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Epsom & Ewell 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

5 ward races
5 seats
3 elected below the proportional quota
60.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 5 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 5 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
RES9,91944.8%480.0%360.0%+1
Conservative and Unionist Party5,07422.9%120.0%120.0%0
Labour Party3,06113.8%00.0%120.0%-1
Liberal Democrats3,01513.6%00.0%00.0%0
Green Party1,0484.7%00.0%00.0%0
Workers Party of Britain170.1%00.0%00.0%0
Total22,134100.0%5100.0%5100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Epsom Town & Downs · single-seat

Marginal winner 28.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +21.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,997

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1McCormick S.J.RES1,43628.7%Elected
2Ware E.C.Conservative and Unionist Party1,42728.6%
3Morris J.A.Liberal Democrats1,30426.1%
4Kenyon S.L.Labour Party4949.9%
5Baker J.Green Party3196.4%
6Kirby K.A.Workers Party of Britain170.3%

Electorate 11,793 · Ballots cast 4,997 · EC ward code E58001481 · Back to ward index

Epsom West · single-seat

Marginal winner 32.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +17.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,632

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Muir B.Conservative and Unionist Party1,51832.8%Elected
2Todd M.C.Labour Party1,17225.3%
3Dallen N.A.RES1,02922.2%
4Gee S.Liberal Democrats91319.7%

Electorate 11,480 · Ballots cast 4,632 · EC ward code E58001482 · Back to ward index

West Ewell · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,684

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Mason J.RES1,78148.3%Elected
2Persand K.Y.Conservative and Unionist Party70319.1%
3Geleit R.Labour Party67718.4%
4Foster T.Green Party2637.1%
5Kelly A.Liberal Democrats2607.1%

Electorate 11,810 · Ballots cast 3,684 · EC ward code E58001533 · Back to ward index

Ewell · single-seat

Marginal winner 62.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −12.1 pts Valid ballots 4,344

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Beckett J.R.RES2,69962.1%Elected
2Abrahams J.Conservative and Unionist Party79718.3%
3Anderson J.G.Labour Party4079.4%
4Gulland D.W.Liberal Democrats2415.5%
5McDonald S.Green Party2004.6%

Electorate 12,309 · Ballots cast 4,344 · EC ward code E58001484 · Back to ward index

Ewell Court Auriol & Cuddington · single-seat

Marginal winner 66.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −16.4 pts Valid ballots 4,477

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Kington E.A.RES2,97466.4%Elected
2Bushati G.Conservative and Unionist Party62914.0%
3Sibanda A.Labour Party3116.9%
4Brown D.Liberal Democrats2976.6%
5Clayton S.J.Green Party2665.9%

Electorate 12,041 · Ballots cast 4,477 · EC ward code E58001483 · Back to ward index