2022 Runnymede Borough Council election

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.

2022 Runnymede Borough Council election

5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)
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 4 2 Popular vote 7,198 1,624 3,280 Percentage 37.9% 8.5% 17.3% Swing 6.6 pp 0.6 pp 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 1 Popular vote 3,524 1,208 Percentage 18.6% 6.4% Swing 4.8 pp 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

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	4	42.8	18	24	58.5	7,198	37.9	-6.6%
	Liberal Democrats	1		7.1	2	3	7.3	3,524	18.6	+4.8%
	Labour Co-op	2	2	14.3	1	3	7.3	3,280	17.3	+0.6%
	Independent	2	1	14.3	2	4	9.8	2,102	11.1	=0.0%
	RIRG	2		14.3	4	6	14.6	1,624	8.5	-0.6%
	Green	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.4	1,208	6.4	+2.8%
	Heritage	0		0	0	0	0	61	0.3	New

Ward Results

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