2018 Woking Borough Council election

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2018 Woking Borough Council election
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  2016 3 May 2018 2019  

10 of the 30 seats on Woking Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats won1683
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote12,7708,1314,500
Percentage45.8%29.2%16.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.7%Increase2.svg 1.0%Increase2.svg 5.8%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Independent UKIP
Seats won30
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote1,731752
Percentage6.2%2.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.8%Decrease2.svg 2.7%

Woking UK local election 2018 map.svg
Map of Woking electoral results

The 2018 Woking Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect one third of members to Woking Borough Council in England coinciding with other local elections held across much of England. Elections in each ward are held in three years out of four. [1]

Contents

Woking was one of the boroughs subject to a trial of voter ID [2] requiring the production of photographic ID or 2 other forms of ID at the polling station. [3]

Results

The Conservatives lost one seat to the Liberal Democrats, with Mount Hermon councillor Mark Pengelly losing by a margin of just 17 votes to Liam Lyons, who had been defeated by Pengelly two years earlier. [4] The Conservatives also failed to win their target seats of Byfleet and St John's by narrow margins, and came within 10 votes of losing in Goldsworth Park, although they held their seats in Horsell, Knaphill, Heathlands and Pyrford with very large majorities.

The result meant that the Tory majority over all other parties on the council reduced from four to two, so the Conservatives still maintained overall control as they have done since 2007, counting a short period of minority administration. [4] Despite polling 3.2% in the all-out council elections in 2016, the Green Party did not field candidates. [5]

Woking Borough Council election, 2018 [5]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 5Decrease2.svg 150%111653.3312,77045.8Decrease2.svg 1.7
  Liberal Democrats 3Increase2.svg 1305826.668,13129.2Increase2.svg 1.0
  Labour 1Steady2.svg1023104,50016.1Increase2.svg 5.8
  Independent 1Steady2.svg1023101,7316.2Increase2.svg 0.8
  UKIP 0007522.7Decrease2.svg 2.7
Turnout 27,884
Conservative hold

Ward by ward

Successful incumbents are marked with a green tick: Yes check.svg, defeated incumbents with a red cross: X mark.svg

Byfleet and West Byfleet [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mary Ann Bridgeman Yes check.svgY1,178 40.9
Conservative Gary William Elson112539.1
Liberal Democrats Ellen Sophie Nicholson35212.2
Labour Mohammed Sakhawat Khan2257.8
Majority531.8
Turnout 2,880
Independent hold Swing
Canalside [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Ilyas Raja Yes check.svgY1,213 45.0
Conservative Robina Shaheen88332.8
Liberal Democrats John Francis Doran33812.5
Independent David Benjamin Severn1555.8
UKIP Terence J Knight1053.9
Majority33012.2
Turnout 2,694
Labour hold Swing
Goldsworth Park [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chitra Rana Yes check.svgY930 38.0
Liberal Democrats James Richard Sanderson92037.6
Labour Christopher David Martin50020.4
UKIP Troy de Leon953.9
Majority100.4
Turnout 2,445
Conservative hold Swing
Heathlands [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Michael Ashall 1,772 62.2
Liberal Democrats Thomas Edward Rimmer69524.4
Labour Elizabeth Anne Evans38313.4
Majority1,07737.8
Turnout 2,850
Conservative hold Swing
Hoe Valley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Deborah Elizabeth Hughes Yes check.svgY1,096 49.1
Conservative John Frederick Lawrence73933.1
Labour Geraldine Margaret Mitchell-Smith31214.0
UKIP Judith Diana Squire863.9
Majority35716.0
Turnout 2,233
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Horsell [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nancy Hazel Mary Martin 1,612 50.0
Liberal Democrats Anthony Laurence Kremer114135.4
Labour Conor Michael John Bakhuizen35711.1
UKIP Lynda Mary Sage1173.6
Majority47114.6
Turnout 3,227
Conservative hold Swing
Knaphill [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Deborah Harlow Yes check.svgY1,376 53.9
Independent Hassan Badrudin Akberali39815.6
Liberal Democrats Jamie Diane Roscoe-Jones39115.3
Labour Colin Robert Bright38715.2
Majority97838.3
Turnout 2,552
Conservative hold Swing
Mount Hermon [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Liam Stuart Lyons 1,300 43.1
Conservative Mark Russell John Pengelly X mark.svgN128342.5
Labour Sabir Hussain37412.4
UKIP Richard Peter Farr Squire622.1
Majority170.6
Turnout 3,019
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Pyrford [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rashid Mohammed Yes check.svgY2,076 59.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Michael Lachowicz67921.4
Labour Geoffrey Folk O'Shea44714.4
UKIP Robin Deller Milner1675.3
Majority1,20837.9
Turnout 3,180
Conservative hold Swing
St Johns [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Howard Yes check.svgY1,219 43.5
Conservative Steven James Royston Dorsett116341.5
Labour John Scott-Morgan30210.8
UKIP Timothy Martin Read1204.3
Majority562.0
Turnout 2,804
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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