2022 Runnymede Borough Council election

2022 Runnymede Borough Council election
← 2021 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05) 2023 →

14 of the 41 seats in the Runnymede Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nick Prescot Isabel Mullens Robert King
Party Conservative RIRG Labour Co-op
Leader since 2017 2022 2021
Leader's seat Englefield Green West Egham Town Egham Hythe
Last election 9 2 0
Seats before 26 6 1
Seats won 6 2 2
Seats after 24 6 3
Seat change Decrease 4 Steady Increase 2
Popular vote 7,198 1,624 3,280
Percentage 37.9% 8.5% 17.3%
Swing Decrease 6.6 pp Decrease 0.6 pp Increase 0.6 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Don Whyte Steve Ringham
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader since 2019 new 2022
Leader's seat Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South Addlestone North
Last election 1 0
Seats before 3 0
Seats won 1 1
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 3,524 1,208
Percentage 18.6% 6.4%
Swing Increase 4.8 pp Increase 2.8 pp

A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the councillor elected from each ward.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2022 Runnymede Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect one-third of members of the Runnymede Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in the U.K.

Since its first election in 1973, the council has been under Conservative control, apart from a short period between 1996 and 1998 when it was under no overall control. In the previous election in 2021, the Conservative Party retained control of the council, winning 9 out of 13 seats and holding their majority, albeit reduced to 4. Liberal Democrat and Labour Co-op Party councillors, are also present on the council. Since that election, one Conservative councillor, Mike Kusneraitis, had defected to become an independent and was defending his seat.

Following the election, the majority Conservatives lost four seats and reducing their majority to Four, with Labour gaining two, Green Party of England and Wales gaining one, and independent candidate Andrea Berardi picking up his seat from the Conservatives also.

The election occurred in the national context of the Partygate scandal and the cost of living crisis.

Results

Runnymede Borough Council Election 2022
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 6 Decrease 4 42.8 18 24 58.5 7,198 37.9 -6.6%
  Liberal Democrats 1 Steady 7.1 2 3 7.3 3,524 18.6 +4.8%
  Labour Co-op 2 Increase 2 14.3 1 3 7.3 3,280 17.3 +0.6%
  Independent 2 Increase 1 14.3 2 4 9.8 2,102 11.1 =0.0%
  RIRG 2 Steady 14.3 4 6 14.6 1,624 8.5 -0.6%
  Green 1 Increase 1 7.1 0 1 2.4 1,208 6.4 +2.8%
  Heritage 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 61 0.3 New

Ward Results

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Addlestone North

Addlestone North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Steve Ringham 525 40.57 +17.30
Conservative David Curran 481 37.17 −9.75
Labour Co-op Michael Scott 186 14.37 −4.47
Liberal Democrats Rudi Dikty-Daudiyan 102 7.88 −0.45
Majority 44 3.4
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 1294
Green gain from Independent Swing +13.53

Addlestone South

Addlestone South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Wilson 610 44.33 −13.23
Labour Co-op Nigel Base 339 24.64 −2.20
Liberal Democrats Ray Williamson 251 18.24 +2.64
Green Andrew Smith 176 12.79 New
Majority 271 19.7
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 1376
Conservative hold Swing -5.52

Chertsey Riverside

Chertsey Riverside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shannon Saise-Marshall 475 39.16 −15.54
Labour Co-op Bernie Stacey 333 27.45 +4.18
Liberal Democrats Kevin Lee 268 22.09 +7.22
Green Richard Miller 140 11.54 New
Majority 142 11.7
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 1216
Conservative hold Swing -9.86

Chertsey St. Ann's

Chertsey St. Ann's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dolsie Clarke 502 34.34 −18.29
Independent Peter Waddell 479 32.76 New
Labour Peter Kingham 292 19.97 +1.30
Liberal Democrats Annabel Jones 191 13.06 −1.26
Majority 23 1.6
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 1464
Conservative hold Swing -25.53

Egham Hythe

Egham Hythe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op James Rhys Davies 827 57.75 +16.87
Conservative Mark Adams 605 42.25 −0.35
Majority 222 15.5
Rejected ballots 11
Turnout 1432
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +8.61

Egham Town

Egham Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RIRG Sam Jenkins 826 55.44 +2.53
Conservative Hollie Bolitho 278 18.66 −2.81
Labour Co-op Jacqueline Teale 224 15.03 −5.45
Green Timothy Hayes 91 6.11 New
Liberal Democrats Ian Heath 71 4.77 −0.37
Majority 548 36.8
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 1490
RIRG hold Swing +2.67

Englefield Green East

Englefield Green East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andrea Berardi 368 45.89 New
Conservative Rania Elzeiny 217 27.06 −17.44
Labour Co-op Cai Parry 159 19.83 −2.23
Liberal Democrats Tom Jordan 58 7.23 −16.66
Majority 151 18.8
Rejected ballots 2
Turnout 802
Independent gain from Conservative Swing +31.67

Englefield Green West

Englefield Green West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Abby King 403 36.84 +15.80
Conservative Tanya Solomon 383 35.01 −12.64
Independent Michael Kusneraitis 308 28.15 N/A
Majority 20 1.8
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout 1094
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +14.22

Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South

Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Whyte 657 68.80 +23.14
Conservative Neill Rubidge 298 31.20 −9.34
Majority 359 37.6
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 955
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +16.24

New Haw

New Haw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vanda Cunningham 661 48.11 −8.28
Liberal Democrats Kevin DeCruz 652 47.45 +3.84
Heritage Gian Palermiti 61 4.44 New
Majority 9 0.7
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout 1374
Conservative hold Swing -6.06

Ottershaw

Ottershaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Malcolm Cressey 947 55.58 −2.92
Conservative Leo Davies 428 25.12 −10.41
Labour John Gurney 190 11.15 −2.01
Liberal Democrats Stuart Lawrence 139 8.16 +1.84
Majority 519 30.5
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 1704
Independent hold Swing +3.75

Thorpe

Thorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RIRG Linda Gillham 798 53.09 +2.06
Conservative Nick Wase-Rogers 421 28.01 −5.80
Labour Co-op Benjamin Niblett 211 14.04 +3.06
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Smith-Wright 73 4.86 +0.68
Majority 377 25.1
Rejected ballots 5
Turnout 1503
RIRG hold Swing +3.93

Virginia Water

Virginia Water
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Hulley 900 56.68 +14.60
Liberal Democrats Karin Rowsell 572 36.02 +12.10
Labour Co-op Karen McKinley-Gunn 116 7.26 −2.35
Majority 328 20.7
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 1588
Conservative hold Swing +1.25

Woodham and Rowtown

Woodham and Rowtown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Max Darby 939 55.07 −4.46
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Coulon 490 28.74 +17.15
Green Peter Chiverton 276 16.19 New
Majority 449 26.3
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 1705
Conservative hold Swing -10.81

References

  1. ^ "Election results by wards, 5 May 2022". Runnymede Borough Council. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.