| Election Name: | 2024 Runnymede Borough Council election |
| Country: | Surrey |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2023 Runnymede Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2023 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Runnymede Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Seats For Election: | 14 out of 41 seats to Runnymede Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Turnout: | 18,320 (31.9%, 0.8 pp) |
| Registered: | 57,518 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader1: | Robert King |
| Leader Since1: | 2021 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Egham Hythe |
| Last Election1: | 2 seats, 21.7% |
| Seats Before1: | 4 |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Seats After1: | 8 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,298 |
| Percentage1: | 21.7% |
| Swing1: | 0.0 pp |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader2: | Tom Gracey |
| Leader Since2: | 2022 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Egham Hythe |
| Last Election2: | 5 seats, 36.9% |
| Seats Before2: | 19 |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Seat Change2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 7,173 |
| Percentage2: | 36.3% |
| Swing2: | 0.6 pp |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader3: | Don Whyte |
| Leader Since3: | 2019 |
| Leaders Seat3: | Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South |
| Last Election3: | 2 seats, 19.2% |
| Seats Before3: | 4 |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seats After3: | 6 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 3,962 |
| Percentage3: | 20.0% |
| Swing3: | 0.8 pp |
| Party4: | Runnymede Independent Residents Group |
| Leader4: | Linda Gillham |
| Leader Since4: | 2023 |
| Leaders Seat4: | Thorpe |
| Last Election4: | 2 seats, 8.5% |
| Seats Before4: | 6 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seats After4: | 6 |
| Seat Change4: | 0 |
| Popular Vote4: | 1,400 |
| Percentage4: | 7.1% |
| Swing4: | 1.4 pp |
| Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Leader5: | Steve Ringham |
| Leader Since5: | 2022 |
| Leaders Seat5: | Addlestone North |
| Last Election5: | 1 seat, 6.5% |
| Seats Before5: | 2 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 3 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,438 |
| Percentage5: | 7.3% |
| Swing5: | 0.8 pp |
| Party6: | Reform UK |
| Leader6: | Bob Bromley |
| Leader Since6: | 2024 |
| Leaders Seat6: | Addlestone North (Defeated standing in Englefield Green West) |
| Last Election6: | 0 seats, 0.4% |
| Seats Before6: | 1 |
| Seats6: | 0 |
| Seats After6: | 0 |
| Seat Change6: | 0 |
| Popular Vote6: | 252 |
| Percentage6: | 1.3 |
| Swing6: | 0.9 pp |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Co-leaders after election |
| Before Election: | Tom Gracey |
| Before Party: | Conservative No overall control |
| After Election: | Robert King (Lab Co-op) Don Whyte (Lib Dem) Linda Gillham (RIRG) Steve Ringham (Green) |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2024 Runnymede Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect one-third of members of the Runnymede Borough Council in Surrey, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England and police and crime commissioner elections.[1]
The election saw the Conservatives lose all but three of the ten seats they were defending. Notable losses include Chertsey St. Ann's, where the incumbent council deputy leader lost his seat to Labour, and New Haw where the Liberal Democrats saw the largest majority in the borough, gaining from the Conservatives.
Following the resignation of the Conservative Party Councillor Max Darby, who represented the Ward of Woodham and Rowtown, there was a by-election to fill the vacancy held on the same day. [2]
Former Egham Hythe Councillor, Alex Balkan, had to withdraw his nomination at the election for the Conservative Party and was replaced by Tanya Solomon who stood for the Conservative Party unsuccessfully in Englefield Green West Ward in 2022 and 2023. [3]
The council remained under no overall control.[4] Following the election a coalition of Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Runnymede Independent Residents' Group, the Green Party and three of the independent councillors formed to run the council, calling themselves the Runnymede Council Alliance group. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 15 May 2024 the four party leaders within the alliance were jointly appointed as co-leaders of the council.[5] [6]
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Two seats are up for election due to the resignation of Councillor Max Darby, elected in 2022.|}
| Party key | style=background: | Conservative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style=background: | Labour | ||
| style=background: | Liberal Democrat | ||
| style=background: | RIRG |
| Term | ||||
| The Worshipful Mayor of Runnymede | style=background: | Cllr Elaine Gill | 2024-25 | |
| Co-leader of the Council Chair of Corporate Management Committee | style=background: | Cllr Robert King | 2024- | |
| Co-leader of the Council Chair of Environment & Sustainability Committee | style=background: | Cllr Don Whyte | 2024- | |
| Chair of Housing Committee | style=background: | Cllr Mike Smith | 2024- | |
| Chair of Community Services Committee | style=background: | Cllr Abby King | 2024- | |
| Chair of Planning Committee | style=background: | Cllr Sylvia Whyte | 2024- | |
| Chair of Licensing Committee | style=background: | Cllr Eliza Kettle | 2024- | |
| Deputy Mayor Chair of Regulatory Committee | style=background: | Cllr Margaret Harnden | 2024- | |
| Chair of Standards & Audit Committee | style=background: | Cllr Sam Jenkins | 2024- | |
| Chair of Englefield Green Committee | style=background: | Cllr Paul Gahir | 2024- | |
| Chair of Overview & Scrutiny Committee Chair of Crime & Disorder Committee | Cllr Shannon Saise-Marshall | 2024- | ||