2004 Woking Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2004 Woking council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2004. Woking UK local election 2004 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2004 Woking council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2004.

The 2004 Woking Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

The results saw no party win a majority on the council with the Conservatives remaining the largest party on 17 seats. [3] They gained 2 seats in Knaphill and Maybury and Sheerwater wards from an independent and Labour respectively, but also lost 2 seats to the Liberal Democrats in Byfleet and Horsell West. [3] The Liberal Democrats were the most happy after gaining 3 seats to hold 15, which was their best election for the council in nearly 20 years. [3] Labour suffered a collapse in support losing both of the seats which they were defending in Maybury and Sheerwater and Kingfield and Westfield, leaving them with only 4 seats on the council but still holding the balance of power. [3]

Overall 7 sitting councillors were re-elected, [4] 2 were defeated and 6 new people were elected. [5] [6] Turnout in the election was 41%, [7] a rise from the 2003 election with the biggest increase in Maybury and Sheerwater where it nearly doubled to just under 44%. [3]

Following the election the Conservatives remained in control of the executive with Jim Armitage continuing as leader of the council. [8] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats took the leadership of all 3 Overview and Scrutiny Committees. [8]

Woking Local Election Result 2004 [7] [9]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 830+361.539.69,520+4.2%
  Conservative 522038.540.89,818-5.9%
  Labour 002-2010.22,462-2.9%
  UKIP 000006.81,631+4.9%
  Independent 001-101.6378-0.9%
  Health and Community Issues Party 000000.9218+0.9%
  Green 000000.135-0.3%

Ward results

Brookwood [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Goldenberg50949.3+5.2
Conservative Justin Boorman46745.3+2.1
Green Sandra Simkin353.4−6.0
Labour Eric Kennedy212.0−1.3
Majority424.0+3.1
Turnout 1,03254.5+10.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Byfleet [7] [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Roberts91838.0−6.8
Conservative Beryl Marlow85335.4−10.6
Independent Suzanne Kittelsen37815.7+15.7
UKIP Francis Squire1727.1+7.1
Labour Brian Cozens923.8−5.5
Majority652.6
Turnout 2,41343.3+2.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Goldsworth East (2) [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rosie Sharpley1,122
Liberal Democrats Robert Leach966
Conservative Gary Carey500
Conservative Bernard Wright358
Labour Christopher Martin196
UKIP Judith Squire194
Labour Celia Wand135
Health and Community Issues Party Michael Osman68
Turnout 3,53933
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Goldsworth West [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Eastwood56152.2−6.0
Conservative Jeremy Yates29727.6−4.3
UKIP Marcia Taylor12211.3+11.3
Labour John Bramall736.8−3.2
Health and Community Issues Party Shane Osman222.0+2.0
Majority26424.61.7
Turnout 1,07528.0+6.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Horsell East and Woodham [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Smith91457.6−1.1
Liberal Democrats John Craig38024.0+0.0
UKIP Michael Harvey20713.1−0.1
Labour John Pitt855.4+1.4
Majority53433.6−1.1
Turnout 1,58646.1+5.5
Conservative hold Swing
Horsell West [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ann-Marie Barker1,09042.7+1.2
Conservative Tony Branagan1,07842.2−7.9
UKIP Timothy Shaw2539.9+6.8
Labour Christopher Lowe1325.2−0.2
Majority120.5
Turnout 2,55347.4+5.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Kingfield and Westfield [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derek McCrum62938.6+19.8
Conservative Colin Kemp42125.9−2.2
Labour David Mitchell34921.4−22.1
UKIP Dennis Davey19912.2+2.6
Health and Community Issues Party Caroline Schwark301.8+1.8
Majority20812.7
Turnout 1,62840.3+11.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Knaphill [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Fisher1,25052.6+6.1
Liberal Democrats Bejan Shoraka97741.1−6.7
Labour Chanchal Kapoor1506.3+0.6
Majority27311.5
Turnout 2,37734.5+4.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Maybury and Sheerwater [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Riasat Khan1,14239.4+19.5
Labour Sabir Hussain99534.4−6.4
Liberal Democrats Colin Scott66122.8−4.5
Health and Community Issues Party Katrina Osman983.4−8.6
Majority1475.0
Turnout 2,89643.4+21.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Mount Hermon East [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Valerie Tinney80956.4−4.2
Liberal Democrats David Everett39727.7+0.3
UKIP Richard Squire1369.5+5.0
Labour Michael Byrne926.4−1.1
Majority41228.7−4.5
Turnout 1,43439.7+5.6
Conservative hold Swing
Mount Hermon West [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Johnson84054.1+3.6
Conservative Michele Maddock48531.3−11.1
UKIP Mark Kingston1519.7+7.4
Labour Vincenzo Congliaro764.9+0.1
Majority35522.8+14.7
Turnout 1,55240.3−0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Pyrford [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Fidler1,24462.9−9.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Grimshaw47023.8−1.1
UKIP Robin Milner19710.0+10.0
Labour Richard Cowley663.3+0.5
Majority77439.1−8.3
Turnout 1,97749.4+4.5
Conservative hold Swing

References

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  2. "Elections 2004: Results at a glance". The Guardian. 12 June 2004. p. 10.
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  6. "Six new faces get on board". getsurrey. 17 June 2004. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
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  9. "Local councils". Financial Times. 12 June 2004. p. 7.
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