2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election
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Election
Registered77,255
Turnout24,293 (31.4%)
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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]
Election result
| 2023 Spelthorne Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 39 | 12 | 0 | 12 |  11 |
30.7 | 38.6 | 24,720 | –7.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 |  2 |
25.6 | 18.6 | 11,893 | +1.1 | |
| Independent | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
17.9 | 17.7 | 11,363 | +13.6 | |
| Labour | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
17.9 | 13.6 | 8,696 | –2.3 | |
| Green | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
7.7 | 10.8 | 6,927 | +2.0 | |
| TUSC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
0.0 | 0.1 | 37 | N/A | |
| Reform | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.5 | 350 | N/A | |
Ward results
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
| 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
| 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 having defected from Conservative.
Ashford North & Stanwell South
| 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 | 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Malcolm Beecher* | 1,222 | 57.4 | +5.1 | |
| Green | Adam Gale | 1,169 | 54.9 | +7.3 | |
| Independent | Howard Williams[b] ** | 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 | |||||
Williams was a sitting Conservative Councillor for Riverside and Laleham ward, having held responsibility for Finance and Customer Service.
Staines South
| 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
| 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
| 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 | 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 | |||||
Shortly after election, Mary Bing Dong defected to the Conservative Party.
Sunbury East
| 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 | |||||
By-elections
Ashford Town (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 | 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]
Ashford Town (June 2025)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gregory Matthew Neall | 539 | 27.4 | +27.4 | |
| Reform | Jason Ian Gelver | 459 | 23.4 | +23.4 | |
| Conservative | Alex Balkan | 374 | 19.0 | −18.5 | |
| Independent | Philip Baldock | 359 | 18.3 | −9.7 | |
| Labour | Rhiannon Lewis | 234 | 11.9 | −2.2 | |
| Turnout | 1,965 | 32.6 | −1.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,045 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +22.95 | |||
By-election triggered by Olivia Rybinski moving to Cornwall in December 2024.[9]
Liberal Democrats last contested the ward of Ashford town in 2007.
Staines
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Laura Barker | 804 | 37.9 | N/A | |
| Reform | Harry Phillips | 499 | 23.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Sean Freeman[b] | 261 | 12.3 | −31.9 | |
| Conservative | Mark Francis | 231 | 10.9 | −14.3 | |
| Green | Stuart Whitmore | 163 | 7.7 | −49.7 | |
| Labour | Jared Kidd | 158 | 7.4 | −27.3 | |
| TUSC | Paul Couchman | 8 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 305 | 14.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,124 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Green | |||||
By-election triggered by Green Councillor Adam Gale resigning to move for work to Dubai.[10]
References
- ↑ 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 2 Member of the Independent Spelthorne Group
- 1 2 "Your councillors". Spelthorne Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ "Local Elections - 4 May 2023". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ↑ Phillips, Jamie (9 June 2020). "Six councillors quit Conservative Party at Spelthorne Borough Council saying membership 'untenable'". Surrey Live. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ Coady-Stemp, Emily (26 May 2023). "New Spelthorne leader vows to put 'heart and soul' into role". Surrey Live. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ "Election results". Spelthorne Borough Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ↑ "Live Surrey 2023 local election results and reaction as it happens". Surrey Live. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David (21 July 2023). "Swedish mystery solved in Swindon?". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ "Ashford Town by-election - 6 September 2023". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ "RYBINSKI CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
- ↑ Dalton, Emily (2025-08-29). "Autumn by-election announced as another Surrey councillor resigns". Surrey Live. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
