2006 Runnymede Borough Council election

Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Runnymede Local Election Result 2006
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 14 3 0 +3 87.5 55.4 11,881 +3.7%
  Runnymede Residents Association 2 0 0 0 12.5 8.7 1,869 -1.6%
  Labour 0 0 3 -3 0 15.3 3,288 -2.4%
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 13.7 2,932 +1.0%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 1,113 -1.4%
  Senior Citizens 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 261 +1.2%
  Monster Raving Loony 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 84 +0.4%

Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Furey 977 71.1 +6.7
Labour Gavin Morrison 397 28.9 +6.6
Majority 580 42.2 +0.1
Turnout 1,374 34.0 −1.2
Conservative hold Swing
Addlestone North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Parr 756 59.8 −1.0
Labour David Bell 283 22.4 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Key 226 17.9 +2.2
Majority 473 37.4 +0.1
Turnout 1,265 31.3 −1.3
Conservative hold Swing
Chertsey Meads
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Tuley 750 53.4 +5.0
UKIP Christopher Browne 256 18.2 −1.8
Labour Bernie Stacey 221 15.7 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Ross Belson 178 12.7 −2.3
Majority 494 35.2 +6.8
Turnout 1,405 33.5 −2.3
Conservative hold Swing
Chertsey St.Ann's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Edis 838 59.5 +0.3
Labour Paul Greenwood 571 40.5 −0.3
Majority 267 19.0 +0.6
Turnout 1,409 32.3 −4.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Chertsey South and Row Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Davis 1,026 68.2 +2.6
Liberal Democrats James Whiteley 272 18.1 −1.2
Labour Peter Kingham 206 13.7 −1.5
Majority 754 50.1 +3.8
Turnout 1,504 38.2 −1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Egham Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Runnymede Residents Association Alan Alderson 827 63.7 −1.4
Conservative Terence McGrath 326 25.1 +3.1
Labour Keith Thompson 146 11.2 −1.7
Majority 501 38.6 −4.5
Turnout 1,299 32.5 −3.2
Independent hold Swing
Englefield Green East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Roberts 591
Conservative Niall Thewlis 471
Liberal Democrats Peter Russell 324
Liberal Democrats Alexander Harrowell 282
UKIP Anthony Micklethwait 124
Monster Raving Loony Keith Collett 84
Turnout 1,876 25.1 +1.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Englefield Green West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Kusneraitis 591 56.7 +6.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Heath 185 17.7 +4.4
Labour Adrian Elston 146 14.0 −6.0
UKIP Harold Pearce 121 11.6 −4.8
Majority 406 39.0 +8.8
Turnout 1,043 31.6 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing
Foxhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Howard Butterfield 819 53.8 +0.9
Labour John Gurney 230 15.1 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Nancy Palm 194 12.7 −2.6
UKIP Leon Mullett 165 10.8 −6.9
Senior Citizens Grahame Leon-Smith 115 7.6 +7.6
Majority 589 38.7 +3.5
Turnout 1,523 36.7 0.0
Conservative hold Swing
Hythe (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rebecca Nixey 649
Conservative Nik Stewart 549
Labour Robert Ray 463
Liberal Democrats Dorian Mead 352
Labour Benjamin Rose 319
UKIP Guy Leven-Torres 252
Turnout 2,584 29.9 0.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
New Haw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Knight 1,067 79.4 +19.9
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Coulon 277 20.6 −4.5
Majority 790 58.8 +24.4
Turnout 1,344 31.3 −2.2
Conservative hold Swing
Thorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Runnymede Residents Association Brian Relph 1,042 64.2 −1.9
Conservative Nicholas Wase-Rogers 444 27.4 +1.0
Labour Michael Fuller 136 8.4 +0.9
Majority 598 36.8 −2.9
Turnout 1,622 38.2 −0.8
Independent hold Swing
Virginia Water
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gillian Switalski 1,035 66.2 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Key 333 21.3 +4.7
UKIP John Gynn 195 12.5 −0.4
Majority 702 44.9 −2.1
Turnout 1,563 37.8 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Woodham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Brown 992 61.3 −2.0
Liberal Democrats Janet Cockle 309 19.1 −5.6
Labour George Blair 170 10.5 −1.5
Senior Citizens Terence Pattinson 146 9.0 +9.0
Majority 683 42.2 +3.6
Turnout 1,617 38.6 −0.7
Conservative hold Swing

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