2019 Surrey Heath Borough Council election

2019 Surrey Heath Borough Council election
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 35 seats to Surrey Heath Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Richard Brooks
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader since 27 February 2019[1]
Last election 36 seats, 68.6% 1 seat, 13.4%
Seats won 18 10 4
Seat change Decrease 18 Increase 9 Increase 2
Popular vote 24,395 14,830 5,443
Percentage 46.8% 28.4% 10.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Green Labour UKIP
Last election 0 seats, 2.0% 1 seat, 8.4% 0 seats, 2.8%
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change Increase 2 Steady Steady
Popular vote 2,551 3,129 1,604
Percentage 4.9% 6.0% 3.1%
  Seventh party
  Blank
Party Pirate
Last election New party
Seats won 0
Popular vote 190
Percentage 0.4%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Surrey Heath Borough Council election
Leader before election

Richard Brooks
Conservative

 Leader after election

Richard Brooks
Conservative

The 2019 Surrey Heath Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of Surrey Heath Borough Council in England.[2][3] The elections were held on new boundaries.[4] The Conservatives narrowly held on to control of the council, winning 18 of the 35 seats, a majority of one, down from a majority of fifteen before the election.[5]

Summary

Election result

2019 Surrey Heath Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 35 18 N/A N/A Decrease 18 51.4 46.8 24,395 –21.8
  Liberal Democrats 21 10 N/A N/A Increase 9 28.6 28.4 14,830 +15.0
  Independent 5 4 N/A N/A Increase 2 11.4 10.4 5,443 +7.9
  Green 3 2 N/A N/A Increase 2 5.7 4.9 2,551 +2.9
  Labour 9 1 N/A N/A Steady 2.9 6.0 3,129 –2.4
  UKIP 6 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 3.1 1,604 +0.3
  Pirate 1 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 0.4 190 N/A

Results by ward

Bagshot

Bagshot (3 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sam Kay 1,031 51.6
Liberal Democrats Tim Fitzgerald 886 44.4
Conservative Valerie White 852 42.7
Liberal Democrats Lance Spencer 795 39.8
Conservative Katia Malcaus Cooper 767 38.4
Conservative Colin Manley 679 34.0
UKIP Stephen West 255 12.8
Majority 57
Turnout 2,015 36.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bisley and West End

Bisley and West End (3 seats)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Page 922 46.6
Conservative David Mansfield 857 43.3
Independent Graham Alleway 841 42.5
Conservative Nic Price 792 40.0
Liberal Democrats Julie Hoad 457 23.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Alexander 411 20.8
Liberal Democrats Huw Evans 332 16.8
UKIP Stephen McClelland 245 12.4
Labour Mick Sheehan 182 9.2
Majority 55
Turnout 1,987 31.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Frimley

Frimley (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Croke 853 69.6
Conservative Darryl Ratiram 820 66.9
Labour Julian Woodward 306 25.0
Labour Jefferson Nwokeoma 294 24.0
Majority 514
Turnout 1,271 33.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Frimley Green

Frimley Green (3 seats)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Leach 1,019 54.7
Liberal Democrats Cliff Betton 1,012 54.4
Liberal Democrats Sashi Mylvaganam 889 47.7
Conservative Bruce Mansell 601 32.3
Conservative Max Nelson 568 30.5
Conservative Attieh Fard 519 27.9
UKIP Jonathan Wong 269 14.4
Pirate Gavin Crump 190 10.2
Majority 288
Turnout 1,879 36.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Heatherside

Heatherside (3 seats)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Tapper 1,261 53.1
Liberal Democrats John Skipper 1,143 48.1
Liberal Democrats Kristian Wrenn 1,075 45.2
Conservative Paul Ilnicki 926 39.0
Conservative Ian Cullen 855 36.0
Conservative Jonathan Lytle 761 32.0
UKIP Hazel Prowse 357 15.0
Majority 149
Turnout 2,395 42.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Lightwater

Lightwater (3 seats)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sharon Galliford 1,019 54.0
Conservative Rebecca Jennings-Evans 833 44.1
Green Peter Barnett 770 40.8
Green Andrew Willgoss 762 40.4
Conservative Jarmila Halovsky-Yu 741 39.3
Conservative John Winterton 723 38.3
UKIP Peter Appleford 278 14.7
Majority 8
Turnout 1,898 35.0
Green win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Mytchett and Deepcut

Mytchett and Deepcut (3 seats)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Deach 971 51.9
Liberal Democrats Helen Whitcroft 835 44.6
Liberal Democrats Morgan Rise 761 40.7
Liberal Democrats Jacques Olmo 760 40.6
Conservative Craig Fennell 616 32.9
Conservative Joanne Potter 603 32.2
UKIP Damien Heads 298 15.9
Majority 1
Turnout 1,886 36.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Old Dean

Old Dean (2 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rodney Bates 474 50.2
Conservative Shaun Garrett 455 48.2
Conservative Trefor Hogg 446 47.2
Labour Murray Rowlands 386 40.9
Majority 9
Turnout 968 25.0
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Parkside

Parkside (2 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Hawkins 729 57.4
Conservative Josephine Hawkins 690 54.3
Liberal Democrats Cindy Ferguson 435 34.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Tew 325 25.6
UKIP Tony Cable 200 15.7
Majority 255
Turnout 1,279 33.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Michael's

St Michael's (2 seats)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Dougan 583 57.9
Conservative Alan McClafferty 538 53.4
Labour Richard Claridge 392 38.9
Labour Jill Coles 392 38.9
Majority 146
Turnout 1,045 24.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Paul's

St Paul's (2 seats)[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vivienne Chapman 802 67.5
Conservative Dan Adams 745 62.7
Liberal Democrats Fiona Karimjee 377 31.7
Liberal Democrats Miriam Spencer 327 27.5
Majority 368
Turnout 1,212 31.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Town

Town (2 seats)[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Brooks 534 58.4
Conservative Robin Perry 494 54.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Coe 373 40.8
Liberal Democrats Vijaya Ramdas 326 35.7
Majority 121
Turnout 947 25.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Watchetts

Watchetts (2 seats)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlotte Morley 664 61.2
Conservative David Lewis 650 59.9
Labour Alexandra Dalwood 379 34.9
Labour Joseph Lord 324 29.9
Majority 271
Turnout 1,136 28.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Windlesham and Chobham

Windlesham and Chobham (3 seats)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Victoria Wheeler 1,482 64.7
Independent Pat Tedder 1,426 62.2
Independent Emma McGrath 1,213 52.9
Conservative Mike Goodman 701 30.6
Conservative Alex Green 574 25.1
Conservative Alexander Hanney 522 22.8
Independent Alison Hook 481 21.0
Majority 512
Turnout 2,309 42.0
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Changes 2019–2023

By-elections

Bagshot

Bagshot: 6 May 2021[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Gordon 1,225 54.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Wilson 1,038 45.9
Majority 187 8.2
Registered electors 5,321
Turnout 2,297 43.2
Rejected ballots 34 1.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Sam Kay.[21]

Frimley Green

Frimley Green: 14 October 2021[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Black 896 48.3 Increase16
Liberal Democrats Jacques Olmo 877 47.3 Decrease0.4
Labour Christine Richards 76 4.1
Majority 19 1.0 Decrease14.4
Registered electors 5,195
Turnout 1,852 35.7
Rejected ballots 3 0.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Benjamin Leach.[23]

Bisley and West End

Bisley and West End: 14 April 2022[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Noble 1,286 66.2 Increase43.1
Conservative Tony Henderson 662 33.8 Decrease6.2
Majority 624 31.9 Increase14.4
Registered electors 6,909
Turnout 1,956 28.3 Decrease2.7
Rejected ballots 8 0.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 24.65

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor David Mansfield.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "Change at the top of Surrey Heath Borough Council". Lightwater. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections – 2 May 2019". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Surrey Heath Borough Council". BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Surrey Heath". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "Surrey Heath Local Elections 2019 results: Tory majority slashed to one in Lib Dem surge". Surrey Live. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: Bagshot". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: Bisley and West End". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: Frimley". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: Frimley Green". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: Heatherside". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: Lightwater". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: Mytchett and Deepcut". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: Old Dean". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: Parkside". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: St Michael's". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: St Paul's". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  17. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: Town". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: Watchetts". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  19. ↑ "Borough and Parish Elections Results 2019: Windlesham and Chobham". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  20. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll: Bagshot Ward" (PDF). Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  21. ↑ "Tributes paid as Surrey Heath councillor dies aged just 33". 17 January 2020.
  22. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll: Frimley Green" (PDF). Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  23. ↑ "MFGD Society - News".
  24. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll: Bisley & West End Ward" (PDF). Surrey Heath Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  25. ↑ "Resignation Means Tories Lose Majority on Surrey Heath Council".
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