2019 Surrey Heath Borough Council election

The 2019 Surrey Heath Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of Surrey Heath Borough Council in England.^[1][2] The elections were held on new boundaries.^[3] The Conservatives narrowly held a majority on the council, but it fell from fifteen to just one.^[4]

Results of the 2019 Surrey Heath Borough Council election

Summary

Election result

2019 Surrey Heath Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	35	18	N/A	N/A	18	51.4	46.8	24,395	–21.8
	Liberal Democrats	21	10	N/A	N/A	9	28.6	28.4	14,830	+15.0
	Independent	5	4	N/A	N/A	2	11.4	10.4	5,443	+7.9
	Green	3	2	N/A	N/A	2	5.7	4.9	2,551	+2.9
	Labour	9	1	N/A	N/A		2.9	6.0	3,129	–2.4
	UKIP	6	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	3.1	1,604	+0.3
	Pirate	1	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	0.4	190	N/A

Results by ward

Bagshot

Bagshot (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Kay	1,031	51.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Fitzgerald	886	44.4
	Conservative	Valerie White	852	42.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lance Spencer	795	39.8
	Conservative	Katia Malcaus Cooper	767	38.4
	Conservative	Colin Manley	679	34.0
	UKIP	Stephen West	255	12.8
Majority			57
Turnout			2,015	36
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bisley and West End

Bisley and West End (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Page	922	46.6
	Conservative	David Mansfield	857	43.3
	Independent	Graham Alleway	841	42.5
	Conservative	Nic Price	792	40.0
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Hoad	457	23.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Alexander	411	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Huw Evans	332	16.8
	UKIP	Stephen McClelland	245	12.4
	Labour	Mick Sheehan	182	9.2
Majority			55
Turnout			1,987	31
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Frimley

Frimley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Croke	853	69.6
	Conservative	Darryl Ratiram	820	66.9
	Labour	Julian Woodward	306	25.0
	Labour	Jefferson Nwokeoma	294	24.0
Majority			514
Turnout			1,271	33
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Frimley Green

Frimley Green (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Leach	1,019	54.7
	Liberal Democrats	Cliff Betton	1,012	54.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sashi Mylvaganam	889	47.7
	Conservative	Bruce Mansell	601	32.3
	Conservative	Max Nelson	568	30.5
	Conservative	Attieh Fard	519	27.9
	UKIP	Jonathan Wong	269	14.4
	Pirate	Gavin Crump	190	10.2
Majority			288
Turnout			1,879	36
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Heatherside

Heatherside (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Tapper	1,261	53.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Skipper	1,143	48.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kristian Wrenn	1,075	45.2
	Conservative	Paul Ilnicki	926	39.0
	Conservative	Ian Cullen	855	36.0
	Conservative	Jonathan Lytle	761	32.0
	UKIP	Hazel Prowse	357	15.0
Majority			149
Turnout			2,395	42
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Lightwater

Lightwater (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sharon Galliford	1,019	54.0
	Conservative	Rebecca Jennings-Evans	833	44.1
	Green	Peter Barnett	770	40.8
	Green	Andrew Willgoss	762	40.4
	Conservative	Jarmila Halovsky-Yu	741	39.3
	Conservative	John Winterton	723	38.3
	UKIP	Peter Appleford	278	14.7
Majority			8
Turnout			1,898	35
	Green win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Mytchett and Deepcut

Mytchett and Deepcut (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Deach	971	51.9
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Whitcroft	835	44.6
	Liberal Democrats	Morgan Rise	761	40.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jacques Olmo	760	40.6
	Conservative	Craig Fennell	616	32.9
	Conservative	Joanne Potter	603	32.2
	UKIP	Damien Heads	298	15.9
Majority			1
Turnout			1,886	36
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Old Dean

Old Dean (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rodney Bates	474	50.2
	Conservative	Shaun Garrett	455	48.2
	Conservative	Trefor Hogg	446	47.2
	Labour	Murray Rowlands	386	40.9
Majority			9
Turnout			968	25
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Parkside

Parkside (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Hawkins	729	57.4
	Conservative	Josephine Hawkins	690	54.3
	Liberal Democrats	Cindy Ferguson	435	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Tew	325	25.6
	UKIP	Tony Cable	200	15.7
Majority			255
Turnout			1,279	33
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Michael's

St Michael's (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Dougan	583	57.9
	Conservative	Alan McClafferty	538	53.4
	Labour	Richard Claridge	392	38.9
	Labour	Jill Coles	392	38.9
Majority			146
Turnout			1,045	24
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Paul's

St Paul's (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivienne Chapman	802	67.5
	Conservative	Dan Adams	745	62.7
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Karimjee	377	31.7
	Liberal Democrats	Miriam Spencer	327	27.5
Majority			368
Turnout			1,212	31
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Town

Town (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Brooks	534	58.4
	Conservative	Robin Perry	494	54.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Coe	373	40.8
	Liberal Democrats	Vijaya Ramdas	326	35.7
Majority			121
Turnout			947	25
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Watchetts

Watchetts (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlotte Morley	664	61.2
	Conservative	David Lewis	650	59.9
	Labour	Alexandra Dalwood	379	34.9
	Labour	Joseph Lord	324	29.9
Majority			271
Turnout			1,136	28
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Windlesham and Chobham

Windlesham and Chobham (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Victoria Wheeler	1,482	64.7
	Independent	Pat Tedder	1,426	62.2
	Independent	Emma McGrath	1,213	52.9
	Conservative	Mike Goodman	701	30.6
	Conservative	Alex Green	574	25.1
	Conservative	Alexander Hanney	522	22.8
	Independent	Alison Hook	481	21.0
Majority			512
Turnout			2,309	42
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

By-Elections between 2019 and 2023

Bagshot (6 May 2021)

A by election was held following the death of Liberal Democrat Councillor Sam Kay.^[5]

Bagshot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Gordon	1,225	54.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Wilson	1,038	45.9
Majority			187	8.2
Turnout			2,297	43.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Frimley Green (14 October 2021)

A by election was held in Frimley Green following the resignation of Liberal Democrat Councillor Benjamin Leach.^[6]

Frimley Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Black	896	48.3	16
	Liberal Democrats	Jacques Olmo	877	47.3	0.4
	Labour	Christine Richards	76	4.1
Majority			19	1.0	14.4
Turnout			1,852	35.65
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

^[7]

Bisley and West End (14 April 2022)

A by election was held in Bisley and West End following the resignation of Conservative Councillor David Mansfield.^[8]

Bisley and West End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Noble	1,286	66.2	43.1
	Conservative	Tony Henderson	662	33.8	6.2
Majority			624	31.9	14.4
Turnout			1,956	28.30	2.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	24.65

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