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The 2024 Woking Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Woking Borough Council. There were 11 of the 30 seats of the council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Hoe Valley ward. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England. [2]
The Liberal Democrats have had a majority of seats on the council since 2022, winning a further additional four seats in this election to strengthen their hold. The Conservatives have lost seats in every Woking Borough Council election from 2018 onwards and the Labour Party has now been reduced to just one seat. With the exception of Labour’s single seat and the five independent councillors, no other political party has a seat on the council.
| After 2023 election | Before 2024 election [3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 20 | Liberal Democrats | 19 | ||
| Conservative | 4 | Conservative | 4 | ||
| Independent | 3 | Independent | 4 | ||
| Labour | 3 | Labour | 2 | ||
| Vacant | 1 | ||||
Changes 2023–2024:
The Liberal Democrats retained control of the council, increasing their number by four seats. The Conservatives lost all their remaining seats on the council. [6]
| 2024 Woking Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 10 |  4 | 90.9 | 14 | 24 | 80.0 | 16,080 | 53.7 | +3.6 | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 9.1 | 4 | 5 | 16.7 | 1,383 | 4.6 | –4.2 | |
| Labour | 0 |  1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.3 | 3,913 | 13.1 | +2.7 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,454 | 24.9 | +0.3 | |
| Green | 0 |  | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 495 | 1.7 | –3.8 | |
| Heritage | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 235 | 0.8 | +0.1 | |
| Reform UK | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 224 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| TUSC | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 145 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Steve Howes | 1,383 | 44.7 | −13.9 | |
| Conservative | Josh Brown* | 1,062 | 34.3 | +13.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Erica Singharay | 349 | 11.3 | +0.3 | |
| Labour | Oliver Lester | 302 | 9.8 | +3.6 | |
| Majority | 321 | 10.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,096 | 34.65 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,957 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Faisal Mumtaz | 1,224 | 42.2 | +19.1 | |
| Labour | Tahir Aziz* | 1,195 | 41.2 | −6.3 | |
| Conservative | Trevor Leek | 402 | 13.9 | −5.2 | |
| TUSC | Eleanor Waple | 80 | 2.8 | New | |
| Majority | 29 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,901 | 35.57 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,258 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ann-Marie Barker* | 1,505 | 68.5 | +11.5 | |
| Conservative | Debbie Harlow | 362 | 16.5 | −8.8 | |
| Labour | Chris Martin | 329 | 15.0 | +4.2 | |
| Majority | 1,143 | 52.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,196 | 32.50 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,863 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Pav Pandher | 1,484 | 51.4 | −4.0 | |
| Conservative | Kevin Davis* | 833 | 28.9 | −4.1 | |
| Reform UK | Allan Petrie | 224 | 7.8 | New | |
| Labour | Sebastian Purbrick | 181 | 6.3 | +1.9 | |
| Green | Paul Hoekstra | 136 | 4.7 | −0.4 | |
| Heritage | Judith Squire | 28 | 1.0 | −0.7 | |
| Majority | 651 | 22.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,886 | 40.74 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,118 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Will Forster* | 1,569 | 69.7 | +2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tom Bonsundy-O'Bryan | 1,311 | 58.2 | −9.3 | |
| Conservative | John Lawrence | 358 | 15.9 | +0.1 | |
| Conservative | Martin Benstead | 298 | 13.2 | −2.6 | |
| Labour | Francis Anyaegbu | 273 | 12.1 | +3.0 | |
| Labour | Samar Chaudhary | 239 | 10.6 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 953 | 42.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,251 | 31.26 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,335 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Melisa Kuipers | 2,177 | 66.7 | +3.7 | |
| Conservative | Colin Scott | 713 | 21.8 | −4.4 | |
| Green | Christine Murphy | 180 | 5.5 | −0.3 | |
| Labour | John Scott-Morgan | 159 | 4.9 | +0.6 | |
| TUSC | Emma Stephens-Ducros | 36 | 1.1 | New | |
| Majority | 1,464 | 44.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,265 | 45.24 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,299 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Pearce | 1,460 | 46.8 | +7.7 | |
| Conservative | Saj Hussain* | 1,257 | 40.3 | +14.4 | |
| Labour | Dan Sampson | 403 | 12.9 | +6.8 | |
| Majority | 203 | 6.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,120 | 38.36 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,191 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ellen Nicholson* | 1,752 | 61.5 | +2.8 | |
| Conservative | John Varghese | 574 | 20.1 | −3.6 | |
| Labour | Mike Kelly | 263 | 9.2 | +1.5 | |
| Green | Cecilia Townley | 179 | 6.3 | −1.4 | |
| Heritage | Richard Squire | 52 | 1.8 | +0.1 | |
| TUSC | Ravern Dimitrii-Simone | 29 | 1.0 | New | |
| Majority | 1,178 | 41.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,849 | 36.93 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,768 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Attia Aslam | 1,533 | 51.0 | −6.7 | |
| Conservative | Steve Dorsett* | 1,148 | 38.2 | +8.9 | |
| Labour | Sean O'Malley | 323 | 10.8 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 385 | 12.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,004 | 40.07 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,587 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dale Roberts* | 1,716 | 66.9 | +3.3 | |
| Conservative | Ben Maynard | 447 | 17.4 | −3.3 | |
| Labour | Simona Popa | 246 | 9.6 | +2.8 | |
| Heritage | Tim Read | 155 | 6.0 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 1,269 | 49.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,564 | 35.65 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,239 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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