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Runnymede 2023

Local elections held 4 May 2023.

14 ward races
14 seats
7 elected below the proportional quota
50.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 14 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 14 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party7,21136.9%535.7%642.9%-1
Labour Party4,23621.7%214.3%321.4%-1
Liberal Democrats3,75119.2%214.3%321.4%-1
Green Party1,2786.5%17.1%17.1%0
Independent1,2376.3%214.3%17.1%+1
RAIC9274.7%17.1%00.0%+1
RES7403.8%17.1%00.0%+1
The Liberal Party810.4%00.0%00.0%0
Reform UK710.4%00.0%00.0%0
Heritage Party150.1%00.0%00.0%0
Total19,547100.0%14100.0%14100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Addlestone North · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +10.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,374

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Singh, M.Green Party54539.7%Elected
2Curran, D.Conservative and Unionist Party51537.5%
3Tilbury, J.Labour Party22816.6%
4Dikty-Daudiyan, R.Liberal Democrats866.3%

Electorate 4,368 · Ballots cast 1,374 · Back to ward index

Addlestone South · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,459

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Snow, P.Conservative and Unionist Party60941.7%Elected
2Percival, E.Labour Party52936.3%
3Williamson, R.Liberal Democrats17812.2%
4Gardiner, B.Green Party1439.8%

Electorate 4,814 · Ballots cast 1,459 · Back to ward index

Chertsey Riverside · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,349

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Mavi, J.Conservative and Unionist Party56541.9%Elected
2Parry, C.Labour Party51938.5%
3Jones, A.Liberal Democrats15811.7%
4Brindley, E.Green Party1077.9%

Electorate 4,605 · Ballots cast 1,349 · Back to ward index

Chertsey St Ann's · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,434

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Nuti, M.Conservative and Unionist Party64745.1%Elected
2Milstead, R.Labour Party52436.5%
3Lee, K.Liberal Democrats16711.6%
4Hayes, T.Green Party966.7%

Electorate 4,769 · Ballots cast 1,434 · Back to ward index

Ottershaw · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,643

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Cressey, M.Independent74645.4%Elected
2Edwards, P.Conservative and Unionist Party43126.2%
3Rourke, J.Labour Party21513.1%
4Decruz, K.Liberal Democrats1338.1%
5Chiverton, P.Green Party1187.2%

Electorate 4,814 · Ballots cast 1,643 · Back to ward index

Virginia Water · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,661

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Howorth, C.Conservative and Unionist Party78947.5%Elected
2Rowsell, K.Liberal Democrats64638.9%
3McKinlay-Gunn, K.Labour Party1076.4%
4Senthilnathan, M.Reform UK714.3%
5Pawlik, M.Green Party482.9%

Electorate 4,295 · Ballots cast 1,661 · Back to ward index

Egham Hythe · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +0.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,503

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1King, R.Labour Party74949.8%Elected
2Adams, M.Conservative and Unionist Party62441.5%
3Buono, R.The Liberal Party815.4%
4Olorenshaw, J.Independent493.3%

Electorate 4,880 · Ballots cast 1,503 · Back to ward index

Thorpe · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.5 pts Valid ballots 1,383

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Gill, E.RES74053.5%Elected
2Sharp, R.Conservative and Unionist Party39528.6%
3Niblett, B.Labour Party17812.9%
4Smith-Wright, C.Liberal Democrats705.1%

Electorate 4,312 · Ballots cast 1,383 · Back to ward index

Englefield Green West · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.9 pts Valid ballots 1,138

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Kettle, E.Labour Party61353.9%Elected
2Solomon, T.Conservative and Unionist Party52546.1%

Electorate 3,796 · Ballots cast 1,138 · Back to ward index

Englefield Green East · single-seat

Marginal winner 54.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −4.5 pts Valid ballots 811

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Gates, T.Independent44254.5%Elected
2Virgo, L.Conservative and Unionist Party18823.2%
3Langdon, A.Labour Party11313.9%
4Jordan, T.Liberal Democrats688.4%

Electorate 2,446 · Ballots cast 811 · Back to ward index

Woodham & Rowtown · single-seat

Marginal winner 55.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −5.5 pts Valid ballots 1,663

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Gracey, T.Conservative and Unionist Party92355.5%Elected
2Coulon, J.Liberal Democrats33920.4%
3Scott, M.Labour Party24814.9%
4Flyn, V.Green Party1539.2%

Electorate 4,831 · Ballots cast 1,663 · Back to ward index

Egham Town · single-seat

Marginal winner 64.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −14.6 pts Valid ballots 1,434

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Mullens, I.RAIC92764.6%Elected
2Saravanan, M.Labour Party21314.9%
3Osborn, J.Conservative and Unionist Party21214.8%
4Heath, I.Liberal Democrats825.7%

Electorate 4,370 · Ballots cast 1,434 · Back to ward index

New Haw · single-seat

Marginal winner 64.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −14.7 pts Valid ballots 1,754

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Smith, M.Liberal Democrats1,13564.7%Elected
2Gracey, J.Conservative and Unionist Party53630.6%
3Robson, M.Green Party683.9%
4Palermiti, G.Heritage Party150.9%

Electorate 4,742 · Ballots cast 1,754 · Back to ward index

Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South · single-seat

Marginal winner 73.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −23.2 pts Valid ballots 941

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Whyte, D.Liberal Democrats68973.2%Elected
2Traylen, T.Conservative and Unionist Party25226.8%

Electorate 2,803 · Ballots cast 941 · Back to ward index