2010 Woking Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2010 Woking council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010. Woking UK local election 2010 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2010 Woking council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.

The 2010 Woking Council election took place on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the 2010 general election, 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:

Background

After the last election in 2008 the Conservatives held a majority on the council with 19 seats, compared to 17 for the Liberal Democrats. [3] However, in July 2009 the Conservatives lost their majority after councillor Peter Ankers resigned from the Conservatives to sit as an independent. [4]

13 of the 36 seats on the council were contested in the election with the leader of the council, Conservative John Kingsbury, among the councillors who were defending seats. [5] Byfleet ward saw 2 seats being contested after Conservative councillor Simon Hutton resigned from the council earlier in the year. [6]

Election result

The results saw no party win a majority, with the Conservatives the largest party on 18 seats, the Liberal Democrats on 17 and 1 Independent. [7] The Conservatives gained 1 seat in Mount Hermon East after Carl Thomson defeated Liberal Democrat councillor Norman Johns. However, the Liberal Democrats took another seat back after winning one of the two seats contested in Byfleet ward. [6] Among the Conservatives to hold their seats was Mohammed Iqbal in Maybury and Sheerwater ward, who was therefore able to become the first Asian mayor of Woking. [6] Overall turnout in the election was 69.73%. [8]

The election also saw Jonathan Lord win the Woking parliamentary constituency with 26,551 votes, beating Liberal Democrat Rosie Sharpley into second place. [9] The seat had previously been held by Humfrey Malins, who announced his intention to stand down in 2009. [10]

Woking Local Election Result 2010 [8] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 711053.842.618,287-1.5%
  Conservative 611046.244.118,940-2.6%
  Labour 000007.83,338+3.2%
  UKIP 000005.52,361+0.9%

Ward results

Map of the results of the 2010 Woking council election showing ward names. Coloured by party which finished top in each ward. Woking 2010 election map.png
Map of the results of the 2010 Woking council election showing ward names. Coloured by party which finished top in each ward.
Byfleet (2) [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Farrant1,657
Liberal Democrats Barnabas Shelbourne1,655
Conservative Irene Watson Green1,609
Liberal Democrats Richard Stennett1,469
UKIP Richard Squire364
Labour Celia Wand310
Labour Michael Wood289
Turnout 7,35369.5+25.4
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Goldsworth East [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bryan Cross1,86150.4−8.0
Conservative Hilary Addison1,26734.3+4.0
Labour Tom Crisp37310.1+4.5
UKIP Marcia Taylor1895.1−0.7
Majority59416.1−12.0
Turnout 3,69066.3+26.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Goldsworth West [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Denzil Coulson1,27151.6−3.7
Conservative Anthony Casey85034.5+3.6
Labour Paul Brown2208.9−0.8
UKIP Leo Dix1214.9+0.7
Majority42117.1−7.3
Turnout 2,46264.5+33.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hermitage and Knaphill South [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Howard1,35250.3−13.9
Conservative Valerian Hopkins89633.3+11.6
UKIP Duncan Clarke2489.2+2.1
Labour Chancal Kapoor1927.1+0.1
Majority45617.0−25.5
Turnout 2,68867.2+30.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Horsell West [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ann-Marie Barker1,85245.0+0.7
Conservative Simon Ashall1,80543.8−4.2
UKIP Timothy Shaw2455.9+1.4
Labour Colin Bright2175.3+2.1
Majority471.2
Turnout 4,11976.7+27.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Knaphill [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Sharp2,12842.9−6.9
Conservative Alexander Callaby2,10742.5−2.9
Labour Richard Ford3947.9+7.9
UKIP Matthew Davies3326.7+2.0
Majority210.4−4.0
Turnout 4,96169.5+30.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Maybury and Sheerwater [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iqbal Mohammed2,03443.0+8.0
Liberal Democrats Jamil Shabbana1,87139.5−9.6
Labour Stephen Tudhope52511.1−0.4
UKIP Pamela Wellstead3056.4+2.0
Majority1633.5
Turnout 4,73566.4+17.8
Conservative hold Swing
Mayford and Sutton Green [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Bellord84054.5−16.5
Liberal Democrats William Forster-Warner60639.4+19.3
UKIP David Roe493.2−1.5
Labour Linda Kendall452.9−1.3
Majority23415.2−35.7
Turnout 1,54081.2+30.8
Conservative hold Swing
Mount Hermon East [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carl Thomson1,29148.1−6.2
Liberal Democrats Norman Johns1,17543.8+1.4
Labour Sabir Hussain1495.6+5.6
UKIP Judith Squire672.5−0.7
Majority1164.3−7.6
Turnout 2,68270.8+23.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Mount Hermon West [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Liam Lyons1,40948.7−12.3
Conservative Alexander Celesius1,11438.5+2.6
Labour Elizabeth Evans2548.8+8.8
UKIP Mary Kingston1184.1+1.1
Majority29510.2−14.9
Turnout 2,89564.7+26.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Johns and Hook Heath [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Kingsbury1,59060.0−12.6
Liberal Democrats Diana Landon74328.0+5.3
UKIP Marion Free1596.0+1.3
Labour John Scott-Morgan1586.0+6.0
Majority84732.0−17.9
Turnout 2,65074.6+33.4
Conservative hold Swing
West Byfleet [8] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Elson1,88059.7−13.7
Liberal Democrats Toby Matthews89528.4+6.7
Labour Audrey Worgan2126.7+6.7
UKIP Robin Milner1645.2+0.4
Majority98531.3−20.4
Turnout 3,15174.2+35.0
Conservative hold Swing

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