2023 Waverley Borough Council election

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2023 Waverley Borough Council election
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All 50 seats to Waverley Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderPaul FollowsJohn WardStephen Mulliner (defeated)
Party Liberal Democrats Farnham Residents Conservative
Last election14 seats, 26.5%15 seats, 19.6%23 seats, 39.7%
Seats before161418
Seats won221310
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 13
Popular vote23,05810,46929,116
Percentage30.1%13.7%38.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.6%Decrease2.svg 5.9%Decrease2.svg 1.7%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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LeaderNick PalmerSteve Williams
Party Labour Independent Green
Last election2 seats, 6.7%1 seat, 1.9%2 seats, 4.9%
Seats before232
Seats won221
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote4,4882,9866,381
Percentage5.9%3.9%8.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.8%Increase2.svg 2.0%Increase2.svg 3.4%
Waverley UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Waverley Borough Council election
Leader before election

Paul Follows
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader after election

Paul Follows
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

The 2023 Waverley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Waverley Borough Council in Surrey, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

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Summary

New ward boundaries took effect for this election, reducing the number of seats from 57 to 50. [2]

The council was under no overall control prior to the election. The council remained under no overall control afterwards, being run by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Farnham Residents, Labour and the Green Party. The leader of the Conservative group, Stephen Mulliner, lost his seat. [3]

Election result

The overall results were: [4]

2023 Waverley Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 252200Increase2.svg 844.030.123,058+3.6
  Farnham Residents 141300Decrease2.svg 226.013.710,469–5.9
  Conservative 501000Decrease2.svg 1320.038.029,116–1.7
  Labour 13200Steady2.svg4.05.94,488–0.8
  Independent 4200Increase2.svg 14.03.92,986+2.0
  Green 9100Decrease2.svg 12.08.36,381+3.4
  Reform UK 2000Steady2.svg0.00.2115N/A
  TUSC 2000Steady2.svg0.0<0.128N/A

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Waverley Borough Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023. [5] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election: [6]

Alfold, Dunsfold & Hascombe

Alfold, Dunsfold & Hascombe (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Deanus* 572 60.3
Conservative Connor Relleen 394 41.6
Liberal Democrats Guy Palmer37739.8
Green Amanda Sampson25727.1
Labour Zahid Naqvi949.9
Majority
Turnout 94846.3
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bramley & Wonersh

Bramley & Wonersh (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Austen 1,673 57.7
Conservative Lauren Atkins 1,450 50.0
Conservative Michael Goodridge* 1,390 47.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Vivian1,07737.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Wright1,07337.0
Green Martin D'Arcy*90331.1
Labour Simon Hall2719.3
Labour Christopher Hard2037.0
Majority
Turnout 2,90143.7
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Chiddingfold

Chiddingfold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Busby* 668 75.1
Conservative Kathleen Thompson22124.9
Majority
Turnout 88941.6
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cranleigh East

Cranleigh East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Townsend* 1,351 64.0
Liberal Democrats Ruth Reed* 1,316 62.3
Liberal Democrats Ken Reed 1,207 57.1
Conservative Stephanie Kelly66631.5
Conservative Simon Chatfield61729.2
Conservative Dennis Davidson59728.3
Labour Mark West24611.6
Majority
Turnout 2,11239.4
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cranleigh West

Cranleigh West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Townsend* 1,110 59.9
Liberal Democrats Alan Morrison 836 45.1
Conservative Christopher Pierce68236.8
Conservative Thomas Cox62233.6
Labour Joseph Davies1136.1
Reform UK Arthur Barringer814.4
TUSC Laurence Dunn221.2
TUSC Ellie Waple60.3
Majority
Turnout 1,85240.7
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Elstead & Peper Harow

Elstead & Peper Harow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gemma Long 649 60.9
Conservative Sheila Dowell41639.1
Majority
Turnout 1,06548.2
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ewhurst & Ellens Green

Ewhurst & Ellens Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Higgins 462 51.2
Conservative Nigel Clowes37741.8
Reform UK Keith Nisbet343.8
Labour James Mitchell293.2
Majority
Turnout 90247.4
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Farnham Bourne

Farnham Bourne (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carole Cockburn* 776 50.8
Farnham Residents Christopher Murray 621 40.6
Farnham Residents Michaela Martin*61440.2
Conservative Aly Fitch53334.9
Green George Wilson35723.3
Majority
Turnout 1,52936.3
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Castle

Farnham Castle (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnham Residents Heather McClean 621 56.0
Farnham Residents George Hesse* 575 51.8
Labour Co-op John Gaskell42938.7
Conservative Clare Ovens18817.0
Conservative Anthony Watson17215.5
Majority
Turnout 1,10929.8
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Firgrove

Farnham Firgrove (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnham Residents Kika Mirylees 851 59.6
Farnham Residents Jerry Hyman 841 58.9
Labour Rebecca Birchwood45431.8
Conservative Arthur Forrest23916.7
Conservative William Page21314.9
Majority
Turnout 1,42833.4
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Heath End

Farnham Heath End (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnham Residents Michaela Wicks* 837 61.7
Farnham Residents Tony Fairclough 834 61.5
Labour Andrew Jones36026.5
Conservative Rosamund Croft23317.2
Conservative Timothy Stacey21415.8
Majority
Turnout 1,35732.5
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Moor Park

Farnham Moor Park (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnham Residents Andy MacLeod* 981 73.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Merryweather* 696 51.9
Conservative Sarah Austin39729.6
Conservative Sean Donovan-Smith27320.4
Majority
Turnout 1,34035.5
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Farnham North West

Farnham North West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnham Residents David Beaman* 668 68.1
Farnham Residents Graham White 578 58.9
Green Natasha Fletcher26126.6
Conservative Pat Frost21822.2
Conservative James Pressly13814.1
Majority
Turnout 98131.4
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Rowledge

Farnham Rowledge (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnham Residents John Ward* 893 58.7
Farnham Residents Peter Clark* 818 53.8
Conservative David Dearsley42527.9
Conservative Christopher Storey37924.9
Independent Mark Westcott34322.6
Majority
Turnout 1,52134.9
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Weybourne

Farnham Weybourne (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnham Residents Andrew Laughton 737 67.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Steijger 632 58.2
Conservative Ian Sampson21119.4
Conservative Anthony Lewis18717.2
Majority
Turnout 1,08531.8
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse

Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Rivers* 1,377 55.2
Green Stephen Williams* 1,280 51.3
Labour Nick Palmer* 1,061 42.5
Conservative Steve Cosser*98439.5
Conservative Ed Holliday95438.3
Conservative Daniel Husseini86034.5
Majority
Turnout 2,49442.7
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Godalming Central & Ockford

Godalming Central & Ockford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Follows* 897 71.4
Liberal Democrats Victoria Kiehl 839 66.8
Conservative Andrew Bolton37429.8
Conservative Daren Howell29723.6
Majority
Turnout 1,25637.1
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Godalming Farncombe & Catteshall

Godalming Farncombe & Catteshall (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Penny Rivers* 1,074 70.0
Labour Janet Crowe 718 46.8
Conservative Nick Williams47330.8
Conservative Robert Wells32721.3
Majority
Turnout 1,53539.3
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Godalming Holloway

Godalming Holloway (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Martin* 900 44.3
Liberal Democrats Adam Duce 899 44.3
Green Clare Weightman87142.9
Conservative Margaret Gray78838.8
Independent Adam Clark31015.3
Majority
Turnout 2,03052.8
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Haslemere East

Haslemere East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Nicholson* 1,169 49.2
Liberal Democrats Terry Weldon 1,122 47.2
Conservative Zoe Barker-Lomax 1,030 43.4
Conservative Stephen Mulliner*97641.1
Conservative Graham Betts93839.5
Green Claire Matthes90538.1
Labour Shirley Lewis32713.8
Majority
Turnout 2,37542.6
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Haslemere West

Haselmere West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Keen* 856 68.6
Liberal Democrats John Robini* 761 61.0
Conservative Stephen Fry29323.5
Conservative Tom Bridge25720.6
Labour Toby Westcott-White18314.7
Majority
Turnout 1,24735.3
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hindhead & Beacon Hill

Hindhead & Beacon Hill (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jerome Davidson* 801 55.9
Liberal Democrats Julian Spence* 745 52.0
Conservative Malcolm Carter65345.6
Conservative Ged Hall55939.0
Majority
Turnout 1,43237.2
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Western Commons

Western Commons (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Munro* 997 67.4
Conservative James Staunton 605 40.9
Green Susan Ryland60140.6
Conservative Nabeel Nasir36824.9
Majority
Turnout 1,47939.0
Registered electors
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Witley & Milford

Witley & Milford (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Maxine Gale* 1,336 53.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Law 1,064 42.7
Conservative Phoebe Sullivan 1,058 42.5
Conservative Gary Hudson1,05742.4
Green Mark Bray-Parry94638.0
Conservative Trevor Sadler*89235.8
Majority
Turnout 2,49041.7
Registered electors
Independent win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections

Farnham Castle

Farnham Castle: 18 April 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farnham Residents Alan Earwaker 307 32.5 −17.6
Liberal Democrats Theresa Meredith-Hardy27929.6New
Labour John Gaskell21723.0−11.7
Conservative Aly Fitch14114.9−0.2
Majority 282.9
Turnout 94425.0−4.8
Farnham Residents hold Swing

Witley and Milford

Witley and Milford: 2 May 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Laura Cavaliere 1,152 44.7 +2.0
Conservative Gary Hudson90235.0−7.4
Independent Tony Sollars52620.4New
Majority 2509.9
Turnout 2,580
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Godalming Biscombe & Charterhouse

Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse: 24 September 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Husseini 725 40.6 +6.1
Liberal Democrats James Barratt71440.0−15.2
Green David Faraday19510.9−40.4
Labour Ben Knight1518.5−34.0
Majority 110.6
Turnout 1,785
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Election of Borough Councillors". Waverley Borough Council. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "The Waverley (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2022/1136, retrieved 5 July 2023
  3. ↑ Gee, Daniel (5 May 2023). "Local elections 2023: Tories suffer heavy losses as Lib Dems increase grip on Waverley Borough Council". Haslemere Herald. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Waverley election result". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Waverley Borough Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Waverley Borough Council election - Thursday 4th May 2023". Waverley Borough Council. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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