# Spelthorne Borough Council elections

Spelthorne Borough Council in Surrey, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 39 councillors are elected from 13 wards.

## Council elections

* 1973 Spelthorne Borough Council election
* 1976 Spelthorne Borough Council election
* 1979 Spelthorne Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 1983 Spelthorne Borough Council election
* 1987 Spelthorne Borough Council election
* 1991 Spelthorne Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
* 1995 Spelthorne Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
* 1999 Spelthorne Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
* 2003 Spelthorne Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)
* 2007 Spelthorne Borough Council election
* 2011 Spelthorne Borough Council election
* 2015 Spelthorne Borough Council election
* 2019 Spelthorne Borough Council election
* 2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election

## By-election results
### 1995-1999

Ashford West By-Election 28 May 1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G E Forsbrey | 455 | 54.1 | +24.5 |
| | Labour | H Cooper | 277 | 32.9 | −7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | L de Laune | 109 | 13.0 | +6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 178 | 21.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 841 | 43.6 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Stanwell North By-Election 2 July 1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Victor Agarwal | 610 | 46.0 | −18.9 |
| | Conservative | | 605 | 45.7 | +19.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 110 | 8.3 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,325 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 1999-2003

Ashford North By-Election 23 March 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Weston | 508 | 58.9 | +3.2 |
| | Labour | John May | 235 | 27.2 | −9.9 |
| | Independent | Eric Butterfield | 80 | 9.3 | +9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Bird | 40 | 4.6 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 273 | 31.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 863 | 26.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Laleham By-Election 14 June 2001 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Fullbrook | 532 | 51.4 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | Joyce Trace | 339 | 32.8 | −5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Edwards | 164 | 15.8 | +6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 193 | 18.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,035 | 17.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2007-2011

Ashford East By-Election 23 October 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Steven Rough | 858 | 51.7 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Appleby | 452 | 27.3 | +13.4 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Browne | 185 | 11.2 | +11.2 |
| | Labour | Mark Appleyard | 163 | 9.8 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 406 | 24.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,658 | 29.8 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ashford East By-Election 4 June 2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Amos | 903 | 43.4 | −9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Appleby | 543 | 26.1 | +12.3 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Browne | 457 | 22.0 | +22.0 |
| | Labour | John May | 179 | 8.6 | −4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 360 | 17.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,082 | 37.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Laleham and Shepperton Green By-Election 1 October 2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Fairfax | 814 | 42.2 | −16.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Dunn | 742 | 38.5 | +13.4 |
| | UKIP | Peter Parker | 154 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
| | Independent | Lawrence Burrell | 142 | 7.4 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | Ian French | 77 | 4.0 | −12.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72 | 3.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,929 | 33 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2011-2015

Sunbury Common By-Election 19 December 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernie Spoor | 372 | 46.6 | −10.1 |
| | UKIP | Bob Bromley | 182 | 22.8 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | John Went | 129 | 16.2 | +16.2 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Want | 115 | 14.4 | −12.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 190 | 23.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 798 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Sunbury East By-Election 2 May 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Harvey | 635 | 37.7 | −13.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathy Grant | 583 | 34.6 | −14.4 |
| | UKIP | Bob Bromley | 468 | 27.8 | +27.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | 3.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,686 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Riverside and Laleham By-Election 7 November 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Denise Saliagopoulos | 895 | 55.3 | +3.6 |
| | UKIP | Michael Fuller | 441 | 27.2 | +11.7 |
| | Labour | John Johnston | 227 | 14.0 | +14.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Vincent | 56 | 3.5 | −29.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 454 | 28.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,619 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2015-2019

Shepperton Town By-Election 15 December 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Colin Barnard | 858 | 62.0 | +6.0 |
| | UKIP | Brian Catt | 180 | 13.0 | −5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Dunn | 154 | 11.1 | −0.8 |
| | Labour | Jonathan Button | 123 | 8.9 | −4.8 |
| | Green | Nigel Scott | 68 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 678 | 49.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,383 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ashford North and Stanwell South By-Election 5 May 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Boughtflower | 658 | 37.4 | +6.7 |
| | Labour | Iain Raymond | 487 | 27.7 | +4.8 |
| | UKIP | Gerald Gravett | 393 | 22.3 | −3.8 |
| | Green | Gordon Douglas | 133 | 7.6 | −1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Mockford | 59 | 3.4 | −2.1 |
| | TUSC | Paul Couchman | 30 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 171 | 9.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,760 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ashford East By-Election 4 May 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alex Sapunovas | 951 | 50.0 | +9.4 |
| | UKIP | Paul West | 384 | 20.2 | −9.6 |
| | Labour | Mark Appleyard | 382 | 20.1 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Fidler | 185 | 9.7 | +9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 567 | 29.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,902 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2019-2023

Staines South By-Election 6 May 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sinead Mooney | 675 | 36.6 | +17.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rob Millist | 668 | 36.2 | −2.0 |
| | Labour | Harriet Digby | 319 | 17.3 | −5.5 |
| | Independent | Lesley Connor | 154 | 8.3 | +8.3 |
| | TUSC | Paul Couchman | 30 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,846 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Staines By-Election 22 July 2021 :
| Party | 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 | +18.6 |
| | TUSC | Paul Couchman | 39 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| | Reform UK | Gerald Gravett | 29 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 165 | 11.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,480 | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |
Stanwell North By-Election 23 February 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jon Button | 605 | 48.8 | +6.0 |
| | Conservative | Michael Zenonos | 567 | 45.7 | +7.6 |
| | TUSC | Paul Couchman | 69 | 5.6 | +5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38 | 3.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,241 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Laleham and Shepperton Green By-Election 25 May 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Stuart Whitmore | 903 | 51.7 | +32.0 |
| | Conservative | Karen Howkins | 775 | 44.4 | +8.9 |
| | TUSC | Paul Couchman | 69 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 128 | 7.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,747 | | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Laleham and Shepperton Green By-Election 11 August 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Karen Howkins | 810 | 55.5 | +20.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Thesiger | 578 | 39.6 | +23.4 |
| | TUSC | Paul Couchman | 71 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 232 | 15.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,459 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2023-2027

Ashford Town By-Election 6 September 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul Woodward | 562 | 37.5 |
| | Independent | John Enright | 420 | 28.0 |
| | Green | Stuart Whitmore | 252 | 16.8 |
| | Labour | Mark Kluth | 212 | 14.1 |
| | Reform UK | Rory O'Brien | 35 | 2.3 |
| | TUSC | Paul Couchman | 19 | 1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 142 | 9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,500 | |
| | Conservative gain from Green | Conservative gain from Green | Swing | |
Ashford East By-Election 4 July 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sinead Mooney | 973 | 27.4 |
| | Independent | Philip Baldock | 870 | 24.5 |
| | Labour | Jared Kidd | 790 | 22.2 |
| | Reform UK | Paul Brew | 575 | 16.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Satpal Thethy | 343 | 9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 103 | 2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,551 | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |