2002 Runnymede Borough Council election

Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 2 May 2002. 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: 32
• Runnymede Independent Residents Group: 6
• Labour: 4

Election result

Runnymede Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	0	1	-1	75.0	59.8	11,619	+0.5%
	Labour	2	1	0	+1	12.5	22.7	4,414	+1.5%
	Runnymede Independent Residents Group	2	0	0	0	12.5	8.8	1,707	-1.0%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	1,589	-0.7%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	98	-0.4%

Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Furey	877	65.4
	Labour	Bernie Stacey	365	27.2
	Independent	Colin Stephens	98	7.3
Majority			512	38.2
Turnout			1,340	31.7	−0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Addlestone North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Thomas	780	62.6
	Labour	Michael Pear	466	37.4
Majority			314	25.2
Turnout			1,246	28.7	−3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chertsey Meads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Tuley	672	55.7
	Labour	Peter Anderson	345	28.6
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Weston	189	15.7
Majority			327	27.1
Turnout			1,206	28.3	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chertsey St.Ann's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Greenwood	632	51.9
	Conservative	Dolsie Clarke	586	48.1
Majority			46	3.8
Turnout			1,218	28.1	+2.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chertsey South and Row Town (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Davis	974
	Conservative	John Edwards	961
	Conservative	Claire Grant	957
	Labour	Kenneth Denyer	330
	Labour	Sheila Pear	289
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Pyle	249
	Labour	Ian Warner	236
Turnout			3,996	35.1	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Egham Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Runnymede Independent Residents Group	Alan Alderson	745	58.0
	Conservative	Andrew Sissons	362	28.2
	Labour	Monica Dowling	178	13.9
Majority			383	29.8
Turnout			1,285	29.1	+1.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Englefield Green East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Niall Thewlis	506	64.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Heath	165	21.2
	Labour	Martin Rudd	109	14.0
Majority			341	43.7
Turnout			780	17.3	−2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Englefield Green West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Jones	631	69.9
	Labour	Peter Kingham	272	30.1
Majority			359	39.8
Turnout			903	20.9	−6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Foxhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Habgood	999	75.3
	Labour	Adrian Elston	327	24.7
Majority			672	50.6
Turnout			1,326	30.5	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Ray	414	45.1
	Conservative	Nigel Saul	346	37.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dorian Mead	157	17.1
Majority			68	7.4
Turnout			917	19.0	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

New Haw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Knight	799	58.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Graham	388	28.4
	Labour	Angela Gould	181	13.2
Majority			411	30.0
Turnout			1,368	30.9	−1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Runnymede Independent Residents Group	Brian Relph	962	71.8
	Conservative	Ian Angell	377	28.2
Majority			585	43.6
Turnout			1,339	30.8	+0.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Virginia Water

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Whiteley	900	76.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Key	178	15.1
	Labour	William Heal	99	8.4
Majority			722	61.4
Turnout			1,177	28.1	−3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Brown	892	67.3
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Miller	263	19.8
	Labour	John Gurney	171	12.9
Majority			629	47.5
Turnout			1,326	30.9	−5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2002 Runnymede election result
• Ward results