Runnymede Council election, 2006

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
*Conservative 36
*Runnymede Residents Association 6

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 14
gain = 3
loss = 0
net = +3
seats % = 87.5
votes % = 55.4
votes = 11,881
plus/minus = +3.7%Election Summary
party = Runnymede Residents Association
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 12.5
votes % = 8.7
votes = 1,869
plus/minus = -1.6%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 3
net = -3
seats % = 0
votes % = 15.3
votes = 3,288
plus/minus = -2.4%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 13.7
votes = 2,932
plus/minus = +1.0%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 5.2
votes = 1,113
plus/minus = -1.4%Election Summary
party = Senior Citizens Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.2
votes = 261
plus/minus = +1.2%Election Summary Party
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 84
plus/minus = +0.4%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Furey
votes = 977
percentage = 71.1
change = +6.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gavin Morrison
votes = 397
percentage = 28.9
change = +6.6Election box majority
votes = 580
percentage = 42.2
change = +0.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,374
percentage = 34.0
change = -1.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Parr
votes = 756
percentage = 59.8
change = -1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Bell
votes = 283
percentage = 22.4
change = -1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Key
votes = 226
percentage = 17.9
change = +2.2Election box majority
votes = 473
percentage = 37.4
change = +0.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,265
percentage = 31.3
change = -1.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Tuley
votes = 750
percentage = 53.4
change = +5.0Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Christopher Browne
votes = 256
percentage = 18.2
change = -1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bernie Stacey
votes = 221
percentage = 15.7
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ross Belson
votes = 178
percentage = 12.7
change = -2.3Election box majority
votes = 494
percentage = 35.2
change = +6.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,405
percentage = 33.5
change = -2.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Edis
votes = 838
percentage = 59.5
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Greenwood
votes = 571
percentage = 40.5
change = -0.3Election box majority
votes = 267
percentage = 19.0
change = +0.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,409
percentage = 32.3
change = -4.0Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Davis
votes = 1,026
percentage = 68.2
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Whiteley
votes = 272
percentage = 18.1
change = -1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Kingham
votes = 206
percentage = 13.7
change = -1.5Election box majority
votes = 754
percentage = 50.1
change = +3.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,504
percentage = 38.2
change = -1.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate
party = Runnymede Residents Association
candidate = Alan Alderson
votes = 827
percentage = 63.7
change = -1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Terence McGrath
votes = 326
percentage = 25.1
change = +3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Thompson
votes = 146
percentage = 11.2
change = -1.7Election box majority
votes = 501
percentage = 38.6
change = -4.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,299
percentage = 32.5
change = -3.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Roberts
votes = 591
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Niall Thewlis
votes = 471
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Russell
votes = 324
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alexander Harrowell
votes = 282
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Anthony Micklethwait
votes = 124
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = Keith Collett
votes = 84
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,876
percentage = 25.1
change = +1.3Election 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 = Michael Kusneraitis
votes = 591
percentage = 56.7
change = +6.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Heath
votes = 185
percentage = 17.7
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Elston
votes = 146
percentage = 14.0
change = -6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Harold Pearce
votes = 121
percentage = 11.6
change = -4.8Election box majority
votes = 406
percentage = 39.0
change = +8.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,043
percentage = 31.6
change = +3.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Howard Butterfield
votes = 819
percentage = 53.8
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Gurney
votes = 230
percentage = 15.1
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nancy Palm
votes = 194
percentage = 12.7
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Leon Mullett
votes = 165
percentage = 10.8
change = -6.9Election box candidate
party = Senior Citizens Party
candidate = Grahame Leon-Smith
votes = 115
percentage = 7.6
change = +7.6Election box majority
votes = 589
percentage = 38.7
change = +3.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,523
percentage = 36.7
change = +0.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rebecca Nixey
votes = 649
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nik Stewart
votes = 549
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Ray
votes = 463
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Dorian Mead
votes = 352
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Benjamin Rose
votes = 319
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Guy Leven-Torres
votes = 252
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,584
percentage = 29.9
change = +0.0Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Knight
votes = 1,067
percentage = 79.4
change = +19.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Coulon
votes = 277
percentage = 20.6
change = -4.5Election box majority
votes = 790
percentage = 58.8
change = +24.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,344
percentage = 31.3
change = -2.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate
party = Runnymede Residents Association
candidate = Brian Relph
votes = 1,042
percentage = 64.2
change = -1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Wase-Rogers
votes = 444
percentage = 27.4
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Fuller
votes = 136
percentage = 8.4
change = +0.9Election box majority
votes = 598
percentage = 36.8
change = -2.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,622
percentage = 38.2
change = -0.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gillian Switalski
votes = 1,035
percentage = 66.2
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Key
votes = 333
percentage = 21.3
change = +4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Gynn
votes = 195
percentage = 12.5
change = -0.4Election box majority
votes = 702
percentage = 44.9
change = -2.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,563
percentage = 37.8
change = +1.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Brown
votes = 992
percentage = 61.3
change = -2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Janet Cockle
votes = 309
percentage = 19.1
change = -5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Blair
votes = 170
percentage = 10.5
change = -1.5Election box candidate
party = Senior Citizens Party
candidate = Terence Pattinson
votes = 146
percentage = 9.0
change = +9.0Election box majority
votes = 683
percentage = 42.2
change = +3.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,617
percentage = 38.6
change = -0.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/43ug.stm 2006 Runnymede election result]
* [http://ww2.runnymede.gov.uk/council/services/election/2006/pages/elect.asp Ward results]

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