2023 Epsom and Ewell Borough Council election

2023 English local election

Epsom and Ewell Borough Council election, 2023

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All 35 seats for Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

48,968

	First party	Second party

Leader	Hannah Dalton	Julie Morris
Party	Residents Association	Liberal Democrats
Seats before	32	2
Seats won	26	4
Seat change	6	2
Popular vote	22,152	8,146

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Kate Chinn	Bernie Muir
Party	Labour	Conservative
Seats before	3	1
Seats won	3	2
Seat change		1
Popular vote	7,272	9,992

Map of the results

Leader before election

Hannah Dalton
Residents Association

Leader after election

Hannah Dalton
Residents Association

The 2023 Epsom and Ewell Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 35 members of Epsom and Ewell Borough Council in Surrey, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. New ward boundaries came into effect for this election, reducing the number of seats from 38 to 35.

Overall results

Following the results, the council remained under control of the Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell.

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council Election
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Residents Association	26	2	74.29	44.0	22,152
Liberal Democrats	4	1	11.43	17.0	8,146
Labour	3		8.57	15.0	7,272
Conservative	2	1	5.71	20.0	9,992
Green	0		0.0	4.0	1,406

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.

Auriol

Auriol (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents Association	John Richard Beckett*	773	74.5
	Residents Association	Darren William Talbot	689	66.4
	Conservative	Hannah Mireille Jackson Abrahams	138	13.3
	Conservative	Caleb Michael Philip Heather	107	10.3
	Labour	Julia Karen Lucas	98	9.4
	Labour	Garrick Bigwood	94	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothee Katarina Wilbs	56	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Schuster	52	5.0
Turnout			1,038	30.86
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold

College

College (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Anne Morris*	1,225	52.8
	Liberal Democrats	James John Lawrence	1,142	49.2
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Peter Freeman	1,121	48.3
	Residents Association	Kate Emily Brooks	573	24.7
	Conservative	Christopher Charles Muller	551	23.8
	Residents Association	Nigel Kenneth Benno Sippel Coin	508	21.9
	Conservative	Michael John Ware	468	20.2
	Conservative	Tom Peer	445	19.2
	Residents Association	Charlotte Mary Day	421	18.2
	Labour	Helen Lewis	327	14.1
Turnout			2,319	46.56
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Residents Association

Court

Court (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Ames	735	57.8
	Labour	Kate Chinn*	692	54.4
	Labour	Rob Geleit*	680	53.5
	Residents Association	Christine Rosemary Beams	293	23.1
	Residents Association	Mary Catherine Sullivan	284	22.3
	Residents Association	David Michael Triggs	219	17.2
	Conservative	David Erwin Lyndsay	187	14.7
	Conservative	Sandy Smyth	187	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Seidel	170	13.4
	Conservative	Geoffrey Christopher Pope	165	13.0
Turnout			1,271	27.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Cuddington

Cuddington (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents Association	Phil Neale*	1,013	67.0
	Residents Association	Graham Owen Jones*	960	63.5
	Residents Association	Kim Spickett	930	61.5
	Labour	Caroline Barretto	238	15.8
	Conservative	Garrett Michael Doran	215	14.2
	Labour	Kevin Rhys Davies	201	13.3
	Conservative	Lynn Walker	201	13.3
	Conservative	Alex Paul Hawkes Cole	198	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Brown	182	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Arun Matyjas Saini	108	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rajesh Saini	96	6.4
Turnout			1,511	30.83
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold

Ewell Court

Ewell Court (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents Association	Peter O'Donovan*	816	70.6
	Residents Association	Christopher Robin John Watson	801	69.3
	Conservative	Tom Chaloner	150	13.0
	Conservative	Oliver Nathaniel Clement	144	12.5
	Labour	Dan Edwards	127	11.0
	Labour	Debbie Monksfield*	117	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Walter Gulland*	66	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tamas Balog	63	5.4
Turnout			1,156	32.58
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association loss (seat eliminated)

Ewell Village

Ewell Village (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents Association	Christine Gladys Cleveland*	588	57.5
	Residents Association	Clive David Woodbridge	565	55.3
	Labour	Sandra Noel Hatfield	189	18.5
	Green	David Anthony Lee	152	14.9
	Conservative	Andrew Nicholas Cook	151	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth John Kimber	123	12.0
	Conservative	Graham Rapier	119	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrej Kubicek	95	9.3
Turnout			1,022	31.07
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association loss (seat eliminated)

Horton

Horton (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bernie Muir*	737	50.9
	Conservative	Kieran Persand	710	49.0
	Labour	Ros Godson	357	24.7
	Labour	Mark Christian Todd	339	23.4
	Residents Association	Eber Alan Kington*	258	17.8
	Residents Association	Henal Vinod Ladwa	191	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Philip McLaughlan	130	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Stephen Vagg	126	8.7
Turnout			1,448	43.99
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Nonsuch

Nonsuch (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents Association	Christine Anne Howells*	962	54.8
	Residents Association	Robert Leach	875	49.8
	Residents Association	Shanice Goldman	829	47.2
	Conservative	Ajay Kumar Uppal	411	23.4
	Conservative	Steven Liu	391	22.3
	Conservative	Jamie Abrahams	379	21.6
	Green	Janice Baker	356	20.3
	Labour	Gaye Hadfield	198	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Marie Stead	183	10.4
	Labour	Ian Leslie Ward	174	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen William Dixon	170	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Derek Peters	132	7.5
Turnout			1,757	33.68
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold

Ruxley

Ruxley (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents Association	Alex Coley*	396	48.4
	Residents Association	Jan Mason*	394	48.1
	Labour	Rob Adnitt	172	21.0
	Labour	Catherine Anne Carver-Hill	166	20.3
	Conservative	David Raymond John Collins	144	17.6
	Conservative	Joseph Ojo Alawo	131	16.0
	Green	David Michael Kidd	85	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Marian Paula Morrison	64	7.8
Turnout			819	22.63
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association loss (seat eliminated)

Stamford

Stamford (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Kelly	439	28.0
	Residents Association	Steve Bridger*	431	27.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Colleton Buxton	395	25.2
	Residents Association	Martin Olney	389	24.8
	Conservative	Stephen Pontin	355	22.7
	Conservative	Aaron Persand	329	21.0
	Green	Andrew Darren Bailey	283	18.1
	Labour	Karen Landles	251	16.0
	Labour	Richard William Chinn	190	12.1
Turnout			1,567	42.61
	Liberal Democrats gain from Residents Association
	Residents Association gain from Conservative
	Residents Association loss (seat eliminated)

Stoneleigh

Stoneleigh (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents Association	Hannah Charlotte Emily Dalton*	853	74.3
	Residents Association	Anthony John Froud	720	62.7
	Conservative	Charlotte Ann Angus	178	15.5
	Conservative	Tracy Margaret Muller	131	11.4
	Labour	Sue Hoyle	120	10.5
	Labour	Ragu Raymond	83	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brian William Fisher	75	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rusmat Roland Arthur Ahmed	68	5.9
Turnout			1,148	32.06
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association loss (seat eliminated)

Town

Town (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents Association	Neil Andrew Dallen*	622	41.1
	Residents Association	Rachel Sarah King	568	37.5
	Residents Association	Arthur Abdulin*	556	36.7
	Labour	John Stuart Gosling	504	33.3
	Labour	Sarah Louise Kenyon	501	33.1
	Green	Yvonne Caroline Grunwald	258	17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Miles	240	15.8
	Conservative	Danny Leonard Fullilove	213	14.1
	Conservative	Jamie Joseph O'Sullivan	204	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Louise Charlotte Whitworth	202	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Victor Pavey	182	12.0
	Conservative	Meera Persand	173	11.4
Turnout			1,515	28.85
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold

West Ewell

West Ewell (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents Association	Lucie Kimberley McIntyre*	682	44.1
	Residents Association	Alan Keith Williamson*	629	40.7
	Residents Association	Humphrey Reynolds*	586	37.9
	Labour	Jason George Anderson	417	27.0
	Conservative	Patrick Christopher Campion	367	23.8
	Conservative	Kitty O'Sullivan	285	18.4
	Green	Tony Foster	272	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew John Casey	264	17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Martha Chmiel	259	16.8
	Conservative	Nafiz Huq	240	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Zahra Haghir	194	12.6
Turnout			1,545	31.53
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold

Woodcote and Langley Vale

Woodcote and Langley Vale (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents Association	Liz Frost*	1,058	63.1
	Residents Association	Steven McCormick*	862	51.4
	Residents Association	Bernice Froud*	858	51.2
	Conservative	Tina Mountain	607	36.2
	Conservative	Henry Strausser	378	22.6
	Conservative	Arran Essex	324	19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Goacher	203	12.1
	Labour	Abbey Bloom	167	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Lucia Cottam Martyr	166	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Michael Payne	155	9.2
	Labour	Catherine Anne Carver-Hill	135	8.1
Turnout			1,676	37.81
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold
	Residents Association hold

References

Including one vacant seat previously held by Residents' Association councillor Previn Jagutpal prior to his resignation in December 2022.

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