Runnymede Borough Council election, 2000

Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 4 May 2000. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

Election result

Runnymede Local Election Result 2000
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33			+8	78.6	59.3	27,891	+8.8%
	Independent Residents	6			0	14.3	9.8	4,609	-0.4%
	Labour	3			-6	7.1	21.2	9,949	-6.2%
	Liberal Democrat	0			-2	0	8.9	4,163	-2.9%
	Independent	0			0	0	0.9	400	+0.9%

Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Broadhead	957
	Conservative	Peter Waddell	916
	Conservative	John Furey	887
	Labour	Peter Wren	415
	Labour	Godfrey Jenkins	387
Turnout			3,562	32.6

Addlestone North (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cherith Simmons	754
	Conservative	David Parr	747
	Conservative	Graham Thomas	721
	Labour	Paul Greenwood	538
	Labour	Adrian Elston	517
	Labour	Michael Pear	493
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Pyle	173
Turnout			3,943	32.4

Chertsey Mead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Norman	760
	Conservative	Sarah Jacobs	703
	Conservative	Edwin Pattington	679
	Labour	Mary Lowther	555
	Labour	James Walsh	481
	Labour	Richelle Colwill	479
Turnout			3,657	30.0

Chertsey St. Ann's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Norman	558
	Conservative	Victor Barker	541
	Conservative	Dolsie Clarke	536
	Labour	Peter Anderson	512
	Labour	Steven Jenkins	512
	Labour	Peter Kingham	470
Turnout			3,129	25.4

Chertsey South and Row Town (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Clark	914
	Conservative	Terry Dicks	901
	Conservative	John Edwards	891
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Graham	390
	Labour	Kenneth Denyer	369
Turnout			3,465	34.6

Egham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Residents	Anthony Moore	784
	Independent Residents	John Ashmore	774
	Independent Residents	Brian Clarke	690
	Conservative	Ian Angell	267
	Conservative	Nigel Saul	241
	Conservative	David Seager	216
	Labour	Monica Dowling	157
Turnout			3,129	27.3

Englefield Green East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alec Collins	523
	Conservative	Kevin Walmsley	518
	Conservative	Timothy Stones	505
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Russell	250
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Heath	218
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Key	206
	Labour	Martin Rudd	148
Turnout			2,368	20.2

Englefield Green West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Meares	640
	Conservative	Anthony Richardson	604
	Conservative	Carole Jones	573
	Labour	Alan Clark	483
	Labour	James Swindlehurst	410
	Labour	Keith Thompson	407
Turnout			3,117	27.3

Foxhills (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Easton	866
	Conservative	Frances Barden	844
	Conservative	Roger Habgood	844
	Labour	Bernie Stacey	293
Turnout			2,847	27.0

Hythe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Barrett	527
	Labour	Rodney Pate	459
	Labour	Joan Barrett	433
	Conservative	Gemma Edwards	294
	Liberal Democrat	Dorian Mead	277
	Conservative	Mark Seager	276
	Conservative	Janet Walsh	276
Turnout			2,542	19.7

New Haw (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Tollett	722
	Conservative	Paul Elding	695
	Conservative	Paul Tuley	688
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Graham	667
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Gibbons	565
	Liberal Democrat	Annie Miller	561
	Labour	Victor Kirk	147
Turnout			4,045	32.3

Thorpe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Residents	Eiry Price	820
	Independent Residents	Linda Gillham	791
	Independent Residents	Francis Tourlamain	750
	Conservative	Pamela Burridge	365
	Conservative	Edith Speakman	350
	Conservative	Elise Whiteley	336
	Labour	Robert Findlay	129
	Labour	Robert Ray	124
Turnout			3,665	30.3

Virginia Water (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Poole	954
	Conservative	Geoffrey Woodger	943
	Conservative	John Whiteley	868
	Independent	Peter Gaskin	400
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Palm	264
	Labour	William Heal	142
Turnout			3,571	32.0

Woodham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Smallman	1,083
	Conservative	Florence Angell	1,028
	Conservative	Dennis Dormer	907
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Cockle	592
	Labour	Angela Gould	362
Turnout			3,972	36.8

References

• 2000 Runnymede election result
• Ward results