Runnymede Council election, 2008

Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 1 May, 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

Three councillors had resigned from the council before the election and a further two did not stand for re-election.cite web| url = http://www.surreyad.co.uk/news/2026/2026737/election__runnymedes_runners_and_riders | title = Election - Runnymede's runners and riders | accessdate = 2008-05-19 | date = 2008-04-28| publisher = "Surrey Advertiser"] No seats changed hands with the Conservative party remaining dominant on the council.cite web| url = http://www.surreyad.co.uk/news/2027/2027215/local_election_results_in_surrey | title = Local election results in Surrey | accessdate = 2008-05-19 | date = 2008-05-02| publisher = "Surrey Advertiser"]

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 36
*Runnymede Residents Association 6

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 14
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 82.4
votes % = 57.1
votes = 12,402
plus/minus = -1.0%Election Summary
party = Runnymede Residents Association
seats = 3
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 17.6
votes % = 12.3
votes = 2,678
plus/minus = +2.5%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 14.6
votes = 3,160
plus/minus = +2.2%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 8.3
votes = 1,808
plus/minus = -0.5%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 6.5
votes = 1,408
plus/minus = -3.4%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.6
votes = 141
plus/minus = -0.3%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.5
votes = 109
plus/minus = +0.5%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Broadhead
votes = 975
percentage = 72.4
change = -3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gavin Morrison
votes = 230
percentage = 17.1
change = -6.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Colin Stephens
votes = 141
percentage = 10.5
change = +10.5Election box majority
votes = 745
percentage = 55.3
change = +2.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,346
percentage = 33.2
change = +1.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rebecca Denby
votes = 731
percentage = 65.0
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Deborah Greenwood
votes = 185
percentage = 16.4
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Key
votes = 132
percentage = 11.7
change = -1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Tarun Comar
votes = 77
percentage = 6.8
change = -3.7Election box majority
votes = 546
percentage = 48.6
change = +4.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,125
percentage = 27.6
change = -1.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Norman
votes = 826
percentage = 60.4
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Christopher Browne
votes = 294
percentage = 21.5
change = +3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bernie Stacey
votes = 247
percentage = 18.1
change = +3.2Election box majority
votes = 532
percentage = 38.9
change = -1.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,367
percentage = 32.7
change = -0.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Chapman
votes = 755
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Louis Pouyanne
votes = 698
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Greenwood
votes = 461
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Denyer
votes = 395
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Robert Belobaba
votes = 191
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Ileana Nguyen
votes = 142
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,642
percentage = 31.2
change = -0.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Edwards
votes = 947
percentage = 67.2
change = +3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Gillian Ellis
votes = 262
percentage = 18.6
change = -1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Kingham
votes = 201
percentage = 14.3
change = -1.9Election box majority
votes = 685
percentage = 48.6
change = +4.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,410
percentage = 35.2
change = -0.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate
party = Runnymede Residents Association
candidate = Anthony Moore
votes = 719
percentage = 59.5
change = +5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Sheldon
votes = 358
percentage = 29.6
change = -5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Thompson
votes = 132
percentage = 10.9
change = +0.6Election box majority
votes = 361
percentage = 29.9
change = +10.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,209
percentage = 31.0
change = -1.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marisa Heath
votes = 493
percentage = 51.9
change = -2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Whiteley
votes = 264
percentage = 27.8
change = -7.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sebastian Michnowicz
votes = 101
percentage = 10.6
change = +10.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Rosemary Browne
votes = 91
percentage = 9.6
change = -0.6Election box majority
votes = 229
percentage = 24.1
change = +5.6Election box turnout
votes = 949
percentage = 23.3
change = -0.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hugh Meares
votes = 464
percentage = 44.5
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Anthony Micklethwait
votes = 264
percentage = 25.3
change = -0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roxanne Mashari
votes = 129
percentage = 12.4
change = +12.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Jenny Gould
votes = 109
percentage = 10.5
change = +10.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Heath
votes = 77
percentage = 7.4
change = -6.5Election box majority
votes = 200
percentage = 19.2
change = +2.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,043
percentage = 32.9
change = +0.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Francis
votes = 975
percentage = 70.2
change = +9.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Gurney
votes = 227
percentage = 16.3
change = +4.5Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Leon Mullett
votes = 187
percentage = 13.5
change = -0.3Election box majority
votes = 748
percentage = 53.9
change = +6.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,389
percentage = 34.5
change = -0.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Yvonna Lay
votes = 659
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Wilson
votes = 600
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Bell
votes = 299
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Antonio Dorileo
votes = 281
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Watson
votes = 191
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alexander Harrowell
votes = 187
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Guy Leven-Torres
votes = 141
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,358
percentage = 27.4
change = +0.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Tollett
votes = 895
percentage = 72.5
change = +8.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Coulon
votes = 339
percentage = 27.5
change = -8.6Election box majority
votes = 556
percentage = 45.0
change = +17.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,234
percentage = 29.4
change = -2.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate
party = Runnymede Residents Association
candidate = Elaine Gill
votes = 1,024
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Runnymede Residents Association
candidate = Margaret Harnden
votes = 935
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Roberts
votes = 485
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Wase-Rogers
votes = 373
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,817
percentage = 34.1
change = -2.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Roberts
votes = 986
percentage = 72.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Key
votes = 218
percentage = 16.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Steve Gynn
votes = 159
percentage = 11.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 768
percentage = 56.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,363
percentage = 33.6
change = -2.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Jones
votes = 1,182
percentage = 81.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Blair
votes = 272
percentage = 18.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 910
percentage = 62.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,454
percentage = 35.2
change = -1.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/43ug.stm 2008 Runnymede election result]
* [http://www.runnymede.gov.uk/portal/site/elections/menuitem.4c33d6aef927938acbfb1110af8ca028/ Ward results]

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