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.
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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]
Chair of Overview & Scrutiny Select Committee Chair of Crime & Disorder Committee
Cllr Shannon Saise-Marshall
2024-
Co-leaders not chairs of committees
Co-leader of the Council Vice-Chair of Corporate Management Committee
Cllr Linda Gillham
2024-
Co-leader of the Council Vice-Chair of Environment & Sustainability Committee
Cllr Steve Ringham
2024-
By-elections
Addlestone South, 10 October 2024
A by-election took place on 10 October 2024 for Addlestone South ward following the death of Councillor Jonathan Wilson.
Stewart Mackay, a Reform UK candidate, announced his intention to stand in the by-election, however, he had failed to submit his nomination papers following allegations of promoting far-right content and transphobic conspiracy theories on X.[8]
