# 1999 Runnymede Borough Council election

Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Conservative 25
* Labour 9
* Independent 6
* Liberal Democrat 2

## Election result

Runnymede Local Election Result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 9 | +2 | 64.3 | 50.5 | 8,687 | +3.4% |
| Labour | 2 | -3 | 14.3 | 27.4 | 4,707 | -1.3% |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 14.3 | 10.2 | 1,761 | +1.5% |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | +1 | 7.1 | 11.8 | 2,030 | -3.8% |

## Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Waddell | 902 | 58.4 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Adrian Elston | 642 | 41.6 | −5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 260 | 16.8 | +10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,544 | 36.1 | −2.5 |
Addlestone North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Thomas | 702 | 53.5 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | Bernie Stacey | 609 | 46.5 | −7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 93 | 7.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,311 | 31.9 | −2.5 |
Addlestone St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Clark | 816 | 63.8 | +2.3 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Denyer | 314 | 24.5 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Pyle | 150 | 11.7 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 502 | 39.3 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,280 | 28.9 | −0.8 |
Chertsey Meads :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Norman | 859 | 49.2 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Peter Kingham | 727 | 41.6 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Weston | 161 | 9.2 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 132 | 7.6 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,747 | 33.1 | −1.5 |
Chertsey St. Ann's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Anderson | 636 | 57.0 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative | Judith Norman | 480 | 43.0 | +7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156 | 14.0 | −8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,116 | 28.2 | −6.1 |
Egham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Ashmore | 981 | 68.2 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Ian Angell | 248 | 17.2 | −1.7 |
| | Labour | Monica Dowling | 210 | 14.6 | −3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 733 | 51.0 | +6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,439 | 26.9 | −1.6 |
Englefield Green East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Timothy Stones | 485 | 66.3 | +10.4 |
| | Labour | James Swindlehurst | 144 | 19.7 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Key | 103 | 14.1 | −6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 341 | 46.6 | +14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 732 | 17.1 | −3.4 |
Englefield Green West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Richardson | 609 | 53.9 | +10.4 |
| | Labour | Martin Rudd | 520 | 46.1 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89 | 7.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,129 | 28.3 | −2.8 |
Foxhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frances Barden | 716 | 64.7 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carl Boyde | 390 | 35.3 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 326 | 29.4 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,106 | 25.3 | −4.9 |
Hythe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rodney Pate | 536 | 49.1 | −5.7 |
| | Conservative | Dennis Dormer | 372 | 34.1 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorian Mead | 184 | 16.8 | +6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 164 | 15.0 | −5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,092 | 22.8 | −1.7 |
New Haw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Gibbons | 695 | 52.8 | −7.6 |
| | Conservative | Colin Richardson | 621 | 47.2 | +7.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 5.6 | −15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,316 | 33.2 | −1.2 |
Thorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Eiry Price | 780 | 66.7 | +35 |
| | Conservative | Mark Pearce | 275 | 23.5 | −0.8 |
| | Labour | Robert Findlay | 115 | 9.8 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 505 | 43.2 | +4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,170 | 27.5 | −1.6 |
Virginia Water :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Woodger | 730 | 79.3 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Palm | 112 | 12.2 | +0.5 |
| | Labour | William Heal | 78 | 8.5 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 618 | 67.1 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 920 | 30.2 | −2.1 |
Woodham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Valerie Smallman | 872 | 68.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Castleton | 235 | 18.3 | |
| | Labour | Angela Gould | 176 | 13.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 637 | 49.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,283 | 34.4 | −5.3 |