The 2022 Woking Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect one third of members to Woking Borough Council in England coinciding with other local elections held across much of England. In this election, the Liberal Democrats gained control of the council after gaining 4 seats from the Conservative Party. In the Overall Results and the individual Ward Results charts below, the results of 2022 are compared to those of four years previously, in 2018. In 2018, the Conservatives had secured a relatively successful local election result in Woking, winning 5 out of the 10 seats and achieving 45.8% of the overall vote.
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 4 | 70.0 | 9 | 16 | 53.3 | 14,021 | 47.3 | 18.1 | |
Independent | 2 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 3 | 10.0 | 3,089 | 10.4 | 4.2 | |
Labour | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 3 | 10.0 | 1,794 | 6.1 | 10.0 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 8 | 8 | 26.7 | 9,108 | 30.8 | 15.0 | |
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,404 | 4.7 | New | ||
Heritage | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 198 | 0.7 | New | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Daryl Jordan | 1,692 | 52.4 | 11.5 | |
Conservative | Dan Siddiqi | 840 | 26.0 | 13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Martin | 694 | 21.5 | 9.3 | |
Majority | 852 | 26.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,238 | 37.2 | 3.7 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Ilyas Raja | 1,310 | 48.4 | 3.4 | |
Conservative | Ayyaz Mahmood | 937 | 34.6 | 1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ilan Calyradja | 462 | 17.1 | 4.6 | |
Majority | 373 | 13.8 | 1.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,726 | 37.9 | 1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Stephen Oades | 1,641 | 66.4 | 28.8 | |
Conservative | Chitra Rana | 829 | 33.6 | 4.4 | |
Majority | 812 | 32.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,497 | 36.7 | 1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Guy Cosnahan | 1,507 | 49.2 | 24.8 | |
Conservative | Simon Ashall | 1,088 | 35.5 | 26.7 | |
Green | Jennifer Mason | 409 | 13.4 | New | |
Heritage | Judith Squire | 58 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 419 | 13.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,067 | 43.5 | 2.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Andy Caulfield | 1,506 | 63.8 | 14.7 | |
Conservative | Sonal Sher | 484 | 20.5 | 12.6 | |
Labour | Christopher Martin | 221 | 9.4 | 4.6 | |
Green | Ivica Petrikova | 148 | 6.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,022 | 43.3 | 27.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,365 | 33.3 | 1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Morley | 2,285 | 61.8 | 26.4 | |
Conservative | Philip Gent | 1,173 | 31.7 | 18.3 | |
Green | Nigel Ridgeon | 240 | 6.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,112 | 30.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,717 | 52.1 | 6.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Hassan Akberali | 1,397 | 48.1 | 32.5 | |
Conservative | Debbie Harlow | 1,019 | 35.1 | 18.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Erica Singharay | 489 | 16.8 | 1.5 | |
Majority | 378 | 13.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,918 | 36.6 | 4.3 | ||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Liam Lyons | 1,974 | 64.5 | 21.4 | |
Conservative | Chan Keaney | 782 | 25.6 | 16.9 | |
Green | Jim Craig | 250 | 8.2 | New | |
Heritage | Richard Squire | 53 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,192 | 38.9 | 38.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,068 | 41.0 | 0.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Peter Graves | 1,743 | 53.2 | 31.8 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Rashid | 1,147 | 35.0 | 24.3 | |
Labour | Raul Lai | 263 | 8.0 | 6.4 | |
Green | Anna Platoni | 124 | 3.8 | New | |
Majority | 596 | 18.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,296 | 43.9 | 1.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Tom Spenser | 1,720 | 60.4 | 16.9 | |
Conservative | Paul Smith | 809 | 28.4 | 13.1 | |
Green | Kate Kett | 233 | 8.2 | New | |
Heritage | Tim Read | 87 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 911 | 32.0 | 30.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,858 | 40.3 | 0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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