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2024 English Local election
2024 Runnymede Borough Council election Registered 57,518 Turnout 18,320 (31.9%, 0.8 pp )
First party
Second party
Third party
Lab
Con
LD
Leader
Robert King
Tom Gracey
Don Whyte
Party
Labour
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Leader since
2021
2022
2019
Leader's seat
Egham Hythe
Egham Hythe
Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South
Last election
2 seats, 21.7%
5 seats, 36.9%
2 seats, 19.2%
Seats before
4
19
4
Seats won
4
3
3
Seats after
8
13
6
Seat change
4
7
2
Popular vote
4,298
7,173
3,962
Percentage
21.7%
36.3%
20.0%
Swing
0.0 pp
0.6 pp
0.8 pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Res
Grn
Ref
Leader
Linda Gillham
Steve Ringham
Bob Bromley
Party
RIRG
Green
Reform UK
Leader since
2023
2022
2024
Leader's seat
Thorpe
Addlestone North
Addlestone North (Defeated standing in Englefield Green West )
Last election
2 seats, 8.5%
1 seat, 6.5%
0 seats, 0.4%
Seats before
6
2
1
Seats won
2
1
0
Seats after
6
3
0
Seat change
0
1
0
Popular vote
1,400
1,438
252
Percentage
7.1%
7.3%
1.3
Swing
1.4 pp
0.8 pp
0.9 pp
A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the councillor elected from each ward.
The 2024 Runnymede Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect one-third of members of the Runnymede Borough Council in Surrey , England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England and police and crime commissioner elections .[1]
The election saw the Conservatives lose all but three of the ten seats they were defending. Notable losses include Chertsey St. Ann's, where the incumbent council deputy leader lost his seat to Labour, and New Haw where the Liberal Democrats saw the largest majority in the borough, gaining from the Conservatives.
Following the resignation of the Conservative Party Councillor Max Darby, who represented the Ward of Woodham and Rowtown, there was a by-election to fill the vacancy held on the same day. [2]
Former Egham Hythe Councillor, Alex Balkan, had to withdraw his nomination at the election for the Conservative Party and was replaced by Tanya Solomon who stood for the Conservative Party unsuccessfully in Englefield Green West Ward in 2022 and 2023.
[3]
Results [ edit ]
2024 Runnymede Borough Council election
Party
This election
Full council
This election
Seats
Net
Seats %
Other
Total
Total %
Votes
Votes %
+/−
Labour Co-op
4
4
28.6
4
8
19.5
4,298
21.7
+0.0%
Conservative
3
7
21.4
10
13
31.7
7,173
36.3
−0.6%
Liberal Democrats
3
2
21.4
3
6
14.6
3,962
20.0
+0.8%
RIRG
2
0
14.3
4
6
14.6
1,400
7.1
−1.4%
Green
1
1
7.1
2
3
7.3
1,438
7.3
+0.8%
Independent
1
0
7.1
4
5
12.2
1,166
5.9
−0.4%
Reform UK
0
0
0
0
0
0
252
1.3
+0.9%
Heritage
0
0
0
0
0
0
95
0.5
+0.4%
Ward Candidates [ edit ]
Addlestone North [ edit ]
Addlestone South [ edit ]
Chertsey Riverside [ edit ]
Chertsey St. Ann's [ edit ]
Egham Hythe [ edit ]
Egham Town [ edit ]
Englefield Green West [ edit ]
Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South [ edit ]
New Haw [ edit ]
Ottershaw [ edit ]
Virginia Water [ edit ]
Woodham and Rowtown (2 seats) [ edit ]
Two seats are up for election due to the resignation of Councillor Max Darby, elected in 2022.
Committee Chairs Following Election [ edit ]
Chairs of Committees[4]
Committee
Councillor
Term
The Worshipful Mayor of Runnymede
Cllr Elaine Gill
2024-25
Co-leader of the Council Chair of Corporate Management Committee
Cllr Robert King
2024-
Co-leader of the Council Chair of Environment & Sustainability Committee
Cllr Don Whyte
2024-
Chair of Housing Committee
Cllr Mike Smith
2024-
Chair of Community Services Committee
Cllr Abby King
2024-
Chair of Planning Committee
Cllr Sylvia Whyte
2024-
Chair of Licensing Committee
Cllr Eliza Kettle
2024-
Deputy Mayor Chair of Regulatory Committee
Cllr Margaret Harnden
2024-
Chair of Standards & Audit Committee
Cllr Sam Jenkins
2024-
Chair of Englefield Green Committee
Cllr Paul Gahir
2024-
Chair of Overview & Scrutiny Committee Chair of Crime & Disorder Committee
Cllr Shannon Saise-Marshall
2024-
References [ edit ]