2019 Spelthorne Borough Council election

2019 Spelthorne Borough Council election
All 39 seats to Spelthorne Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2019 Spelthorne Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of Spelthorne Borough Council in England.^[1]^[2] The Conservatives retained control of the council, but with a reduced majority of 7, down from 31.

Summary[edit]

Election result[edit]

2019 Spelthorne Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39	23	0	12	12	59.0	46.3	27,596	–1.4
	Liberal Democrats	18	8	5	0	5	20.5	17.5	10,406	+7.5
	Labour	21	4	4	0	3	10.3	15.9	9,450	–1.9
	Green	8	2	2	0	2	5.1	8.8	5,215	+6.2
	Independent	4	2	2	0	2	5.1	4.2	2,503	N/A
	UKIP	13	0	0	0		0.0	7.4	4,378	–7.7

Results by Ward[edit]

Ashford Common[edit]

Ashford Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clare Barratt	891	51.6
	Conservative	Richard Barratt	805	46.6
	Conservative	Robert Noble	719	41.6
	Green	Anoma Jacobs	429	24.8
	UKIP	Adam Hack-Davies	408	23.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Clench	365	21.1
	Labour	Amy McWeeney	350	20.3
	Labour	Christopher Karamian	310	17.9
Turnout				27.10
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashford East[edit]

Ashford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Boughtflower	816	46.9
	Conservative	Rose Chandler	780	44.8
	Conservative	Anthony Mitchell	740	42.5
	Green	Jill Beecher	496	28.5
	UKIP	Brian Catt	379	21.8
	Labour	Sarah Wrightson	369	21.2
	Labour	Ian Jenkins	368	21.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Dare	308	17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Alexiou	272	15.6
Turnout				29.39
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashford North and Stanwell South[edit]

Ashford North and Stanwell South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joanne Sexton	760	43.9
	Conservative	Satvinder Buttar	690	39.9
	Conservative	Amar Brar	655	37.9
	Labour	Roger Bowen	613	35.4
	Labour	Rebecca Geach	611	35.3
	Labour	Tim Lobanov	555	32.1
	UKIP	Michael Pratt	432	25.0
Turnout				26.28
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashford Town[edit]

Ashford Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nick Gething	988	48.9
	Conservative	Olivia Rybinski	896	44.4
	Conservative	Naz Islam	874	43.3
	Green	Malcolm Beecher	691	34.2
	Green	Rupert Jackson	641	31.7
	Labour	Tony Burrell	444	22.0
	Labour	Iain Raymond	354	17.5
	UKIP	Bob Berressem	324	16.0
Turnout				36.65
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Halliford and Sunbury West[edit]

Halliford and Sunbury West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Dunn	976	54.0
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Fidler	860	47.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Nichols	781	43.2
	Conservative	Anthony Jones	584	32.3
	Conservative	Buddhi Weerasinghe	525	29.0
	Conservative	Anna Nowicka	515	28.5
	UKIP	Shirley Jacobs	271	15.0
	Labour	Sean Beatty	210	11.6
Turnout				36.41
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Laleham and Shepperton Green[edit]

Laleham and Shepperton Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Maureen Attewell	911	51.6
	Conservative	Richard Smith-Ainsley	764	43.3
	Conservative	Mary Madams	731	41.4
	Green	Paul Jacobs	505	28.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Thesiger	417	23.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Mockford	399	22.6
	UKIP	Linda Thatcher	374	21.2
	Labour	Sue Bryer	361	20.4
Turnout				28.67
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Riverside and Laleham[edit]

Riverside and Laleham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Denise Saliagopoulos	935	48.1
	Conservative	Michele Gibson	748	38.5
	Conservative	Tony Harman	668	34.4
	Conservative	Howard Williams	544	28.0
	Liberal Democrats	Terrence Lewis	491	25.3
	Independent	Quentin Edgington	458	23.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Dare	442	22.7
	Labour	John Johnston	374	19.2
	UKIP	Derek Sheppard	328	16.9
Turnout				36.20
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shepperton Town[edit]

Shepperton Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robin Sider	1,295	59.5
	Conservative	Vivienne Leighton	1,189	54.6
	Conservative	Colin Barnard	1,153	53.0
	Green	Peter Hughes	585	26.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Johnson	443	20.4
	Labour	Bethany Edwards	330	15.2
	UKIP	Gerry Ring	272	12.5
	Labour	Stephen Bentley	270	12.4
Turnout				39.71
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staines[edit]

Staines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Tom Lagden	978	52.3
	Green	Jan Doerfel	890	47.6
	Labour	Veena Sivagnanam	633	33.8
	Conservative	Mark Francis	630	33.7
	Conservative	Jean Pinkerton	623	33.3
	Conservative	Sinead Mooney	606	32.4
	UKIP	Gerald Gravett	297	15.9
Turnout				29.89
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Staines South[edit]

Staines South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Bateson	821	49.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nichola Cornes	796	48.3
	Labour	Jennifer Vinson	490	29.8
	Conservative	Steven Burkmar	421	25.6
	UKIP	Chris Beresford	420	25.5
	Conservative	Sabine Capes	383	23.3
	Conservative	Richard Smith	383	23.3
Turnout				30.37
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stanwell North[edit]

Stanwell North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sue Doran	729	44.6
	Labour	John Doran	689	42.2
	Conservative	Jim McIlroy	649	39.7
	Labour	Jon Button	594	36.4
	Conservative	Katie Barratt	521	31.9
	Conservative	Joshua Jogo	427	26.1
	UKIP	Marilyn Thomas	326	20.0
Turnout				27.42
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sunbury Common[edit]

Sunbury Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ian Beardsmore*	803	46.8
	Liberal Democrats	Bernie Spoor	609	35.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Dunn	540	31.5
	Conservative	Alison Griffiths	507	29.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Turner	372	21.7
	Labour	Eric Ollington	343	20.0
	Conservative	Nicola Molnar	329	19.2
	Conservative	Alex Sapunovas	311	18.1
	Independent	Chris Frazer	307	17.9
	UKIP	Betty Sutton	267	15.6
Turnout				28.69
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ian Beardsmore was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2015.

Sunbury East[edit]

Sunbury East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Helen Harvey	897	48.2
	Conservative	Ian Harvey	881	47.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Grant	799	42.9
	Conservative	Daxa Patel	787	42.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Rawlinson	715	38.4
	Labour	John May	398	21.4
	UKIP	Timothy Digby	280	15.0
Turnout				32.57
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

By-elections[edit]

Staines South[edit]

The resignation of independent councillor Nichola Cornes (elected as a Liberal Democrat) on 25 January 2021 led to the Staines South by-election, held 6 May 2021, to coincide with the Surrey County Council elections 2021.

Staines South: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sinead Mooney	675	36.6	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Millist	668	36.2	-13.6
	Labour	Harriet Digby	319	17.3	-12.5
	Independent	Lesley Connor	154	8.3	New
	TUSC	Paul Couchman	30	1.6	New
Majority			7	0.4	N/A
Turnout			1,846
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	12.3

Staines[edit]

The resignation of Green Party councillor Jan Doerfel on 7 June 2021 led to the Staines by-election, held 22 July 2021.

Staines: 22 July 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Malcolm Beecher	651	44.0	+5.5
	Conservative	Michael Zenonos	486	32.8	+8.0
	Independent	Paul West	275	18.6	New
	TUSC	Paul Couchman	39	2.6	New
	Reform UK	Gerald Gravett	29	2.0	New
Majority			165	11.1
Turnout			1,480
	Green hold		Swing	1.3

Stanwell North[edit]

The resignation of Conservative Party councillor Jim McIlroy on 31 December 2021 led to the Stanwell North by-election, held 23 February 2022.

Stanwell North: 23 February 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Button	605	48.8	+12.4
	Conservative	Michael Zenonos	567	45.7	+6.0
	TUSC	Paul Dennis Couchman	69	5.6	New
Majority			38	3.1
Turnout			1,241	21.1%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	3.2

Laleham and Shepperton Green[edit]

Laleham and Shepperton Green: 25 May 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Stuart Whitmore	903	51.7
	Conservative	Karen Howkins	775	44.4
	TUSC	Paul Couchman	69	3.9
Majority			128	7.3
Turnout
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Laleham and Shepperton Green[edit]

Laleham and Shepperton Green: 11 August 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Karen Howkins	810	55.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Thesiger	578	39.6
	TUSC	Paul Couchman	71	4.9
Majority			232	15.9
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Changes of allegiance 2023–2027[edit]

The 2 May 2019 Spelthorne Borough Council elections resulted in 23 Conservative seats, 8 Liberal Democrat seats, four Labour seats, two Green Party seats and two Independents. The Conservative Party thus maintained their overwhelming majority on the council.

On 9 June 2020, 6 Conservative Councillors, including Council leader Ian Harvey and Deputy leader Olivia Rybinski, resigned from the Conservative party and created the new United Spelthorne Group on the council. With the Conservatives now having fewer than half of all seats on the council, the Borough is now in "no overall control", leaving the Conservative party without a governing majority for the first time in the Borough's history.^[3]

On 25 June 2020, John Boughtflower was elected as leader of the council and Jim McIlroy as his deputy.

On 27 May 2021, Lawrence Nichols (Liberal Democrats) was elected as leader and Joanne Sexton (Independent) as his deputy.

On 27 May 2022, John Boughtflower was elected as leader of the council and Tony Mitchell as his deputy.

On 8 March 2022, Veena Silva and Jenny Vinson - elected as Labour - disbanded the Independent Labour group to join the Breakthrough Party.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Election Results – 2 May 2019". Spelthorne. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
^ "Spelthorne Borough Council". BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
^ "Six councillors quit Conservative Party at Spelthorne Borough Council saying membership 'untenable'". Surrey Live. 9 June 2020.
^ Caines, Jackson (8 March 2022). "New trio of councillors join Breakthrough". Breakthrough Party. Retrieved 8 March 2022..

[Spelthorne_Borough_Council-1] "Election Results – 2 May 2019". Spelthorne. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

[BBC-2] "Spelthorne Borough Council". BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

[Surrey_Live-3] "Six councillors quit Conservative Party at Spelthorne Borough Council saying membership 'untenable'". Surrey Live. 9 June 2020.

[4] Caines, Jackson (8 March 2022). "New trio of councillors join Breakthrough". Breakthrough Party. Retrieved 8 March 2022..

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