2018 Runnymede Borough Council election
{{Short description|2018 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2018 Runnymede Borough Council election
| country =
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2016 Runnymede Borough Council election
| previous_year = 2016
| election_date = {{Start date|2018|05|03|df=y}}
| next_election = 2019 Runnymede Borough Council election
| next_year = 2019
| seats_for_election= 16 of the 42 seats in the Runnymede Borough Council
| majority_seats = 22
| turnout =
| registered =
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| image1 =
| leader1 = Nick Prescot
| leader_since1 = 2017
| leaders_seat1 = Englefield Green West
| last_election1 = 26
| seats_before1 = 36
| seats1 = 11
| seats_after1 = 33
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 3
| popular_vote1 = 8,893
| percentage1 = 49.3%
| party2 = Runnymede Independent Residents Group
| image2 =
| leader2 = Linda Gillham
| leader_since2 = 2018
| leaders_seat2 = Thorpe
| last_election2 = 6
| seats_before2 = 6
| seats2 = 2
| seats_after2 = 6
| seat_change2 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote2 = 1,954
| percentage2 = 9.4%
| party4 = Independent
| image4 =
| leader4 = Malcolm Cressey
| leader_since4 = 2018
| leaders_seat4 = Foxhills
| last_election4 = 0
| seats_before4 = 0
| seats4 = 2
| seats_after4 = 2
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 2
| popular_vote4 = 1,350
| percentage4 = 6.5%
| party5 = Labour Party (UK)
| image5 =
| leader5 = Fiona Dent
| leader_since5 = 2018
| leaders_seat5 = Egham Hythe
| last_election5 = 0
| seats_before5 = 0
| seats5 = 1
| seats_after5 = 1
| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote5 = 4,580
| percentage5 = 22.0%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = 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.
| title = Leader
| posttitle = Leader after election
| before_election = Nick Prescot
Conservative
| after_election = Nick Prescot
Conservative
}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.runnymede.gov.uk/downloads/file/173/borough-council-election-results-2018 |title=Declaration of Result of Poll |access-date=14 January 2021 |work=Runnymede Borough Council}} Labour won their first seat on the council for over 20 years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/news/16205364.election-2018-runnymede-borough-council-goes-polls/ |title=ELECTION 2018: Runnymede Borough Council goes to the polls |access-date=14 January 2021 |work=Royal Borough Observer}}
Election results
{{Election summary partial council net begin |title=Runnymede Borough Council Election 2022}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 11
|net = {{decrease}} 3
|seats % = 68.8
|other seats = 22
|total seats = 33
|total seats % = 78.6
|votes = 10,266
|votes % = 49.3
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Runnymede Independent Residents Group
|seats = 2
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 12.5
|other seats = 4
|total seats = 6
|total seats % = 14.3
|votes = 1,954
|votes % = 9.4
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Independent politician
|seats = 2
|net = {{increase}} 2
|seats % = 12.5
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 2
|total seats % = 4.8
|votes = 1,783
|votes % = 8.6
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 1
|net = {{increase}} 1
|seats % = 6.3
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 1
|total seats % = 2.4
|votes = 4,580
|votes % = 22.0
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 7.1
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 7.3
|votes = 1,328
|votes % = 6.4
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = UKIP
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 582
|votes % = 2.8
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|seats = 1
|net = {{increase}} 1
|seats % = 7.1
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 1
|total seats % = 2.4
|votes = 345
|votes % = 1.7
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
=Addlestone Bourneside=
{{Election box begin | title=Addlestone Bourneside}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Raymond Furey
|votes = 739
|percentage = 52.60
|change = -4.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = June Patricia Tilbury
|votes = 498
|percentage = 35.44
|change = +5.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Chelsea Katherine Whyte
|votes = 168
|percentage = 11.96
|change = +0.97
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,414
|percentage = 32.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Addlestone North=
{{Election box begin | title=Addlestone North}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David William Parr
|votes = 779
|percentage = 63.80
|change = +3.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael William Scott
|votes = 442
|percentage = 36.20
|change = -3.98
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,236
|percentage = 26.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Chertsey Meads=
{{Election box begin | title=Chertsey Meads}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Luke Dennett
|votes = 900
|percentage = 66.08
|change = +13.80
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Martin
|votes = 462
|percentage = 33.92
|change = +11.19
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,386
|percentage = 30.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Chertsey South and Row Town=
{{Election box begin | title=Chertsey South and Row Town}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Snow
|votes = 723
|percentage = 48.56
|change = -7.91
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Neil William Rubidge
|votes = 719
|percentage = 48.29
|change = -8.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Richard George Miller
|votes = 345
|percentage = 23.17
|change = -1.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James Douglas Scott
|votes = 249
|percentage = 16.82
|change = -1.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Sylvia Jane Whyte
|votes = 246
|percentage = 16.52
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Graham Frank Wood
|votes = 144
|percentage = 9.67
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,493
|percentage = 32.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Chertsey St Ann's=
{{Election box begin | title=Chertsey St Ann's}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Joseph Edis
|votes = 736
|percentage = 49.10
|change = +7.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Arran Richard Neathey
|votes = 481
|percentage = 32.09
|change = +4.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Kevin Thomas Lee
|votes = 158
|percentage = 10.54
|change = +2.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = William Albert Bruno
|votes = 124
|percentage = 8.27
|change = -13.74
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,513
|percentage = 31.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Egham Hythe=
{{Election box begin | title=Egham Hythe}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Fiona Robertson Dent
|votes = 682
|percentage = 53.12
|change = +23.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jonathan James Wilson
|votes = 602
|percentage = 46.88
|change = +7.97
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,299
|percentage = 27.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Egham Town=
{{Election box begin | title=Egham Town}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Runnymede Independent Residents' Group
|candidate = Alan Alderson
|votes = 674
|percentage = 56.21
|change = -5.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Stewart Prescott
|votes = 269
|percentage = 22.44
|change = -0.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Keith Heal
|votes = 256
|percentage = 21.35
|change = +6.26
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,202
|percentage = 30.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Runnymede Independent Residents' Group
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Englefield Green East=
{{Election box begin | title=Englefield Green East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter John Taylor
|votes = 411
|percentage = 53.59
|change = -11.60
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Ashley King
|votes = 199
|percentage = 25.95
|change = +5.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Nina Immink
|votes = 157
|percentage = 20.47
|change = +7.30
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 770
|percentage = 34.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Englefield Green West=
{{Election box begin | title=Englefield Green West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Touros Kusneraitis
|votes = 389
|percentage = 41.25
|change = -0.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Abby Louise King
|votes = 306
|percentage = 32.45
|change = +2.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Runnymede Independent Residents' Group
|candidate = Annabel Rose Tresilian Clarke
|votes = 168
|percentage = 17.82
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = David Charles Hunt
|votes = 80
|percentage = 8.48
|change = -18.92
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 946
|percentage = 29.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Foxhills=
{{Election box begin | title=Foxhills}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Malcolm David Cressey
|votes = 725
|percentage = 42.30
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Angela Shepperdson
|votes = 625
|percentage = 36.46
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Emma Georgina Bancroft
|votes = 564
|percentage = 32.91
|change = -20.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Calum James MacPhee
|votes = 489
|percentage = 28.53
|change = -25.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Don Whyte
|votes = 402
|percentage = 23.45
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Colin Gurney
|votes = 204
|percentage = 11.90
|change = -4.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Toby Micklethwait
|votes = 134
|percentage = 7.82
|change = -21.76
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,716
|percentage = 41.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=New Haw=
{{Election box begin | title=New Haw}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark James Maddox
|votes = 725
|percentage = 62.61
|change = +0.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James Richard Mullett
|votes = 236
|percentage = 20.38
|change = +1.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jennifer Jane Coulon
|votes = 197
|percentage = 17.01
|change = -1.40
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,166
|percentage = 26.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Thorpe=
{{Election box begin | title=Thorpe}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Runnymede Independent Residents' Group
|candidate = Margaret Theresa Harnden
|votes = 827
|percentage = 59.80
|change = +3.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Christian Thomas Jepson Egglishaw
|votes = 396
|percentage = 28.63
|change = +17.59
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jack Eugeniusz Stokes
|votes = 160
|percentage = 11.57
|change = +3.59
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,389
|percentage = 32.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Runnymede Independent Residents' Group
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Virginia Water=
{{Election box begin | title=Virginia Water}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Parshotam Singh Sohi
|votes = 738
|percentage = 47.31
|change = -9.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Alex Balkan
|votes = 433
|percentage = 27.76
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Runnymede Independent Residents' Group
|candidate = Brian Anthony Clarke
|votes = 285
|percentage = 18.27
|change = -11.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James Lloyd Neal
|votes = 104
|percentage = 6.67
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,563
|percentage = 36.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Woodham=
{{Election box begin | title=Woodham}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Ewan Anderson-Bassey
|votes = 1,087
|percentage = 73.05
|change = +5.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Anne Marie Emerson-Miller
|votes = 301
|percentage = 20.23
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Valerie Ann Woodhouse
|votes = 100
|percentage = 6.72
|change = -17.45
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,502
|percentage = 35.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Surrey elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2018}}