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The 2023 Surrey Heath Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect 32 of 35 members of Surrey Heath Borough Council in England.[2][3][4][5] It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Liberal Democrats took control of the council from a minority Conservative administration.[6][2]
Overview
[edit]Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a Conservative minority administration. The election in the Frimley Green ward was postponed until 15 June 2023 following the death of one of the original candidates.[7][8] Of the seats where elections were held on 5 May, the Liberal Democrats won 21 seats, enough to give them an overall majority on the council for the first time in its history.[9]
The Liberal Democrat group leader before the election, Sashi Mylvaganam, was a candidate in Frimley Green ward and so had to wait until 15 June to see if he would be re-elected. As such, the party chose David Whitcroft instead to be the new leader of the council, being appointed at the subsequent annual meeting of the council on 17 May 2023.[10] The Liberal Democrats won all three seats in the postponed Frimley Green election, with Sashi Mylvaganam returning to the council. The party then reconsidered its leadership, but chose to appoint neither Whitcroft nor Mylvaganam as its leader, appointing instead Shaun Macdonald. He was subsequently confirmed as the new leader of the council on 28 June 2023.[11]
Results summary
[edit]2023 Surrey Heath Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 31[12] | 24 | 15 | 1 | ![]() |
68.6 | 48.8 | 28,416 | +20.4 | |
Conservative | 35 | 6 | 2 | 14 | ![]() |
17.1 | 39.4 | 22,912 | –7.4 | |
Independent | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
8.6 | 6.7 | 3,927 | –3.7 | |
Labour | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
5.7 | 4.2 | 2,428 | –1.8 | |
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 145 | –4.7 | |
Reform UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.6 | 372 | N/A |
Ward results
[edit]The results for each ward were:[13]
Bagshot
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Gordon | 1,061 | 55.1 | +16.7 | |
Conservative | Valerie White* | 978 | 50.8 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Wilson | 681 | 35.4 | −16.2 | |
Conservative | Frank Du Cann | 677 | 35.2 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Cathy Whitcroft | 676 | 35.1 | −9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zee Virani | 599 | 31.1 | −8.7 | |
Independent | Andrew Willgoss | 364 | 18.9 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Sam Goggin | 202 | 10.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,924 | 34.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Bisley and West End
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Liz Noble* | 1,312 | 57.5 | +34.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarbie Kang | 902 | 39.5 | +18.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ying Perrett | 863 | 37.8 | +21.0 | |
Conservative | Adrian Page* | 753 | 33.0 | −13.6 | |
Conservative | Tony Henderson | 702 | 30.8 | −12.5 | |
Conservative | Alex Hanney | 625 | 27.4 | −12.6 | |
Independent | Graham Alleway* | 598 | 26.2 | −16.3 | |
Independent | Adrian Keeling | 408 | 17.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,281 | 32.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent |
Frimley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alan Ashbery | 783 | 60.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David O'Mahoney | 722 | 56.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sarah Croke* | 511 | 39.7 | −29.9 | |
Conservative | Darryl Ratiram* | 397 | 30.9 | −36.0 | |
Turnout | 1286 | 34.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Frimley Green
[edit]Following the death of a candidate in Frimley Green ward (three members) the election was countermanded. A poll took place on the 15th June 2023, with Attieh Fard replacing the late Karen Campion.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jacques Olmo | 1,131 | 61.4 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Whitcroft | 1,111 | 60.3 | +5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sashi Mylvaganam* | 1,070 | 58.1 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Stuart Black | 738 | 42.4 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Howard Thomson | 610 | 33.1 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Attieh Fard | 608 | 33.0 | +5.1 | |
Turnout | 1842 | 35.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Heatherside
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Skipper* | 1,613 | 65.3 | +17.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Ashbery | 1,559 | 63.1 | +10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bob Raikes | 1,512 | 61.2 | +16.0 | |
Conservative | Julia Wood | 829 | 33.5 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | Simon Dickens | 819 | 33.1 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Dave Henry | 811 | 32.8 | +0.8 | |
Turnout | 2471 | 43.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Lightwater
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Julie Hoad | 1,184 | 52.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Shaun MacDonald | 1,128 | 49.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Thompson | 1,080 | 47.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Katia Malcaus Cooper | 966 | 42.6 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Rebecca Jennings-Evans* | 943 | 41.5 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | James Harris | 840 | 37.0 | −1.3 | |
Reform UK | Peter Appleford | 170 | 7.5 | −7.2 | |
Labour | Tom Johnson | 144 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2270 | 42.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Green | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Green |
Mytchett and Deepcut
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Whitcroft | 995 | 54.9 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Morgan Rise* | 961 | 53.0 | +12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Cliff Betton | 950 | 52.4 | +11.8 | |
Conservative | Attieh Fard | 752 | 41.5 | −10.4 | |
Conservative | Lawrence Alexander | 747 | 41.2 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | David Natolie | 661 | 36.4 | +4.2 | |
Turnout | 1814 | 32.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Old Dean
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Shaun Garrett* | 563 | 58.9 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | Lewis Mears | 504 | 52.7 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Heather Gibbs | 393 | 41.1 | −9.1 | |
Labour | Brian Gibbs | 382 | 40.0 | −0.9 | |
Turnout | 957 | 24.8 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Parkside
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Rob Lee | 837 | 54.6 | +20.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nirmal Kang | 833 | 54.3 | +28.7 | |
Conservative | Louise Grainger | 653 | 42.6 | −14.8 | |
Conservative | Steed Bennett | 642 | 41.9 | −12.4 | |
Turnout | 1534 | 39.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
St Michael's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jonathan Quin | 684 | 56.5 | +17.6 | |
Labour | Murray Rowlands | 661 | 54.6 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | Chris Buxton | 503 | 41.6 | −16.3 | |
Conservative | Gregory Mwenkentishi | 417 | 34.5 | −18.9 | |
Turnout | 1210 | 28.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
St Paul's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jonny Cope | 714 | 48.5 | −19.2 | |
Conservative | Josh Thorne | 692 | 47.0 | −15.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Browne | 673 | 45.7 | +14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matt Hodges-Long | 654 | 44.4 | +16.9 | |
Labour | Manuela Radeva | 83 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Labour | George Ridgway | 81 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1472 | 38.1 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Town
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mary Glauert | 706 | 59.6 | +18.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leanne MacIntyre | 690 | 58.3 | +22.6 | |
Conservative | Nathan Drury | 457 | 38.6 | −19.8 | |
Conservative | Ricky Singh | 414 | 35.0 | −19.0 | |
Turnout | 1184 | 29.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Watchetts
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lisa Finan-Cooke | 831 | 59.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Kel Finan-Cooke | 823 | 58.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Caroline Adam-Holboj | 533 | 38.1 | −23.1 | |
Conservative | Benedict Dias | 511 | 36.5 | −23.4 | |
Turnout | 1400 | 34.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Windlesham and Chobham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Victoria Wheeler* | 864 | 43.6 | −21.1 | |
Independent | Pat Tedder* | 790 | 39.9 | −22.3 | |
Independent | Emma-Jane McGrath* | 611 | 30.8 | −22.1 | |
Conservative | Justin Cars | 535 | 27.0 | −3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Amy Moqbel | 534 | 26.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jack Massarano | 513 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Sara Ibrahim | 490 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Abu Bakar | 394 | 19.9 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Faaris Khan | 352 | 17.8 | −5.0 | |
Independent | Alison Hook | 292 | 14.7 | −6.3 | |
Green | Clare Relton | 145 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1982 | 35.6 | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
References
[edit]- ^ Of the five independents on the council before the election, two formed a group called the "Camberley Independents", led by Richard Brooks, and the other three formed a group called the "Community Group" with the one Labour councillor, led by Victoria Wheeler.
- ^ "Your councillors by political grouping". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Surrey Heath result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Borough and Parish Elections 2023". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "All the Surrey Heath local election 2023 candidates in full". Surrey Advertiser. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Surrey Heath | England Councils 2023 - Election Results | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ Caulfield, Chris (24 April 2023). "Well-loved mum and Surrey election candidate has passed away". SurreyLive. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ a b NOTICE OF CANCELLED ELECTION, Surrey Heath Borough council returning officer.
- ^ "Surrey election results 2023: Conservatives lose seats across the county". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "Annual Full Council 2023 - Leader and Executive announced". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ Caulfield, Chris (28 June 2023). "Surrey Heath leader announced as councillor who's worked just 58 days". Surrey Live. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated - Borough Elections". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "Borough elections 2023". Surrey Heath Borough Council. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Borough elections 2023 results". www.surreyheath.gov.uk. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.