2019 Spelthorne Borough Council election

2019 Spelthorne Borough Council election
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 39 seats to Spelthorne Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 35 3
Seats after 23 8
Seat change -12 +5
Popular vote 27,596 10,406
Percentage 46.3% 17.5%
Swing -1.4% +7.5%
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Party Labour Green
Last election 1 0
Seats after 4 2
Seat change +3 +2
Popular vote 9,450 5,215
Percentage 15.9% 8.8%
Swing -1.9% +6.2%
Results of the 2019 Spelthorne Borough Council election
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

The 2019 Spelthorne Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of Spelthorne Borough Council in England.[1][2] The Conservatives retained control of the council, but with a reduced majority of 7, down from 31.

Summary

Election result

2019 Spelthorne Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 39 23 0 12 Decrease 12 59.0 46.3 27,596 –1.4
  Liberal Democrats 18 8 5 0 Increase 5 20.5 17.5 10,406 +7.5
  Labour 21 4 4 0 Increase 3 10.3 15.9 9,450 –1.9
  Green 8 2 2 0 Increase 2 5.1 8.8 5,215 +6.2
  Independent 4 2 2 0 Increase 2 5.1 4.2 2,503 N/A
  UKIP 13 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 7.4 4,378 –7.7

Results by ward

Ashford Common

Ashford Common[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clare Barratt 891 51.6
Conservative Richard Barratt 805 46.6
Conservative Robert Noble 719 41.6
Green Anoma Jacobs 429 24.8
UKIP Adam Hack-Davies 408 23.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Clench 365 21.1
Labour Amy McWeeney 350 20.3
Labour Christopher Karamian 310 17.9
Registered electors 6,377
Turnout 1,728 27.1
Rejected ballots 8 0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ashford East

Ashford East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Boughtflower 816 46.9
Conservative Rose Chandler 780 44.8
Conservative Anthony Mitchell 740 42.5
Green Jill Beecher 496 28.5
UKIP Brian Catt 379 21.8
Labour Sarah Wrightson 369 21.2
Labour Ian Jenkins 368 21.1
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Dare 308 17.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Alexiou 272 15.6
Registered electors 5,924
Turnout 1,741 29.39
Rejected ballots 13 0.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ashford North and Stanwell South

Ashford North and Stanwell South[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joanne Sexton 760 43.9
Conservative Satvinder Buttar 690 39.9
Conservative Amar Brar 655 37.9
Labour Roger Bowen 613 35.4
Labour Rebecca Geach 611 35.3
Labour Tim Lobanov 555 32.1
UKIP Michael Pratt 432 25.0
Registered electors 6,584
Turnout 1,730 26.28
Rejected ballots 19 1.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ashford Town

Ashford Town[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick Gething 988 48.9
Conservative Olivia Rybinski 896 44.4
Conservative Naz Islam 874 43.3
Green Malcolm Beecher 691 34.2
Green Rupert Jackson 641 31.7
Labour Tony Burrell 444 22.0
Labour Iain Raymond 354 17.5
UKIP Bob Berressem 324 16.0
Registered electors 5,511
Turnout 2,020 36.65
Rejected ballots 14 0.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Halliford and Sunbury West

Halliford and Sunbury West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Dunn 976 54.0
Liberal Democrats Thomas Fidler 860 47.5
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Nichols 781 43.2
Conservative Anthony Jones 584 32.3
Conservative Buddhi Weerasinghe 525 29.0
Conservative Anna Nowicka 515 28.5
UKIP Shirley Jacobs 271 15.0
Labour Sean Beatty 210 11.6
Registered electors 4,968
Turnout 1,809 36.41
Rejected ballots 14 0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Laleham and Shepperton Green

Laleham and Shepperton Green[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maureen Attewell 911 51.6
Conservative Richard Smith-Ainsley 764 43.3
Conservative Mary Madams 731 41.4
Green Paul Jacobs 505 28.6
Liberal Democrats John Thesiger 417 23.6
Liberal Democrats Alan Mockford 399 22.6
UKIP Linda Thatcher 374 21.2
Labour Sue Bryer 361 20.4
Registered electors 6,160
Turnout 1,766 28.67
Rejected ballots 7 0.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Riverside and Laleham

Riverside and Laleham[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Denise Saliagopoulos 935 48.1
Conservative Michele Gibson 748 38.5
Conservative Tony Harman 668 34.4
Conservative Howard Williams 544 28.0
Liberal Democrats Terrence Lewis 491 25.3
Independent Quentin Edgington 458 23.6
Liberal Democrats Gerald Dare 442 22.7
Labour John Johnston 374 19.2
UKIP Derek Sheppard 328 16.9
Registered electors 5,370
Turnout 1,944 36.2
Rejected ballots 13 0.7
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Shepperton Town

Shepperton Town[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robin Sider 1,295 59.5
Conservative Vivienne Leighton 1,189 54.6
Conservative Colin Barnard 1,153 53.0
Green Peter Hughes 585 26.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Johnson 443 20.4
Labour Bethany Edwards 330 15.2
UKIP Gerry Ring 272 12.5
Labour Stephen Bentley 270 12.4
Registered electors 5,480
Turnout 2,176 39.71
Rejected ballots 17 0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Staines

Staines[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Tom Lagden 978 52.3
Green Jan Doerfel 890 47.6
Labour Veena Sivagnanam 633 33.8
Conservative Mark Francis 630 33.7
Conservative Jean Pinkerton 623 33.3
Conservative Sinead Mooney 606 32.4
UKIP Gerald Gravett 297 15.9
Registered electors 6,260
Turnout 1,871 29.89
Rejected ballots 10 0.5
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Staines South

Staines South[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Bateson 821 49.8
Liberal Democrats Nichola Cornes 796 48.3
Labour Jennifer Vinson 490 29.8
Conservative Steven Burkmar 421 25.6
UKIP Chris Beresford 420 25.5
Conservative Sabine Capes 383 23.3
Conservative Richard Smith 383 23.3
Registered electors 5,424
Turnout 1,647 30.37
Rejected ballots 18 1.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Stanwell North

Stanwell North[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Doran 729 44.6
Labour John Doran 689 42.2
Conservative Jim McIlroy 649 39.7
Labour Jon Button 594 36.4
Conservative Katie Barratt 521 31.9
Conservative Joshua Jogo 427 26.1
UKIP Marilyn Thomas 326 20.0
Registered electors 5,956
Turnout 1,633 27.42
Rejected ballots 16 1.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Sunbury Common

Sunbury Common[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ian Beardsmore* 803 46.8
Liberal Democrats Bernie Spoor 609 35.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Dunn 540 31.5
Conservative Alison Griffiths 507 29.5
Liberal Democrats John Turner 372 21.7
Labour Eric Ollington 343 20.0
Conservative Nicola Molnar 329 19.2
Conservative Alex Sapunovas 311 18.1
Independent Chris Frazer 307 17.9
UKIP Betty Sutton 267 15.6
Registered electors 5,984
Turnout 1,717 28.69
Rejected ballots 5 0.3
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
  • Ian Beardsmore was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2015.

Sunbury East

Sunbury East[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Helen Harvey 897 48.2
Conservative Ian Harvey 881 47.3
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Grant 799 42.9
Conservative Daxa Patel 787 42.3
Liberal Democrats Anthony Rawlinson 715 38.4
Labour John May 398 21.4
UKIP Timothy Digby 280 15.0
Registered electors 5,717
Turnout 1,862 32.57
Rejected ballots 15 0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Changes 2019–2023

The 2 May 2019 Spelthorne Borough Council elections resulted in 23 Conservative seats, 8 Liberal Democrat seats, four Labour seats, two Green Party seats and two Independents. The Conservative Party thus maintained their overwhelming majority on the council.

  • 9 June 2020: 6 Conservative councillors, including council leader Ian Harvey and deputy leader Olivia Rybinski, resigned from the Conservative Party and created the new United Spelthorne Group on the council. With the Conservatives now having fewer than half of all seats on the council, the borough was now in "no overall control", leaving the Conservative Party without a governing majority for the first time in the borough's history.[16]
  • 25 June 2020: John Boughtflower was elected as leader of the council and Jim McIlroy as his deputy.
  • February 2021: Joanne Sexton and Richard Smith-Ainsley left the United Spelthorne Group, citing differences over its approach to governance, and formed the new Independent Spelthorne Group.[17]
  • 27 May 2021: Lawrence Nichols (Liberal Democrats) was elected as leader and Joanne Sexton (Independent) as his deputy.
  • 8 March 2022: Veena Silva and Jenny Vinson, elected as Labour, disbanded the Independent Labour group to join the Breakthrough Party.[18]
  • March 2022: Bob Noble left the Conservative Party to sit as an Independent.[19]
  • May 2022: Michele Gibson left the Conservative Party to sit as an Independent,[19] before formally joining the Liberal Democrats on 24 March 2023.[20]
  • 26 May 2022: John Boughtflower was elected as leader of the council, defeating Independent Spelthorne Group leader Joanne Sexton by one vote with the support of the United Spelthorne Group, and Tony Mitchell was elected his deputy.[19]

By-elections

Staines South

Staines South: 6 May 2021[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sinead Mooney 675 36.6 +11.0
Liberal Democrats Rob Millist 668 36.2 −13.6
Labour Harriet Digby 319 17.3 −12.5
Independent Lesley Connor 154 8.3 New
TUSC Paul Couchman 30 1.6 New
Majority 7 0.4 N/A
Turnout 1,846
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase12.3

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Nichola Cornes.[22]

Staines

Staines: 22 July 2021[23]
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 New
TUSC Paul Couchman 39 2.6 New
Reform Gerald Gravett 29 2.0 New
Majority 165 11.1
Registered electors 6,441
Turnout 1,480 23
Rejected ballots 5 0.3
Green hold Swing Decrease1.3

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Green Party councillor Jan Doerfel on 7 June 2021, in protest at the council's plans to release green belt land for development.[24]

Stanwell North

Stanwell North: 23 February 2022[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon Button 605 48.8 +12.4
Conservative Michael Zenonos 567 45.7 +6.0
TUSC Paul Dennis Couchman 69 5.6 New
Majority 38 3.1
Turnout 1,241 21.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase3.2

The by-election was triggered by the departure of Conservative councillor Jim McIlroy, who left the council in late 2021.[26]

Laleham and Shepperton Green

Laleham and Shepperton Green: 25 May 2022[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Stuart Whitmore 903 51.7
Conservative Karen Howkins 775 44.4
TUSC Paul Couchman 69 3.9
Majority 128 7.3
Turnout 1,747 28.21
Green gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Mary Madams, a former mayor of Spelthorne and councillor for the ward since 2003.[28]

Laleham and Shepperton Green

Laleham and Shepperton Green: 11 August 2022[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karen Howkins 810 55.5
Liberal Democrats John Thesiger 578 39.6
TUSC Paul Couchman 71 4.9
Majority 232 15.9
Turnout 1,459 23.6
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Richard Smith-Ainsley, deputy leader of the Independent Spelthorne Group, who had represented the ward since 1995 and left the Conservative Party in June 2020.[30]

References

  1. ↑ "Election Results – 2 May 2019". Spelthorne. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Spelthorne Borough Council". BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Ashford Common Borough Election - 2 May 2019". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Ashford East Borough Election - 2 May 2019". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Ashford North and Stanwell South Borough Election - 2 May 2019". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Ashford Town Borough Election - 2 May 2019". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Halliford and Sunbury West Borough Election - 2 May 2019". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Laleham and Shepperton Green Borough Election - 2 May 2019". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Riverside and Laleham Borough Election - 2 May 2019". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Shepperton Town Borough Election - 2 May 2019". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Staines Borough Election - 2 May 2019". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Staines South Borough Election - 2 May 2019". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Stanwell North Borough Election - 2 May 2019". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Sunbury Common Borough Election - 2 May 2019". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Sunbury East Borough Election - 2 May 2019". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "Six councillors quit Conservative Party at Spelthorne Borough Council saying membership 'untenable'". Surrey Live. 9 June 2020.
  17. ↑ Armstrong, Julie (22 February 2021). "Spelthorne's council leader faces no confidence vote". Surrey Live. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  18. ↑ Caines, Jackson (8 March 2022). "New trio of councillors join Breakthrough". Breakthrough Party. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  19. 1 2 3 "Conservative councillor back as Spelthorne Borough Council leader a year after being ousted". Surrey Live. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  20. ↑ "Lib Dems' successful try at Murrayfield". LocalCouncils.co.uk. March 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  21. ↑ "Staines South By-election - 6 May 2021". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  22. ↑ "Casual vacancies". LocalCouncils.co.uk. February 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  23. ↑ "Staines By-election - 22 July 2021". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  24. ↑ "Spelthorne councillor quits in protest over fears of green belt release". Surrey Live. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  25. ↑ "Stanwell North Ward By-election - 23 February 2022". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  26. ↑ "Labour take seat from Conservatives in Spelthorne Borough Council by-election". Surrey Live. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  27. ↑ "Laleham and Shepperton Green Ward By-election - 25 May 2022". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  28. ↑ Armstrong, Julie (30 March 2022). "Tributes paid to Spelthorne councillor who 'always wanted to make things better'". Surrey Live. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  29. ↑ "Laleham and Shepperton Green Ward By-election - 11 August 2022". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  30. ↑ Armstrong, Julie (16 June 2022). "Tributes paid to Spelthorne councillor who 'always wanted to make things better' for local community". Surrey Live. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
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