Spelthorne Borough Council elections

Spelthorne Borough Council in Surrey, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 39 councillors are elected from 13 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1973 - present

Council elections

• Spelthorne Borough Council election, 1973
• Spelthorne Borough Council election, 1976
• Spelthorne Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Spelthorne Borough Council election, 1983
• Spelthorne Borough Council election, 1987
• Spelthorne Borough Council election, 1991 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• Spelthorne Borough Council election, 1995 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5][6][7][8]
• Spelthorne Borough Council election, 1999 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[9]
• Spelthorne Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)^[10][11]
• Spelthorne Borough Council election, 2007
• Spelthorne Borough Council election, 2011
• Spelthorne Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995-1999

Ashford West By-Election 28 May 1998[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G E Forsbrey	455	54.1	+24.5
	Labour	H Cooper	277	32.9	-7.9
	Liberal Democrat	L de Laune	109	13.0	+6.2
Majority			178	21.2
Turnout			841	43.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stanwell North By-Election 2 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor Agarwal	610	46.0	-18.9
	Conservative		605	45.7	+19.4
	Liberal Democrat		110	8.3	-0.5
Majority			5	0.3
Turnout			1,325
	Labour hold		Swing

1999-2003

Ashford North By-Election 23 March 2000[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Weston	508	58.9	+3.2
	Labour	John May	235	27.2	-9.9
	Independent	Eric Butterfield	80	9.3	+9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Bird	40	4.6	-2.6
Majority			273	31.7
Turnout			863	26.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Laleham By-Election 14 June 2001[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fullbrook	532	51.4	-0.5
	Labour	Joyce Trace	339	32.8	-5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Edwards	164	15.8	+6.3
Majority			193	18.6
Turnout			1,035	17.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Ashford East By-Election 23 October 2008[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Rough	858	51.7	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Appleby	452	27.3	+13.4
	UKIP	Christopher Browne	185	11.2	+11.2
	Labour	Mark Appleyard	163	9.8	-3.1
Majority			406	24.4
Turnout			1,658	29.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashford East By-Election 4 June 2009[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Amos	903	43.4	-9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Appleby	543	26.1	+12.3
	UKIP	Christopher Browne	457	22.0	+22.0
	Labour	John May	179	8.6	-4.3
Majority			360	17.3
Turnout			2,082	37.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Laleham and Shepperton Green By-Election 1 October 2009[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Fairfax	814	42.2	-16.2
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Dunn	742	38.5	+13.4
	UKIP	Peter Parker	154	8.0	+8.0
	Independent	Lawrence Burrell	142	7.4	+7.4
	Labour	Ian French	77	4.0	-12.6
Majority			72	3.7
Turnout			1,929	33
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Councillors". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
2. "Spelthorne". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
3. The Borough of Spelthorne (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 4) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The Heathrow Airport (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
9. legislation.gov.uk - The Runnymede and Spelthorne (Borough Boundaries) Order 1996. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
10. "Local elections". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
11. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Spelthorne (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
12. "Ashford West By-Election 1998". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
13. "Ashford North By-Election 23/03/00". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
14. "Laleham By-Election - 14 June 2001". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
15. "Conservative win in Ashford East by-election". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
16. "Ashford East Ward By Election Results - 4 June 2009". Spelthorne Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-02.

• By-election results

External links

• Spelthorne Borough Council