2004 Runnymede Borough Council election

Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 10 June 2004. 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:

• Conservative 33
• Runnymede Residents Association 6
• Labour 3

Election result

Runnymede Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	/−
	Conservative	12	1	0	1	85.7	51.7	10,440	-4.1%
	Runnymede Residents Association	2	0	0	0	14.3	10.3	2,080	0.1%
	Labour	0	0	1	-1	0	17.7	3,577	-4.0%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	12.7	2,569	3.0%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	6.6	1,336	4.5%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	190	0.9%

Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Broadhead	920	64.4	−6.5
	Labour	Keith Cliff	319	22.3	−6.8
	Independent	Colin Stephens	190	13.3	13.3
Majority			601	42.1	0.3
Turnout			1,429	35.2	8.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Addlestone North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cherith Simmons	819	60.8
	Labour	Brenda Head	317	23.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Key	212	15.7
Majority			502	37.3
Turnout			1,348	32.6	8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chertsey Meads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Norman	725	48.4	1.3
	UKIP	Christopher Browne	300	20.0	7.6
	Labour	Bernie Stacey	247	16.5	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Prue Horne	225	15.0	−5.5
Majority			425	28.4	1.8
Turnout			1,497	35.8	8.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chertsey St.Ann's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Norman	903	59.2	11.3
	Labour	James Walsh	623	40.8	−2.2
Majority			280	18.4	13.5
Turnout			1,526	36.3	10.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chertsey South and Row Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edwards	1,034	65.6	−14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Aileen Owen Davies	304	19.3	19.3
	Labour	Kenneth Denyer	239	15.2	−5.2
Majority			730	46.3	−12.9
Turnout			1,577	40.0	8.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Egham Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Runnymede Residents Association	Anthony Moore	975	65.1	−3.7
	Conservative	Rebecca Nixey	330	22.0	3.5
	Labour	Keith Thompson	193	12.9	0.2
Majority			645	43.1	−7.2
Turnout			1,498	35.7	9.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Englefield Green East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marisa Heath	493	52.2	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Russell	230	24.3	−4.6
	UKIP	Toby Micklethwait	126	13.3	13.3
	Labour	Peter Kingham	96	10.2	−0.6
Majority			263	27.9	−3.5
Turnout			945	23.8	6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Englefield Green West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Meares	574	50.2	−4.3
	Labour	Richard Messingham	229	20.0	2.7
	UKIP	Harold Pearce	188	16.4	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Heath	152	13.3	−2.4
Majority			345	30.2	−7.0
Turnout			1,143	28.4	7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Foxhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ruth Haylor	806	52.9	−9.6
	UKIP	Leon Mullett	270	17.7	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Gibbons	233	15.3	0.6
	Labour	John Gurney	216	14.2	−0.9
Majority			536	35.2	−12.2
Turnout			1,525	36.7	7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonna Lay	519	36.8	−4.7
	Labour	Edward Barrett	447	31.7	−11.4
	UKIP	Derek Sheppard	254	18.0	18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dorian Mead	192	13.6	−1.8
Majority			72	5.1
Turnout			1,412	29.9	6.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

New Haw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Tollett	853	59.5	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Coulon	359	25.1	1.3
	Labour	Angela Gould	221	15.4	0.6
Majority			494	34.4	−3.3
Turnout			1,433	33.5	8.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Runnymede Residents Association	Elaine Gill	1,105	66.1	−2.4
	Conservative	Janet Dicks	442	26.4	3.4
	Labour	Michael Fuller	125	7.5	−1.1
Majority			663	39.7	−5.8
Turnout			1,672	39.0	8.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Virginia Water

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Roberts	975	63.6	−14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Palm	254	16.6	2.7
	UKIP	Steve Gynn	198	12.9	12.9
	Labour	Monica Dowling	106	6.9	−1.3
Majority			721	47.0	−17.0
Turnout			1,533	36.8	10.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Ruane	1,047	63.3	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Cockle	408	24.7	4.9
	Labour	Adrian Elston	199	12.0	−2.8
Majority			839	38.6	−7.0
Turnout			1,654	39.3	8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2004 Runnymede election result
• Ward results