2021 Elmbridge Borough Council election

The 2021 Elmbridge Borough Council election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Elmbridge Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The elections were postponed from May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Map showing the results of the 2021 Elmbridge Borough Council election

Results summary

2021 Elmbridge Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	6		37.5	15	21	44.7	15,976	39.3
	Residents	7		43.8	10	17	36.2	9,365	23.0
	Liberal Democrats	3		18.8	5	8	17.0	10,761	26.5
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.1	529	1.3
	Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,019	7.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	826	2.0
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	129	0.3
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	56	0.1

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Results by Ward

Claygate

Claygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce McDonald	1,668	60.4	−2.6
	Conservative	Wael Aleji	979	35.5	+1.3
	Labour	Hadleigh Moon	113	4.1	+1.2
Majority			689	24.9
Turnout			2,786	50.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cobham & Downside

Cobham & Downside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Mann	1,416	64.5	+17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Zelda Pittman	475	21.6	−9.8
	Labour	Steven Gray	185	8.4	−0.3
	UKIP	Elaine Kingston	63	2.9	−9.6
	Reform UK	Mike Bennison	56	2.6	N/A
Majority			941	42.9
Turnout			2,215	34.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Esher

Esher

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Esher Residents' Association	David Young	1,435	52.4	+5.7
	Conservative	Jeremy Larsson	992	36.2	−3.4
	Green	Laura Harmour	173	6.3	−2.8
	Labour	Susan Dennis	138	5.0	+0.4
Majority			443	16.2
Turnout			2,750	41.2
	Residents gain from Conservative		Swing

Hersham Village

Hersham Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Wood	1,294	52.3	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Chester Chandler	781	31.5	N/A
	Labour	Jeremy Brown	401	16.2	+4.0
Majority			513	17.3
Turnout			2,496	38.0
	Conservative gain from Residents		Swing

Hinchley Wood & Weston Green

Hinchley Wood & Weston Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Hinchley Wood Residents' Association	Gill Coates	1,711	59.2	-14.4
	Conservative	Geoff Herbert	575	19.9	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Ambekar	502	17.4	+2.4
	Labour	James Samuel	101	3.5	N/A
Majority			1,136	39.3
Turnout			2,900	45.1
	Residents hold		Swing

Long Ditton

Long Ditton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jez Langham	1,329	52.9	−4.9
	Conservative	Claudia Riley-Hards	808	32.1	−4.6
	Green	Greg Knowles	218	8.7	N/A
	Labour	Jake Lewis	120	4.8	−0.7
	UKIP	Samantha Fry	39	1.6	N/A
Majority			521	20.8
Turnout			2,527	47.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Molesey East

Molesey East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Molesey Residents' Association	Peter Pope	1,014	34.8	-13.2
	Conservative	Xingang Wang	892	30.6	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Flatau	553	19.0	+9.5
	Green	Lisa Howard	245	8.4	+0.5
	Labour	Rosie Rendall	186	6.4	+1.7
	UKIP	Donald Anderson	27	0.9	N/A
Majority			122	4.2
Turnout			2,937	43.3
	Residents hold		Swing

Molesey West

Molesey West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Molesey Residents' Association	Mike Axton	1,262	49.4	-14.1
	Conservative	Agnes Tancsane Fuchs	563	22.0	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Stevenson	499	19.5	+7.6
	Labour	David Sheldrake	233	9.1	±0.0
Majority			699	27.4
Turnout			2,584	38.5
	Residents hold		Swing

Oatlands & Burwood Park

Oatlands & Burwood Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ananya Banerjee	1,454	59.3	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Helgi Joensen	772	31.5	+12.1
	Labour	Angus Rendall	224	9.1	+3.9
Majority			682	27.8
Turnout			2,475	41.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxshott & Stoke D'Abernon

Oxshott & Stoke D'Abernon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Parker	1,901	69.2	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Combe	685	24.9	−5.3
	Labour	Carolyn Gray	162	5.9	+1.6
Majority			1,216	44.3
Turnout			2,758	41.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thames Ditton

Thames Ditton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Thames Ditton & Weston Green Residents' Association	Alex Batchelor	1,633	56.0	-11.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Gattey	489	16.8	+2.3
	Conservative	Patrick Wylde	456	15.6	+3.5
	Green	Martin Clark	190	6.5	−2.7
	Labour	James Fearnley-Marr	146	5.0	−0.9
Majority			1,144	39.2
Turnout			2,923	43.8
	Residents hold		Swing

Walton Central

Walton Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	The Walton Society	Chris Sadler	1,157	46.8	-10.2
	Conservative	Paul Liptrot	689	27.8	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Damien Nolan	450	18.2	N/A
	Labour	Elina Simanovits	178	7.2	−2.5
Majority			468	19.0
Turnout			2,495	40.0
	Residents hold		Swing

Walton North

Walton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis Brown	766	38.5	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Bailey	489	24.6	−1.4
	Independent	Andrew Kelly	408	20.5	N/A
	Labour	Peter Ashurst	326	16.4	−11.6
Majority			277	13.9
Turnout			2,009	32.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walton South

Walton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cope	1,375	51.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Hewens	1,083	40.3	+5.0
	Labour	Katrina Jepson	232	8.6	−5.3
Majority			292	10.8
Turnout			2,713	40.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weybridge Riverside

Weybridge Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Sarsby	1,225	49.9	+2.3
	Conservative	Manjit Gill	956	38.9	−2.4
	Labour Co-op	Helen Pilmer	275	11.2	+5.1
Majority			269	11.0
Turnout			2,486	41.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Weybridge St. George's Hill

Weybridge St. George's Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Weybridge & St. George's Independents	Peter Harman	1,153	44.6	-7.8
	Conservative	David Harvey	1,064	41.1	+1.5
	Labour	Warren Weertman	249	9.6	+1.7
	Independent	Nicholas Wood	121	4.7	N/A
Majority			89	3.7
Turnout			2,607	40.7
	Residents hold		Swing

By-elections

Cobham & Downside, 1 July 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Stephens	890	49.8	+28.2
	Conservative	Corinne Sterry	778	43.5	−21.0
	Green	Laura Harmour	54	3.0	N/A
	Labour	Irene Threlkeld	47	2.6	−5.8
	Reform UK	Elaine Kingston	19	1.1	−1.8
Majority			112	6.3
Turnout			1,788	27.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing