Will Forster | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Woking | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Lord |
| Majority | 11,246 (23.4%) |
| Mayor of Woking | |
| In office 17 May 2018 –16 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Graham Cundy |
| Succeeded by | Beryl Hunwicks |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
William Paul Forster [1] [2] is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Woking since 2024.
Forster grew up in Goldsworth Park and Horsell. He attended Horsell Church of England Junior School,Woking High School,and Woking College. [3] [ non-primary source needed ]
Forster previously lived in Westfield and now lives near Woking Park with his long-haired dachshund,Toffee. [3]
Forster has served as a councillor for Woking South on Surrey County Council since 2009. [4]
He served as a councillor for Kingfield and Westfield on Woking Borough Council from 2011 until the seat was re-named Hoe Valley in 2016. From 2016 to the present day,Forster has continued to served as a councillor for Hoe Valley. [5]
Forster was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the constituency of Woking in the 2019 general election,having been selected to contest the previous election in 2017. [2]
From 2018 to 2019,Forster served as Mayor of Woking. [6]
Will worked as ALDC Regional Development Officer from October 2018 until May 2022.
Between May 2022 and July 2024,Forster worked for the Liberal Democrats as a Campaign Manager for the South East,stepping down to pursue his successful parliamentary election campaign. [7]
On Thursday the 10th October,2024,Will Forster MP held his first adjournment debate in parliament to look at the rising cost of rail fares. Mr Forster labelled rail travel as a luxury that many can no longer afford and called on the Government to implement a freeze on rail fares,stating that commuters are "ironically risking debt to make a living."
During this debate,Mr. Forster broke decades of parliamentary convention by encouraging the participation of additional MP's from the Liberal Democrat benches,as opposed to the usual back and forth between the Minister responding to the MP leading the debate.
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The 2003 Woking Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey,England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The 2004 Woking Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey,England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The 2006 Woking Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey,England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The 2007 Woking Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
The 2008 Woking Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Westfield is an area in Woking borough,Surrey. Westfield marks the southern boundary of Woking altering from English archetypal suburban homes in the north to semi-rural homes,smallholdings,small woodlands and fields in the south,where it abuts areas of London's Metropolitan Green Belt.
The 2010 Woking Council election took place on 6 May 2010,on the same day as the 2010 general election,to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey,England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
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The 2021 Woking Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Across the whole of Surrey there was also the Surrey County Council election and the election to be Surrey’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). The Woking Borough Council election and the Surrey PCC election had both been delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. After the Borough elections the Conservative Party remained,by a margin of just one seat,the largest party on Woking Borough Council. Conservative Councillor Ayesha Azad continued to lead a Conservative minority administration,although the Council’s committee chairmanships were taken by opposition councillors.
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.
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