2012 Woking Borough Council election

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Results of the 2012 Woking Borough Council election

The 2012 Woking Borough District Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of the Woking Borough Council. [1] [2] Of the 12 available seats, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats tied by winning six seats each. [3] [4]

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Election result

Woking Borough Election, 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 650%43.40%8,828
  Labour 00%15.30%3,116
  Liberal Democrats 650%32.70%6,639
  Peace 00%0.20%34
  UKIP 00%8.40%1,714

Ward results

Brookwood (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Davis46870.40%
Labour Rebecca Geach7411.10%
Liberal Democrats Norman Johns12318.50%
Majority
Turnout 66534.90%
Byfleet (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Brailsford64434.60%
Labour Anthony Mullins1387.40%−3.60%
Liberal Democrats Anne Roberts95251.10%
UKIP Mathew Waters1286.90%
Majority
Turnout 1,86233.20%−12.0
Goldsworth East (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Crisp35016.60%+10.00%
Conservative Colin Kemp68032.20%
UKIP Pamela Wellstead1286.10%
Liberal Democrats Amanda Van Niekerk95245.10%+1.10%
Majority
Turnout 2,11034.40%−12.20
Goldsworth West (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Laura Ashall27028.60%
Liberal Democrats Ian Eastwood51554.50%
Labour Audrey Worgan16016.90%
Majority
Turnout 94524.90%
Horsell East & Woodham (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Terence Knight15411.10%
Labour Jill Rawling14310.30%
Liberal Democrats James Sanderson18813.50%−1.70%
Conservative Michael Smith90565.10%
Majority
Turnout 1,39037.50%−17.7
Horsell West (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Branagan1,09652.20%
Labour Colin Bright32911.30%
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Johnson59228.20%
UKIP Timothy Shaw1969.30%+1.40%
Majority
Turnout 2,09939.10%−15.3
Kingfield & Westfield (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Brown32623.50%
UKIP Rob Burberry14910.70%
Conservative John Lawrence30421.90%
Liberal Democrats Derek McCrum434
Peace Julie Roxburgh9
Majority
Turnout 1,38734.30%−11.3
Knaphill (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Matthew Davies27311.20%+4.20%
Labour Richard Ford25410.40%−0.70%
Liberal Democrats Lisa Harding59324.20%−6.30%
Conservative Sajjad Hussain1,32754.20%
Majority
Turnout 2,34734.90%−11.6
Maybury & Sheerwater (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammad Ali1,072
Conservative Raza Babar68521.50%
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Bashir1,08834.10%
UKIP David Roe34510.80%−1.90%
Majority
Turnout 3,19043.90%−4.5

The election in Maybury and Sheerwater was voided by the Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey on petition. [5] The subsequent by-election was won by the Conservatives. [6]

Mount Hermon East (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Bittleston89869.40%
Labour Sabir Hussain14311.10%
Liberal Democrats Michael Wilson25319.60%
Majority
Turnout 1,29434.10%
Mount Hermon West (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Evans1309.10%
Liberal Democrats Ian Johnson69148.20%
Conservative Colin Scott51035.60%
UKIP Francis Squire1027.10%
Majority
Turnout 1,43331.60%
Pyrford (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ashley Bowes1,04163.60%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Grimshaw28717.50%−1.60%
UKIP Robin Milner19912.10%+5.20%
Labour Michael Wood1116.80%+0.10%
Majority
Turnout 1,63841.30%−17.0

References

  1. "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  2. "Election of Borough Councillors for the Wards of Woking Borough Council Summary of Results" (PDF). Woking Borough. n.d. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. "Local Election Results 2012". Local elections archive project. n.d. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (n.d.). "Woking Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  5. "Woking election candidate used illegal practices, judge rules". BBC News. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  6. "Tories win Woking by-election held after Lib Dem 'electoral fraud'". BBC News. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2022.