2003 Runnymede Borough Council election

Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 1 May 2003. 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 32
• Runnymede Residents Association 6
• Labour 4

Election result

Runnymede Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	0	0	0	80.0	55.8	9,253	-4.0%
	Runnymede Residents Association	2	0	0	0	13.3	10.2	1,689	+1.4%
	Labour	1	0	0	0	6.7	21.7	3,597	-1.0%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	9.7	1,606	+1.5%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	347	+2.1%
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	103	+0.6%

Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Waddell	772	70.9	+5.5
	Labour	Keith Cliff	317	29.1	+1.9
Majority			455	41.8	+3.6
Turnout			1,089	26.5	−5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Addlestone North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Broadhead	675
	Conservative	David Parr	649
	Labour	Louise Lavelle	366
	Labour	John Gurney	347
Turnout			2,037	24.5	−4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chertsey Meads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Jacobs	522	47.1	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Prudence Horne	227	20.5	+4.8
	Labour	Bernie Stacey	222	20.0	−8.6
	UKIP	Christopher Browne	138	12.4	+12.4
Majority			300	26.6	−0.5
Turnout			1,109	27.0	−1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chertsey St.Ann's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dolsie Clarke	544	47.9	−0.2
	Labour	Peter Anderson	489	43.0	−8.9
	Monster Raving Loony	Keith Collett	103	9.1	+9.1
Majority			55	4.9
Turnout			1,136	25.5	−2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chertsey South and Row Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claire Grant	997	79.6
	Labour	Kenneth Denyer	255	20.4
Majority			742	59.2
Turnout			1,252	31.5	−3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Egham Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Runnymede Residents Association	John Ashmore	777	68.8	+10.8
	Conservative	Terence McGrath	209	18.5	−9.7
	Labour	Keith Thompson	143	12.7	−1.2
Majority			568	50.3	+20.5
Turnout			1,129	25.9	−3.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Englefield Green East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Walmsley	425	60.3	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Russell	204	28.9	+7.7
	Labour	Martin Rudd	76	10.8	−3.2
Majority			221	31.4	−12.3
Turnout			705	17.2	−0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Englefield Green West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Haas	482	54.5	−15.4
	Labour	Alexander Beck	153	17.3	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Heath	139	15.7	+15.7
	UKIP	Harold Pearce	111	12.5	+12.5
Majority			329	37.2	−2.6
Turnout			885	21.1	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Foxhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Barden	784	62.5	−12.8
	Labour	Peter Kingham	189	15.1	−9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Gibbons	184	14.7	+14.7
	UKIP	Anthony Micklethwait	98	7.8	+7.8
Majority			595	47.4	−3.2
Turnout			1,255	29.5	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rodney Pate	475	43.1	−2.0
	Conservative	Yvonna Lay	458	41.5	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dorian Mead	170	15.4	−1.7
Majority			17	1.6	−5.8
Turnout			1,103	23.1	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

New Haw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Dean	670	61.5	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Miller	259	23.8	−4.6
	Labour	Angela Gould	161	14.8	+1.6
Majority			411	37.7	+7.7
Turnout			1,090	25.2	−5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Runnymede Residents Association	Linda Gillham	912	68.5	−3.3
	Conservative	Ian Angell	306	23.0	−5.2
	Labour	Brenda Head	114	8.6	+8.6
Majority			606	45.5	+1.9
Turnout			1,332	30.4	−0.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Virginia Water

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Woodger	894	77.9	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Key	160	13.9	−1.2
	Labour	Monica Dowling	94	8.2	−0.2
Majority			734	64.0	+2.6
Turnout			1,148	26.5	−2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Florence Angell	866	65.4	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Cockle	263	19.8	0.0
	Labour	George Blair	196	14.8	+1.9
Majority			603	45.6	−1.9
Turnout			1,325	31.3	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2003 Runnymede election result
• Ward results