Will Forster | |
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Member of Parliament for Woking | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Jonathan Lord |
Majority | 11,246 (23.26%) |
Mayor of Woking | |
In office 17 May 2018 –16 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Graham Cundy |
Succeeded by | Beryl Hunwicks |
Personal details | |
Born | William Paul Forster-Warner 15 August 1986 |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Residence(s) | Westfield,Woking |
William Paul Forster-Warner,known locally as Will Forster (born 15 August 1986) is a British Liberal Democrat politician,serving since 2024 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Woking. He has also served since 2009 as councillor for Woking South on Surrey County Council, [1] and since 2011,he has additionally served as councillor for the Hoe Valley ward (previously Kingfield and Westfield) on Woking Borough Council. [2]
Between 2018 and 2019,Forster served as Mayor of Woking. [3]
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. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Will Forster [6] | 24,019 | 49.9% | +18.8% | |
Conservative | Jonathan Lord | 12,773 | 26.5% | –21.8% | |
Reform UK | Richard Barker [7] | 4,888 | 10.2% | +10.2% | |
Labour | Ese Erheriene [8] | 4,444 | 9.2% | –7.5% | |
Green | Nataly Anderson [9] | 1,853 | 3.8% | +1.0% | |
Heritage | Tim Read | 168 | 0.3% | +0.3% | |
Majority | 11,246 | 23.26% | |||
Turnout | 48,145 | 66% | –4.40% | ||
Registered electors | 72,977 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jonathan Lord | 26,396 | 48.9 | –5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Will Forster | 16,629 | 30.8 | +13.3 | |
Labour | Gerry Mitchell | 8,827 | 16.4 | –7.5 | |
Green | Ella Walding | 1,485 | 2.8 | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Troy de Leon | 600 | 1.1 | –1.0 | |
Majority | 9,767 | 18.1 | –12.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,933 | 71.5 | –1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 75,455 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | –9.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jonathan Lord | 29,903 | 54.1 | -2.1 | |
Labour | Fiona Colley | 13,179 | 23.9 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Will Forster | 9,711 | 17.6 | +5.9 | |
UKIP | Troy de Leon | 1,161 | 2.1 | -9.2 | |
Green | James Brierley | 1,092 | 2.0 | -2.1 | |
Independent | Hassan Akberali | 200 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,724 | 30.2 | -9.8 | ||
Turnout | 55,246 | 72.5 | +2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.9 | |||
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