Elmbridge Borough Council elections

One third of Elmbridge Borough Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Political control

• Conservative 1973 - 1986
• No overall control 1986 - 1988
• Conservative 1988 - 1991
• No overall control 1991 - 2002
• Independent 2002 - 2005
• No overall control 2005 - 2008
• Conservative 2008–present

Council elections

• Elmbridge Borough Council election, 2012
• Elmbridge Borough Council election, 2014
• Elmbridge Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

Oxshott & Stoke d'Abernon By-Election 1 May 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		2,358	75.4	+4.8
	Labour		770	24.6	+13.0
Majority			1,588	50.8
Turnout			3,128
	Conservative hold		Swing

Molesey South By-Election 4 December 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		403	37.5	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat		257	23.9	-8.3
	Independent		231	21.5	-8.3
	Conservative		183	17.0	+9.6
Majority			146	13.6
Turnout			1,074	22.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Hersham South By-Election 5 May 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,395	45.4
	Independent		773	25.1
	Liberal Democrat		488	15.9
	Labour		418	13.6
Majority			622	20.3
Turnout			2,301	65.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weybridge South By-Election 5 May 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,162	60.0	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat		573	29.6	-1.0
	Labour		203	10.4	+4.1
Majority			589	30.4
Turnout			1,938	62.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walton Central By-Election 24 August 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Donagh Curwen	656	50.0	-2.7
	Conservative	Christopher Elmer	482	36.7	+5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Sereena Hirst	115	8.8	-0.1
	Labour	Rosemary McCormac	59	4.5	-2.2
Majority			174	13.3
Turnout			1,312	28.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Claygate By-Election 22 March 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jack Saltman	744	49.7	-3.6
	Conservative	Geoffrey Herbert	645	43.1	-0.2
	UKIP	Bernard Collignon	63	4.2	+4.2
	Labour	Robert King	44	2.9	-0.6
Majority			99	6.6
Turnout			1,496	29.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Walton Ambleside By-Election 9 August 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Elmer	310	45.5	-2.6
	The Walton Society	Barbara Cobbett	252	37.0	+5.6
	Labour	Peter Hawkes	60	8.8	-1.2
	UKIP	Bill Botting	33	4.8	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Sereena Davey	26	3.8	-6.7
Majority			58	8.5
Turnout			681	23.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cobham Fairmile By-Election 29 November 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Tweedle	418	74.6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Lumb	45	8.0	-9.3
	Labour	Marian Holmes	38	6.8	-1.7
	Independent	Anthony Lopinto	32	5.7	+5.7
	Independent	Paul Collins	18	3.2	+3.2
	Monster Raving Loony	"Chinners"	9	1.6	+1.6
Majority			373	66.6
Turnout			560	17.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Esher By-Election 5 June 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Oliver	1032	50
	Esher Residents Association	Joan Leifer	964	47
	Labour	Sheila Francis	68	3
Majority			68	3
Turnout			2064	44
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hersham North By-Election 21 October 2010 for one councillor whose term expired 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Desborough	463	44
	Independent	Roy Green	453	43
	Labour	Peter Jepson	135	13
Majority			10	0.95%
Turnout			1501	31
	Conservative hold		Swing

St George's Hill By-Election 21 October 2010 for one councillor whose term expired 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Harman	515	53
	Conservative	Melissa Lake	412	43
	Labour	Robert Evans	36	4
Majority			103	10
Turnout			681	23.3
	St George's Hill Independents hold		Swing

Esher By-Election 21 June 2012 for one councillor whose term expires 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Oliver	711	44
	Esher Residents Association	Gary Lay	665	47
	Labour	Peter Hawkes	90	6
	UKIP	Denis Hill	31	2
Majority			46	3
Turnout			1501	31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Claygate By-Election 3 May 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Marshall	1046	52
	Conservative	Mark Sugden	732	36
	UKIP	Bernard Collignon	239	12
Majority			314	16
Turnout			2022	38
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

External links

• Elmbridge Borough Council