The 2023 Elmbridge Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Elmbridge Borough Council in Surrey, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England. There were 16 out of 48 seats contested, being the usual third of the council.
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16 out of 48 seats to Elmbridge Borough Council 25 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Summary
editPrior to the election the council was under no overall control; the Conservatives were the largest party but the council was being run by a coalition of the Residents Associations and the Liberal Democrats, led by Chris Sadler of the Residents Associations. The Conservatives lost the majority of the seats they were defending, mainly to the Liberal Democrats who became the largest party.[2][3] The Liberal Democrats and Residents Associations continued their coalition after the election, but with Liberal Democrat group leader Bruce McDonald taking over as leader of the council.[4]
Overall results
edit2023 Elmbridge Borough Council election[2] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 9 | +6 | 56.3 | 10 | 19 | 39.6 | 15,560 | 38.9 | ||
Conservative | 2 | -4 | 12.5 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 13,139 | 32.8 | ||
Residents | 5 | -2 | 31.3 | 11 | 17 | 35.4 | 8,384 | 21.0 | ||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,586 | 6.5 | |||
Heritage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 174 | 0.4 | |||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 101 | 0.3 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 0.1 |
Ward results
editCandidates seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).[5][6]
Claygate
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alex Coomes* | 1,732 | 70.1 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | John Burns | 631 | 25.6 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Sue Cope | 106 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,101 | 44.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,469 | 44.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cobham and Downside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robin Stephens* | 1,252 | 49.2 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Katerina Lusk Posledni | 1,098 | 43.1 | −4.4 | |
Labour | Carolyn Gray | 116 | 4.6 | +0.1 | |
Reform UK | Elaine Kingston | 57 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Heritage | Paul Van Der Hagen | 23 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 154 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,546 | 39.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Robin Stephens had won the seat from the Conservatives in a by-election in 2021. Seat shown as a Liberal Democrat gain from Conservatives to allow comparison with 2019 results.
Esher
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | Richard Williams* | 1,301 | 51.3 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Amanda Manship | 989 | 39.0 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Richard Bennett | 247 | 9.7 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 312 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,537 | 38.6 | |||
Residents hold | Swing |
Hersham Village
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Hughes | 1,300 | 46.6 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Mary Sheldon* | 1,236 | 44.3 | ±0.0 | |
Labour | Susan Dennis | 251 | 9.0 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 64 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,787 | 41.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Hinchley Wood and Weston Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | Janet Turner* | 1,603 | 61.9 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liz Ambekar | 518 | 20.0 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | Caroline Kim | 384 | 14.8 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Rachelle Headland | 84 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,085 | 41.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,589 | 40.3 | |||
Residents hold | Swing |
Long Ditton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Neil Houston* | 1,471 | 70.6 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Blake Coe | 471 | 22.6 | −3.9 | |
Labour | Ahmad Ali | 141 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,000 | 48.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,083 | 39.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Neil Houston had been elected in 2019 as a Liberal Democrat, left the party to sit as an independent during 2021 but returned to the party shortly before the election in 2023.[7]
Molesey East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Flatau | 1,236 | 42.6 | +6.4 | |
Residents | Pat Gormley | 920 | 31.7 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | Chen Zhao | 615 | 21.2 | −15.2 | |
Labour | Rosie Rendall | 129 | 4.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 316 | 10.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,900 | 43.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Residents | Swing |
Molesey West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | Tony Popham* | 927 | 43.0 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Nagle | 701 | 32.5 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Agnes Fuchs | 384 | 17.8 | −6.9 | |
Labour | Jamal Ajjane | 143 | 6.6 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 226 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,155 | 32.8 | |||
Residents hold | Swing |
Oatlands and Burwood Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hilary Butler* | 1,290 | 51.3 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Davis | 1,014 | 40.3 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Angus Rendall | 157 | 6.2 | −1.0 | |
UKIP | Nicholas Wood | 55 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 276 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,516 | 42.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Oxshott and Stoke d'Abernon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Corinne Sterry | 1,573 | 60.5 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Grose | 898 | 34.6 | −9.0 | |
Labour | Steven Gray | 69 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Heritage | Gaynor Van Der Hagen | 59 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 675 | 25.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,599 | 38.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Thames Ditton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | Elaine Sesemann | 1,563 | 58.2 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Gattey | 643 | 24.0 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Yanik Gammampila | 307 | 11.4 | −2.0 | |
Labour | Richard Lewis | 127 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Nick Denton | 44 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 920 | 34.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,684 | 40.5 | |||
Residents hold | Swing |
Walton Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gregor MacGregor | 1,028 | 39.5 | +15.1 | |
Residents | Andrew Kelly | 926 | 35.6 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Lloyd Soldatt | 510 | 19.6 | −6.8 | |
Labour | Asieh Ahmadzade | 138 | 5.3 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 102 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,602 | 42.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Residents | Swing |
Walton North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Clare Bailey | 1,197 | 55.1 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Aliscia Butler | 779 | 35.9 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Fatima Kamara | 195 | 9.0 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 418 | 19.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,171 | 35.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Walton South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Catherine Glass | 1,476 | 50.1 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | Ellie Ioannou | 1,210 | 41.1 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Kelly Haines | 169 | 5.7 | +1.2 | |
Heritage | Charlie Garrod | 92 | 3.1 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 266 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,947 | 43.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Weybridge Riverside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ashley Tilling* | 1,094 | 52.9 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Freddie Tshiaba Mbuyi Kawaya | 754 | 36.5 | −2.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Helen Pilmer | 220 | 10.6 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 340 | 16.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,068 | 35.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Weybridge St George's Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | Pippa Graeme | 1,144 | 48.8 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Colin McFarlane | 908 | 38.7 | −12.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Gary Dean | 294 | 12.5 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 236 | 10.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,346 | 36.5 | |||
Residents hold | Swing |
By-elections
editMolesey East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kevin Whincup | 694 | 36.1 | −6.5 | |
Conservative | Freddie Ingle | 627 | 32.6 | +11.4 | |
Residents | Pat Gormley | 523 | 27.2 | −4.5 | |
Green | Andrew Dillon | 77 | 4.0 | New | |
Majority | 67 | 3.5 | −7.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,921 | 28.1 | −14.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,844 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Residents |
References
edit- ^ "2023 Elmbridge Borough Council Election - Thursday, 4th May, 2023". Elmbridge Borough Council. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Elmbridge election result". BBC News. May 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "New Leader and Deputy Leader for Elmbridge | Elmbridge Borough Council". www.elmbridge.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ Coady-Stemp, Emily (18 May 2023). "New Elmbridge council leader announced as former Kingston chief executive". Surrey Live. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Live Surrey 2023 local election results and reaction as it happens". Surrey Live. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Your Councillors". Elmbridge Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Elmbridge Lib Dems announce new leadership team". Elmbridge Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 9 January 2024.