Claim: In the Runnymede Borough Council elections where the council is divided up into 14 wards, Howard Butterfield resigned his seat in March 2017 and the Conservatives held the seat at the by-election held on May 4, 2017.
Evidence: At the by-election on 4 May 2017 the seat was held by the Conservatives. Conservative councillor Howard Butterfield (Foxhills) resigned his seat in March 2017. The council is divided up into 14 wards, electing 41 councillors, since the last boundary changes in 2019.