The 2006 Woking Council election took place on 4 May 2006 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]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
6 sitting councillors stood down at the election including the former Conservative leader of the council Jim Armitage and the independent Mike Copham who had resigned from the Conservatives. [3]
Housing and development was a contentious issue during the campaign, with the council being required to build 240 houses a year for the next 20 years under the South East Plan. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats fought the election on a platform of opposing overdevelopment and protecting the green belt. [4]
The campaign saw allegations of electoral fraud in Woking, which were investigated by the police. [5] [6] These included claims of multiple voter registrations at 6 addresses in Maybury and Sheerwater, intimidation and that blank postal votes had been given community leaders. [5] [6] The investigation saw one man arrested on suspicion of impersonating another voter. [7]
The results saw the Liberal Democrats become the largest party on the council with 18 seats as compared to 15 for the Conservatives. [8] The Conservatives failed to take any seats from the Liberal Democrats, who gained 3 seats in Horsell West, Knaphill and Mount Hermon East wards and almost won a majority on the council for the first time since 1998 after losing by just 2 votes in Byfleet after 4 recounts. [8] [9] Despite this the Conservatives took more votes across the council than the Liberal Democrats and made a gain from Labour in Maybury and Sheerwater. [8] Labour was reduced to only 3 seats on the council after losing in Maybury and Sheerwater, which was the only ward where they won more than 200 votes. [8] Overall turnout in the election was 42.17%. [10]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 61.5 | 41.0 | 10,450 | +1.4% | |
Conservative | 5 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 38.5 | 45.2 | 11,527 | +4.4% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 8.1 | 2,063 | -2.1% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 865 | -3.4% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1.5 | 384 | -0.1% | |
UK Community Issues Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 229 | +0.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irene Watson Green | 1,049 | 45.7 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Kittelsen | 1,047 | 45.6 | +7.6 | |
Labour | David Mitchell | 113 | 4.9 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Marion Free | 88 | 3.8 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,297 | 41.9 | −1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bryan Cross | 1,062 | 50.6 | ||
Conservative | Hilary Addison | 840 | 40.4 | ||
Labour | Chanchal Kapoor | 198 | 9.4 | ||
Majority | 222 | 10.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,100 | 39.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Denzil Coulson | 810 | 64.2 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Manish Gajjar | 368 | 29.2 | +1.6 | |
Labour | John Bramall | 83 | 6.6 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 442 | 35.0 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,261 | 32.9 | +4.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Howard | 760 | 54.0 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Valerian Hopkins | 535 | 38.0 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Graeme Carman | 112 | 8.0 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 225 | 16.0 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,407 | 35.5 | +9.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Sanderson | 1,297 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Davies | 1,242 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Branagan | 1,163 | |||
Conservative | Roger Wiltshire | 1,027 | |||
UKIP | Timothy Shaw | 172 | |||
Labour | Audrey Worgan | 119 | |||
UKIP | Richard Squire | 107 | |||
Labour | Christopher Lowe | 88 | |||
UK Community Issues Party | Michael Osman | 79 | |||
Turnout | 5,294 | 51.4 | +4.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Sharp | 1,302 | 49.4 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Anthony Hayes-Allen | 978 | 37.1 | −15.5 | |
UKIP | Matthew Davies | 198 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Linda Kendall | 157 | 6.0 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 324 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,635 | 38.1 | +3.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mohammed Iqbal | 1,357 | 48.6 | +9.2 | |
Labour | Mohammed Khan | 896 | 32.1 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Hough | 389 | 13.9 | −8.9 | |
UK Community Issues Party | Katrina Osman | 150 | 5.4 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 461 | 16.5 | +11.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,792 | 42.2 | −1.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Bellord | 675 | 71.0 | −4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Randall | 191 | 20.1 | +2.8 | |
UKIP | Dennis Davey | 45 | 4.7 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Christopher Martin | 40 | 4.2 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 484 | 50.9 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 951 | 50.4 | +5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Norman Johns | 860 | 48.4 | +20.7 | |
Conservative | David Bittleston | 786 | 44.2 | −12.2 | |
UKIP | Judith Squire | 69 | 3.9 | −5.6 | |
Labour | Michael Kelly | 62 | 3.5 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 74 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,777 | 48.7 | +9.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Susan Smith | 970 | 56.7 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Carl Thomson | 603 | 35.2 | +3.9 | |
UKIP | Mary Kingston | 77 | 4.5 | −5.2 | |
Labour | John Pitt | 62 | 3.6 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 367 | 21.5 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,712 | 43.3 | +3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Kingsbury | 963 | 63.4 | −9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Larkham | 271 | 17.8 | −3.8 | |
Independent | Adrian Gray | 188 | 12.4 | +12.4 | |
UKIP | Marcia Taylor | 52 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Colin Bright | 46 | 3.0 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 692 | 45.6 | −5.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,520 | 43.3 | +8.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Webber-Taylor | 1,183 | 66.8 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Wilson | 249 | 14.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Richard Wilson | 196 | 11.1 | −10.5 | |
Labour | Louise Every | 87 | 4.9 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | Robin Milner | 57 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 934 | 52.7 | +15.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,772 | 44.6 | +10.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
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