Woking Borough Council elections

One third of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, 30 councillors have been elected from 10 wards.[1]

Political control

A borough called Woking had existed since 1974 and was controlled by the Conservative Party until the local elections in 1986. The partisan control of the borough has been as follows, with each poll electing one third of the seats, except where noted.[2][3]

Election Party in control Contested Refs
2023 Liberal Democrats 10 of 30 [4]
2022 Liberal Democrats 10 of 30 [5]
2021 No overall control 10 of 30 [6]
2019 10 of 30 [7][8]
2018 Conservative 10 of 30 [9][10]
2016FW 30 of 30 [11][12]
2015 12 of 36 [13]
2014 12 of 36 [14]
2012 12 of 36 [15]
2011 13 of 36 [15]
2010 No overall control 13 of 36 [15]
2009* — [2]
2008 Conservative 12 of 36 [15]
2007 12 of 36 [15]
2006 No overall control 13 of 36 [15]
2004 13 of 36 [15]
2003 13 of 36 [15]
2002 13 of 36 [15]
2000FW 36 of 36 [15][16][17]
1999 12 of 35 [15]
1998 11 of 35 [15]
1996 Liberal Democrats 12 of 35 [15]
1995 No overall control 12 of 35 [15]
1994 11 of 35 [15]
1992 Conservative 12 of 35 [15]
1991 No overall control 12 of 35 [15]
1990 12 of 35 [15]
1988 15 of 35 [15]
1987 12 of 35 [15]
1986B 12 of 35 [15][18]
1984 Conservative 12 of 35 [15]
1983 13 of 35 [15]
1982 11 of 35 [15]
1980 12 of 35 [15]
1979B 12 of 35 [15][19]
1978 12 of 35 [15]
1976FW 35 of 35 [15][20]
1973BF 34 of 34 [15]
B: New borough boundaries
F: Full borough election
W: New ward boundaries
*: Change in control without election

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2006 have been:[21]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Sue Smith[22] Liberal Democrats22 May 2006May 2007
Anne Murray[23] ConservativeMay 200710 Jul 2008
John Kingsbury Conservative10 Jul 200822 May 2017
David Bittleston[24] Conservative22 May 201715 Oct 2020
Ayesha Azad Conservative15 Oct 202023 May 2022
Ann-Marie Barker Liberal Democrats23 May 2022

Structure of the council
Political party Council members
2022
Liberal Democrat 16
16 / 30
Conservative 8
8 / 30
Labour 3
3 / 30
Independent 3
3 / 30

Borough result maps
  • 2000 results map
    2000 results map
  • 2002 results map
    2002 results map
  • 2003 results map
    2003 results map
  • 2004 results map
    2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
    2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
    2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
    2010 results map
  • 2021 results map
    2021 results map

By-election results

1990s
Byfleet By-Election 14 November 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 927 60.6
Conservative 318 20.8
Labour 228 14.9
UKIP 58 3.8
Majority 609 39.8
Turnout 1,531
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Byfleet By-Election 18 September 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 626 52.2 +2.4
Conservative 357 29.8 +3.6
Labour 217 18.1 -5.9
Majority 269 22.4
Turnout 1,200 21.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Knaphill By-Election 18 September 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 652 34.5 +34.5
Conservative 545 28.9 -9.0
Liberal Democrats 442 23.4 -16.9
Labour 249 13.2 -8.6
Majority 107 5.6
Turnout 1,888 24.0
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St Johns By-Election 10 June 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,426 56.3 -0.1
Liberal Democrats 942 37.2 +1.3
Labour 164 6.5 -1.3
Majority 484 19.1
Turnout 2,532 39.9
Conservative hold Swing

2000s
Byfleet By-Election 12 July 2001[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beryl Marlow 809 53.6 +15.6
Liberal Democrats Anne Roberts 557 36.9 -14.8
Labour Raymond Holroyde 144 9.5 -0.8
Majority 252 16.7
Turnout 1,510 27.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2010s
Maybury and Sheerwater By-Election 17 September 2013[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rashid Mohammed 1,057 44.1 +22.6
Labour Stephen Tudhope 833 34.8 +1.2
UKIP Neil Willetts 255 10.6 -0.2
Liberal Democrats Norman Johns 252 10.5 -23.6
Majority 224 9.3
Turnout 2,397
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Goldsworth East By-Election 18 October 2015[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Sanderson 594 37.8 +13.9
Conservative Sonia Elbaraka 562 35.8 -8.5
Labour James Butcher 262 16.7 -4.6
UKIP Tim Read 154 9.8 -0.7
Majority 32 2.0
Turnout 1,572
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Goldsworth West By-Election 18 October 2015[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chitra Rana 367 40.0 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Tina Liddington 349 38.0 +0.3
Labour Robina Shaheen 105 11.4 +1.2
UKIP Troy de Leon 97 10.6 -8.6
Majority 18 2.0
Turnout 918
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References
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