2006 Runnymede Borough Council election

2006 UK local government election

Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 4 May 2006. 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:

Election result

Runnymede Local Election Result 2006
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	14	3	0	+3	87.5	55.4	11,881	+3.7%
Runnymede Residents Association	2	0	0	0	12.5	8.7	1,869	-1.6%
Labour	0	0	3	-3	0	15.3	3,288	-2.4%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	13.7	2,932	+1.0%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	1,113	-1.4%
Senior Citizens	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	261	+1.2%
Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	84	+0.4%

Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Furey	977	71.1	+6.7
	Labour	Gavin Morrison	397	28.9	+6.6
Majority			580	42.2	+0.1
Turnout			1,374	34.0	−1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Addlestone North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Parr	756	59.8	−1.0
	Labour	David Bell	283	22.4	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Key	226	17.9	+2.2
Majority			473	37.4	+0.1
Turnout			1,265	31.3	−1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chertsey Meads
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Tuley	750	53.4	+5.0
	UKIP	Christopher Browne	256	18.2	−1.8
	Labour	Bernie Stacey	221	15.7	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Belson	178	12.7	−2.3
Majority			494	35.2	+6.8
Turnout			1,405	33.5	−2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chertsey St.Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Edis	838	59.5	+0.3
	Labour	Paul Greenwood	571	40.5	−0.3
Majority			267	19.0	+0.6
Turnout			1,409	32.3	−4.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chertsey South and Row Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Davis	1,026	68.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Whiteley	272	18.1	−1.2
	Labour	Peter Kingham	206	13.7	−1.5
Majority			754	50.1	+3.8
Turnout			1,504	38.2	−1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Egham Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Runnymede Residents Association	Alan Alderson	827	63.7	−1.4
	Conservative	Terence McGrath	326	25.1	+3.1
	Labour	Keith Thompson	146	11.2	−1.7
Majority			501	38.6	−4.5
Turnout			1,299	32.5	−3.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Englefield Green East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Roberts	591
	Conservative	Niall Thewlis	471
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Russell	324
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Harrowell	282
	UKIP	Anthony Micklethwait	124
	Monster Raving Loony	Keith Collett	84
Turnout			1,876	25.1	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Englefield Green West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Kusneraitis	591	56.7	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Heath	185	17.7	+4.4
	Labour	Adrian Elston	146	14.0	−6.0
	UKIP	Harold Pearce	121	11.6	−4.8
Majority			406	39.0	+8.8
Turnout			1,043	31.6	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Foxhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Butterfield	819	53.8	+0.9
	Labour	John Gurney	230	15.1	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nancy Palm	194	12.7	−2.6
	UKIP	Leon Mullett	165	10.8	−6.9
	Senior Citizens	Grahame Leon-Smith	115	7.6	+7.6
Majority			589	38.7	+3.5
Turnout			1,523	36.7	0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hythe (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rebecca Nixey	649
	Conservative	Nik Stewart	549
	Labour	Robert Ray	463
	Liberal Democrats	Dorian Mead	352
	Labour	Benjamin Rose	319
	UKIP	Guy Leven-Torres	252
Turnout			2,584	29.9	0.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

New Haw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Knight	1,067	79.4	+19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Coulon	277	20.6	−4.5
Majority			790	58.8	+24.4
Turnout			1,344	31.3	−2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Runnymede Residents Association	Brian Relph	1,042	64.2	−1.9
	Conservative	Nicholas Wase-Rogers	444	27.4	+1.0
	Labour	Michael Fuller	136	8.4	+0.9
Majority			598	36.8	−2.9
Turnout			1,622	38.2	−0.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Virginia Water
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gillian Switalski	1,035	66.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Key	333	21.3	+4.7
	UKIP	John Gynn	195	12.5	−0.4
Majority			702	44.9	−2.1
Turnout			1,563	37.8	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Brown	992	61.3	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Cockle	309	19.1	−5.6
	Labour	George Blair	170	10.5	−1.5
	Senior Citizens	Terence Pattinson	146	9.0	+9.0
Majority			683	42.2	+3.6
Turnout			1,617	38.6	−0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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Spelthorne Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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Tandridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Waverley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Woking Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
See also: Wards Boundary changes Middlesex County Council elections (1889–1965)

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