# 2008 Runnymede Borough Council election

Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Three councillors had resigned from the council before the election and a further two did not stand for re-election. No seats changed hands with the Conservative party remaining dominant on the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 36
* Runnymede Residents Association 6

## Election result

Runnymede Local Election Result 2008 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82.4 | 57.1 | 12,402 | -1.0% |
| Runnymede Residents Association | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 | 12.3 | 2,678 | +2.5% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.6 | 3,160 | +2.2% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 1,808 | -0.5% |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 1,408 | -3.4% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 141 | -0.3% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 109 | +0.5% |

## Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Broadhead | 975 | 72.4 | −3.8 |
| | Labour | Gavin Morrison | 230 | 17.1 | −6.7 |
| | Independent | Colin Stephens | 141 | 10.5 | +10.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 745 | 55.3 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,346 | 33.2 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Addlestone North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rebecca Denby | 731 | 65.0 | +5.5 |
| | Labour | Deborah Greenwood | 185 | 16.4 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Key | 132 | 11.7 | −1.4 |
| | UKIP | Tarun Comar | 77 | 6.8 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 546 | 48.6 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,125 | 27.6 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Chertsey Meads :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Norman | 826 | 60.4 | +2.6 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Browne | 294 | 21.5 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Bernie Stacey | 247 | 18.1 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 532 | 38.9 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,367 | 32.7 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Chertsey St.Ann's (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Chapman | 755 | | |
| | Conservative | Louis Pouyanne | 698 | | |
| | Labour | Paul Greenwood | 461 | | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Denyer | 395 | | |
| | UKIP | Robert Belobaba | 191 | | |
| | UKIP | Ileana Nguyen | 142 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,642 | 31.2 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Chertsey South and Row Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Edwards | 947 | 67.2 | +3.3 |
| | UKIP | Gillian Ellis | 262 | 18.6 | −1.3 |
| | Labour | Peter Kingham | 201 | 14.3 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 685 | 48.6 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,410 | 35.2 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Egham Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Runnymede Residents Association | Anthony Moore | 719 | 59.5 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Sheldon | 358 | 29.6 | −5.7 |
| | Labour | Keith Thompson | 132 | 10.9 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 361 | 29.9 | +10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,209 | 31.0 | −1.9 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Englefield Green East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marisa Heath | 493 | 51.9 | −2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Whiteley | 264 | 27.8 | −7.8 |
| | Labour | Sebastian Michnowicz | 101 | 10.6 | +10.6 |
| | UKIP | Rosemary Browne | 91 | 9.6 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 229 | 24.1 | +5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 949 | 23.3 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Englefield Green West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hugh Meares | 464 | 44.5 | +2.0 |
| | UKIP | Anthony Micklethwait | 264 | 25.3 | −0.4 |
| | Labour | Roxanne Mashari | 129 | 12.4 | +12.4 |
| | Green | Jenny Gould | 109 | 10.5 | +10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Heath | 77 | 7.4 | −6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 200 | 19.2 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,043 | 32.9 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Foxhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Francis | 975 | 70.2 | +9.4 |
| | Labour | John Gurney | 227 | 16.3 | +4.5 |
| | UKIP | Leon Mullett | 187 | 13.5 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 748 | 53.9 | +6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,389 | 34.5 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hythe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Yvonna Lay | 659 | | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Wilson | 600 | | |
| | Labour | David Bell | 299 | | |
| | Labour | Antonio Dorileo | 281 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Watson | 191 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander Harrowell | 187 | | |
| | UKIP | Guy Leven-Torres | 141 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,358 | 27.4 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
New Haw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Adrian Tollett | 895 | 72.5 | +8.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Coulon | 339 | 27.5 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 556 | 45.0 | +17.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,234 | 29.4 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Thorpe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Runnymede Residents Association | Elaine Gill | 1,024 | | |
| | Runnymede Residents Association | Margaret Harnden | 935 | | |
| | Conservative | William Roberts | 485 | | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Wase-Rogers | 373 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,817 | 34.1 | −2.7 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Virginia Water :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Margaret Roberts | 986 | 72.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Key | 218 | 16.0 | |
| | UKIP | Steve Gynn | 159 | 11.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 768 | 56.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,363 | 33.6 | −2.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Woodham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Jones | 1,182 | 81.3 | |
| | Labour | George Blair | 272 | 18.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 910 | 62.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,454 | 35.2 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |