Biography

The 2012 Elmbridge Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Elmbridge Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

Background

The Residents' Group on Elmbridge Borough Council was made up of Esher Residents' Association, Hersham Village Society, Molesey Residents' Association, St George's Hill Independents, Thames Ditton & Weston Green Residents' Association and The Walton Society. The colour of the residents/societys/independents in Elmbridge was Green not grey as shown on these pages.

Esher Ward

The election in the Esher ward was due to take place on 3 May but was postponed due to the death of the Labour candidate Bruce King. The delayed election took place on 21 June 2012.

Election results

Elmbridge Borough Council election, 2012
	Seats	Votes
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Monster Raving Loony	0
Residents
UKIP	0	137
Independent

Ward Results

Claygate Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Bernard Collingnon	107	4.46
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Coomes	1253	52.21
	Labour	Sheila Francis	109	4.54
	Independent	Richard Hunt	61	2.54
	Conservative	PJ Warren	890	37.08
Majority			363
Turnout			2420	44
			Swing

Cobham and Downside Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Bellchamber	240
	Conservative	John Butcher	1001
	Labour	Irene Threlkeld	143
Majority			761
Turnout			1384	28
			Swing

Cobham Fairmile Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Browne	573
	Labour	Steven Gray	85
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Smith	78
Majority			488
Turnout			736	23
			Swing

Esher Ward Result 21 June 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mick Moriarty	91
	Residents	Gary Lay	665
	UKIP	Dennis Hill	30
	Conservative	Tim Oliver	711
Majority			46
Turnout			4895	36
			Swing

Hersham North Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	Roy Green	636
	Labour	Kevin Hamilton	261
	Conservative	Malcolm Howard	568
Majority			68
Turnout			1465	31
			Swing

Hersham South Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	Doug Clark	602
	Labour	Mark Gower	166
	Conservative	John O'Reilly	934
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sturgis	96
Majority			332
Turnout			1798	37
			Swing

Long Ditton Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jake Delaney	888
	Labour	Roger Hughes	151
	Liberal Democrats	Toni Izard	916
Majority			28
Turnout			1955	41
			Swing

Molesey East Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Monster Raving Loony	'Badger'	1
	Conservative	Steve Bax	807	42	+16
	Monster Raving Loony	'Bone'	13
	Monster Raving Loony	'Chinners'	21	1	-2
	Residents	Nigel Cooper	914	48	-21
	Monster Raving Loony	'Crazy Dave'	4
	Labour	Ben Griffin	101	5	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	'Large'	2
	Monster Raving Loony	'Monkey the Drummer'	3
	Monster Raving Loony	'Pee Gee Tips'	5
	Monster Raving Loony	'Scunny'	3
	Monster Raving Loony	SMFMusic Lab	5
Majority			107	5	-37
Turnout			1879	38	-8
	Residents hold		Swing	-37

Molesey North Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lee	173	10	-6
	Residents	Liz Robertson	1383	85	+9
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Sturgis	68	4	-0.6
Majority			1210	74	+15
Turnout			1624	34	-9
	Residents hold		Swing	+15

Molesey South Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Cotter	138	9	-1
	Labour	Rita Drummond	179	12	+2
	Residents	Vic Eldridge	1015	73	+1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Nagle	49	3	+1
Majority			836	60	N/C
Turnout			1381	27	-12
	Residents hold		Swing	+1

Oatlands Park Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lee Godfrey	222
	Liberal Democrats	Vicki MacLeod	197
	Conservative	Lorraine Samuels	1049
Majority			827
Turnout			1468	30
			Swing

Oxshott and Stoke d'Abernon Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jan Fuller	1220
	Labour	Carolyn Gray	113
	Liberal Democrats	David Loader	134
Majority			1086
Turnout			1467	30
			Swing

St George's Hill Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	Brian Fairclough	836
	Conservative	Simon Foale	666
	Labour	Martin Lister	86
Majority			170
Turnout			1588	33
			Swing

Thames Ditton Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Francis Eldergill	138
	Conservative	Hugh Evans	304
	Residents	Ruth Lyon	1212
Majority			908
Turnout			1654	34
			Swing

Walton Central Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lewis Brown	766
	Residents	Neil Luxton	1031
	Labour	Graham Smith	138
Majority			265
Turnout			1935	37
			Swing

Walton North Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barbara Cowin	578
	Labour	Peter Hawkes	291
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Stringer	192
Majority			287
Turnout			1061	22
			Swing

Walton South Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	Mike Collins	528
	Liberal Democrats	Sereena Davey	76
	Conservative	Stuart Hawkins	834
	Labour	Caroline Ingram	141
Majority			366
Turnout			1579	31
			Swing

Weston Green Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	Ruth Bruce	914
	Conservative	Christian Mahne	254
Majority			660
Turnout			1168	41
			Swing

Weybridge North Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ajoy Bose-Mallick	349
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Davis	547
	Labour	Robert Evans	147
Majority			198
Turnout			1043	32
			Swing

Weybridge South Ward Result 3 May 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Bohane	173
	Conservative	Glenn Dearlove	638
	Labour	Shelia Millington	107
Majority			465
Turnout			918	28
			Swing

References

^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

[BBC-1] "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

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Council elections in Surrey
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