	1.7

Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside

Addlestone Bourneside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Raymond Furey	739	52.60	−4.76
	Labour	June Patricia Tilbury	498	35.44	+5.20
	Liberal Democrats	Chelsea Katherine Whyte	168	11.96	+0.97
Turnout			1,414	32.68
	Conservative hold		Swing

Addlestone North

Addlestone North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David William Parr	779	63.80	+3.98
	Labour	Michael William Scott	442	36.20	−3.98
Turnout			1,236	26.03
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chertsey Meads

Chertsey Meads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Luke Dennett	900	66.08	+13.80
	Labour	Philip Martin	462	33.92	+11.19
Turnout			1,386	30.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chertsey South and Row Town

Chertsey South and Row Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Snow	723	48.56	−7.91
	Conservative	Neil William Rubidge	719	48.29	−8.18
	Green	Richard George Miller	345	23.17	−1.65
	Labour	James Douglas Scott	249	16.82	−1.09
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Jane Whyte	246	16.52	N/A
	UKIP	Graham Frank Wood	144	9.67	N/A
Turnout			1,493	32.13
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chertsey St Ann's

Chertsey St Ann's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Joseph Edis	736	49.10	+7.17
	Labour	Arran Richard Neathey	481	32.09	+4.14
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Thomas Lee	158	10.54	+2.92
	UKIP	William Albert Bruno	124	8.27	−13.74
Turnout			1,513	31.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

Egham Hythe

Egham Hythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona Robertson Dent	682	53.12	+23.13
	Conservative	Jonathan James Wilson	602	46.88	+7.97
Turnout			1,299	27.50
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Egham Town

Egham Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RIRG	Alan Alderson	674	56.21	−5.86
	Conservative	Charles Stewart Prescott	269	22.44	−0.08
	Labour	William Keith Heal	256	21.35	+6.26
Turnout			1,202	30.48
	RIRG hold		Swing

Englefield Green East

Englefield Green East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter John Taylor	411	53.59	−11.60
	Labour	Robert Ashley King	199	25.95	+5.04
	Liberal Democrats	Nina Immink	157	20.47	+7.30
Turnout			770	34.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

Englefield Green West

Englefield Green West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Touros Kusneraitis	389	41.25	−0.95
	Labour	Abby Louise King	306	32.45	+2.62
	RIRG	Annabel Rose Tresilian Clarke	168	17.82	N/A
	UKIP	David Charles Hunt	80	8.48	−18.92
Turnout			946	29.70
	Conservative hold		Swing

Foxhills

Foxhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm David Cressey	725	42.30	N/A
	Independent	Angela Shepperdson	625	36.46	N/A
	Conservative	Emma Georgina Bancroft	564	32.91	−20.91
	Conservative	David Calum James MacPhee	489	28.53	−25.29
	Liberal Democrats	Don Whyte	402	23.45	N/A
	Labour	John Colin Gurney	204	11.90	−4.42
	UKIP	Toby Micklethwait	134	7.82	−21.76
Turnout			1,716	41.72
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

New Haw

New Haw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark James Maddox	725	62.61	+0.98
	Labour	James Richard Mullett	236	20.38	+1.48
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Jane Coulon	197	17.01	−1.40
Turnout			1,166	26.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thorpe

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RIRG	Margaret Theresa Harnden	827	59.80	+3.63
	Conservative	Christian Thomas Jepson Egglishaw	396	28.63	+17.59
	Labour	Jack Eugeniusz Stokes	160	11.57	+3.59
Turnout			1,389	32.86
	RIRG hold		Swing

Virginia Water

Virginia Water

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Parshotam Singh Sohi	738	47.31	−9.07
	Independent	Alex Balkan	433	27.76	N/A
	RIRG	Brian Anthony Clarke	285	18.27	−11.68
	Labour	James Lloyd Neal	104	6.67	N/A
Turnout			1,563	36.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodham

Woodham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Ewan Anderson-Bassey	1,087	73.05	+5.41
	Labour	Anne Marie Emerson-Miller	301	20.23	N/A
	UKIP	Valerie Ann Woodhouse	100	6.72	−17.45
Turnout			1,502	35.32
	Conservative hold		Swing