2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election

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2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election
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All 39 seats to Spelthorne Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
Registered77,255
Turnout24,293 (31.4%)
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader John Boughtflower[1] Sandra Dunn
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seat Shepperton Town Halliford & Sunbury West
Last election 23 seats, 46.3% 8 seats, 17.5% 2 seats, 4.2%
Seats before 15 8 8[a]
Seats won 12 10 7
Seat change Decrease 11 Increase 2 Increase 6
Popular vote 24,720 11,893 11,363
Percentage 38.6% 18.6% 17.7%
Swing Decrease 7.7% Increase 1.1% Increase 13.6%
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Leader Sue Doran Malcolm Beecher Veena Siva
Party Labour Green Breakthrough Party
Leader's seat Stanwell North Staines Staines
Last election 4 seats, 15.9% 2 seats, 8.8% n/a
Seats before 3 3 2
Seats won 7 3 0
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 8,696 6,927 n/a
Percentage 13.6% 10.8% n/a
Swing Decrease 2.3% Increase 2.0% n/a
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election
Leader before election

John Boughtflower
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Joanne Sexton
Independent
No overall control

The 2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Spelthorne Borough Council in Surrey, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a Conservative minority administration. The Conservatives had won a majority of the seats at the previous election in 2019 but had lost their majority in 2020 following a number of defections.[3] Following the 2023 election the council remained under no overall control. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023, independent councillor Jo Sexton was appointed leader of the council, with Liberal Democrat councillor Chris Bateson serving as deputy leader.[4]

Summary[edit]

Election result[edit]

2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 39 12 0 12 Decrease 11 30.7 38.6 24,720 –7.7
  Liberal Democrats 14 10 2 0 Increase 2 25.6 18.6 11,893 +1.1
  Independent 18 7 5 0 Increase 5 17.9 17.7 11,363 +13.6
  Labour 14 7 6 1 Increase 3 17.9 13.6 8,696 –2.3
  Green 10 3 4 0 Increase 1 7.7 10.8 6,927 +2.0
  TUSC 3 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 37 N/A
  Reform UK 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.5 350 N/A

Ward results[edit]

The results were declared on the 5 May 2023.[5][6] The results were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election:[1]

Ashford Common[edit]

Ashford Common (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Bhadye 783 40.7 -10.9
Conservative Naz Islam 781 40.6 -6.0
Independent Katherine Rutherford 773 40.2 N/A
Conservative Jugjit Matharu 709 36.9 -4.7
Independent David Alexander 706 36.7 N/A
Labour Andrew Lamb 491 25.5 +5.2
Liberal Democrats Alan Mockford 490 25.5 +4.4
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 1,929 29.8 +2.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Ashford East[edit]

Ashford East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joanne Sexton** 991 50.7 N/A
Independent Elizabeth Baldock 776 39.7 N/A
Conservative Rose Chandler* 714 36.5 -8.3
Conservative Keith Robinson 615 31.5 -15.4
Conservative Vandana Tuteja 544 27.8 -14.7
Independent John Enright 467 23.9 N/A
Labour Gerald Dare 442 22.6 +1.4
Green Chris Hyde 319 16.3 -12.2
Independent Gerald Gravett 265 13.6 N/A
Green Nigel Scott 253 12.8 N/A
Rejected ballots 3
Turnout 1,958 33.3
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Joanne Sexton was an incumbent in Ashford North and Stanwell South

Ashford North & Stanwell South[edit]

Ashford North & Stanwell South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sean Beatty 728 43.3 +7.9
Labour Rebecca Geach 695 41.3 +6.0
Labour Med Buck 671 39.9 +7.8
Conservative Sonia Maya 511 30.4 -13.5
Conservative Amar Brar* 506 30.1 -7.8
Conservative Julie Fegredo 497 29.5 -10.4
Independent Chris Davies 421 25.0 N/A
Independent Jason Lane 395 23.5 N/A
Reform UK Marian Rough 178 10.6 N/A
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout 1,687 25.0 +2.7
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Ashford Town[edit]

Ashford Town (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michelle Arnold 801 39.2 N/A
Conservative Olivia Rybinski* 725 35.5 -8.9
Green Andrew McLuskey 677 33.1 -1.1
Conservative Nick Gething* 653 31.9 -17.0
Conservative Paul Woodward 651 31.8 -11.5
Labour Mark Kluth 571 27.9 -3.8
Green Dene Winch 548 26.8 +4.8
Independent Robin Henfrey 519 25.4 N/A
Independent Quentin Edgington 499 24.4 N/A
Rejected ballots 1
Turnout 2,046 34.4
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Green gain from Conservative

Halliford & Sunbury West[edit]

Halliford & Sunbury West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Dunn* 1,014 63.5 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Nichols* 921 57.6 +14.4
Liberal Democrats John Turner 833 52.1 +4.6
Conservative Michael Brennan 489 30.6 -1.7
Conservative Anna Nowicka 489 30.6 +2.1
Conservative Paul Robigo 477 29.8 +0.8
Labour Roger Bowen 281 17.6 +6.0
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 1,610 32.7 –3.7
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Laleham & Shepperton Green[edit]

Laleham & Shepperton Green (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karen Howkins* 945 50.2 -1.4
Conservative Darren Clarke 878 46.6 +3.3
Conservative Anant Mathur 710 37.7 -3.7
Green Stuart Whitmore* 673 35.7 +7.1
Green Jill Beecher 614 32.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Thesiger 470 25.0 +1.4
Labour Pierre Cooper 378 20.1 -0.3
Independent John Johnston 192 10.2 N/A
TUSC Andy Pattinson 65 3.5 N/A
TUSC Helen Couchman 55 2.9 N/A
TUSC Paul Couchman 37 2.0 N/A
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 1,892 30.2 +1.5
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Riverside & Laleham[edit]

Riverside & Laleham (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Denise Saliagopoulos* 1,191 56.1 +8.0
Independent Daniel Geraci 1,046 49.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Michele Gibson* 1,022 48.1 +9.6
Conservative Sinead Mooney* 754 35.5 -3.0
Conservative Keith Malcouronne 661 31.1 -3.3
Conservative Michael Zenonos 619 29.2 +1.2
Rejected ballots 5
Turnout 2,128 39.6
Independent hold
Independent gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Shepperton Town[edit]

Shepperton Town (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maureen Attewell** 1,194 57.6 -1.9
Conservative Lisa Brennan 955 46.0 -8.6
Conservative John Boughtflower** 920 44.4 -8.6
Green Peter Hughes 694 33.5 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Gammon 672 32.4 +12.0
Labour Co-op Stephen Bentley 555 26.8 +14.4
Independent Sue Bryer 423 20.4 N/A
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 2,082 36.9 –2.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Maureen Attewell was a sitting councillor for Laleham and Shepperton Green John Boughtflower was a sitting councillor for Ashford East

Staines[edit]

Staines (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Malcolm Beecher* 1,222 57.4 +5.1
Green Adam Gale 1,169 54.9 +7.3
Independent Howard Williams 942 44.2 N/A
Labour Khalid Mustafa 740 34.7 +0.9
Conservative Mark Francis 537 25.2 -8.5
Conservative Trudy Burgess 474 22.3 -11.0
Conservative Adrian Ulisse 343 16.1 -16.3
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 2,139 31.2 +1.3
Green hold
Green hold
Independent gain from Labour

Staines South[edit]

Staines South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Bateson* 1,171 71.3 +21.5
Liberal Democrats Jolyon Caplin 1,064 64.8 +16.5
Labour Tony Burrell 769 46.8 +17.0
Conservative Kathy Hurst 437 26.6 +1.0
Conservative Maurice Watts 383 23.3 ±0.0
Conservative Graeme Reid 337 20.5 -2.8
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 1,649 30.9 +0.5
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Labour hold

Stanwell North[edit]

Stanwell North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Doran* 804 53.1 +8.5
Labour Jon Button* 798 52.7 +16.3
Labour John Doran* 773 51.0 +8.8
Conservative Anita McIlroy 632 41.7 +9.8
Conservative Jim McIlroy 621 41.0 +1.3
Conservative Rohan Vijjhalwar 476 31.4 +5.3
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 1,528 25.8 –1.6
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Sunbury Common[edit]

Sunbury Common (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Harry Boparai 828 53.0 +17.5
Liberal Democrats Mary Bing Dong 740 47.4 +15.9
Liberal Democrats Suraj Gyawali 648 41.5 +19.8
Independent Ian Beardsmore* 608 38.9 -7.9
Independent Jacqueline Stanton 348 22.3 N/A
Conservative Simon Rollo 347 22.2 -7.3
Conservative Jayson Bhadye 283 18.1 -1.1
Conservative Alex Sapunovas 227 14.5 -3.6
Reform UK Rory O'Brien 172 11.0 N/A
Rejected ballots 5
Turnout 1,562 25.7 –3.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Sunbury East[edit]

Sunbury East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kathy Grant* 1,068 51.6 +8.7
Conservative Buddhi Weerasinghe 967 46.7 -1.5
Conservative Matthew Lee 960 46.4 -0.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Alexiou 952 46.0 +7.6
Conservative Jay Patel 852 41.1 -1.2
Green Daniel Dollin 758 36.6 N/A
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 2,083 35.6 +3.0
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Changes 2023–2027[edit]

Ashford Town by-election, 6 September 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Norman Woodward 562 37.5 +5.7
Independent John Anthony Cornelius Enright 420 28.0 N/A
Green Stuart John Whitmore 252 16.8 -16.3
Labour Mark Joseph Kluth 212 14.1 -13.8
Reform UK Rory O'Brien 35 2.3 N/A
TUSC Paul Dennis Couchman 19 1.3 N/A
Turnout 25.13
Conservative gain from Green

By-election triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Andrew McLuskey.[7][8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Of the eight independent councillors prior to the election, four sat as the "United Spelthorne" group led by Ian Harvey, two sat as the "Independent Spelthorne" group led by Joanne Sexton, one (Ian Beardsmore) was affiliated to the Conservative group and one (Bob Noble) was affiliated to the Green group.
  1. ^ a b "Your councillors". Spelthorne Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Local Elections - 4 May 2023". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ^ Phillips, Jamie (9 June 2020). "Six councillors quit Conservative Party at Spelthorne Borough Council saying membership 'untenable'". Surrey Live. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  4. ^ Coady-Stemp, Emily (26 May 2023). "New Spelthorne leader vows to put 'heart and soul' into role". Surrey Live. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Election results". Spelthorne Borough Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Live Surrey 2023 local election results and reaction as it happens". Surrey Live. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  7. ^ Boothroyd, David (21 July 2023). "Swedish mystery solved in Swindon?". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Ashford Town by-election - 6 September 2023". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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