Woking Borough Council election, 2007

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Map of the results of the 2007 Woking council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007. Woking 2007 election map.png
Map of the results of the 2007 Woking council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007.

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. [1]

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Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

Campaign

The election saw 12 seats being contested with 2 sitting councillors standing down, Neville Hinks in Knaphill ward and Mehala Gosling in West Byfleet. [3] Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives were hoping to win control of the council, with the Liberal Democrats needing 1 more seat and the Conservatives 4. [4] Labour were defending 3 seats which were all threatened by either the Conservatives or Liberal Democrats. [4] The other parties standing in the election were the United Kingdom Independence Party, which was standing in more seats than Labour, and the UK Community Issues Party. [4]

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

Knaphill village in United Kingdom

Knaphill is an urban village in Surrey, England. To the east is Woking, to the west is Aldershot, while to the south and north on the A322 – which forms its effective western border – are Brookwood, and Bisley, respectively. Some of the village is set on a hill, hence the name. Knaphill has a cricket team formed in 2015. The team's home games are played at Waterers Park with an annual charity match in August. The club play against local teams such as Brookwood CC and Byfleet CC.

Byfleet inland island village forming a suburb of Woking in Surrey, England

Byfleet is a village in Surrey, England. It is located in the far east of the borough of Woking, around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of West Byfleet, from which it is separated by the M25 motorway and the Wey Navigation.

The Conseravtive campaign was described as being the strongest in years with the seats in Horsell and Knaphill being seen as critical in deciding who would control the council. [4]

Horsell village in United Kingdom

Horsell is a village in the borough of Woking in Surrey, England, less than a mile north-west of Woking town centre. In November 2012, its population was 9,384. Horsell is integral to H. G. Wells' classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds, the sand pits of Horsell Common being the site of the first Martian landing. Horsell Common has since been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Another landmark is the McLaren Technology Centre, built on the northern edge of the common in the early 2000s for the McLaren Group.

Election result

The Conservatives won the election gaining a majority on the council, the first time any party had a majority since 1998 and the first time the Conservatives had held a majority since 1994. [5] The Conservatives gained 4 seats in Kingfield and Westfield, Maybury and Sheerwater, Knaphill and Horsell to hold 19 seats compared to 17 for the Liberal Democrats. [5] Meanwhile, Labour lost all 3 of their seats on the council including the party leader, Peter Ford, who lost in Old Woking to the Liberal Democrats. [5] This was the first time Labour had ever failed to have any councillors on Woking council. [6]

Sheerwater a town in Surrey, United Kindom

Sheerwater is a residential neighbourhood or small suburb of the Borough of Woking in Surrey, England, occasionally described as a village, between West Byfleet and Horsell. Its border is defined to the north by a gently winding part of the Basingstoke Canal and to the south by the South Western Main Line which passes from cutting level to that of an embankment. The neighbourhood has a business park and light industry at its south-western end. The whole area is linear, includes diverse green spaces to north and south, and covers 0.92 square kilometres (0.36 sq mi) or 92 hectares.

The Conservatives won almost 51% of the vote compared to their closest challengers, the Liberal Democrats, on just over 35%, [6] with overall turnout in the election being 43.60%. [7] Following the election the Conservative Anne Murray was expected to take over as leader of the council from Liberal Democrat Sue Smith. [5]

Voter turnout percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election

Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. Eligibility varies by country, and the voting-eligible population should not be confused with the total adult population. Age and citizenship status are often among the criteria used to determine eligibility, but some countries further restrict eligibility based on sex, race, or religion.

Woking Local Election Result 2007 [2] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 940+475.050.912,110+5.7%
  Liberal Democrat 312-125.035.48,426-5.6%
  Labour 003-308.72,063+0.6%
  UKIP 000004.51,062+1.1%
 UK Community Issues Party000000.5110-0.4%

Ward results

Byfleet [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Simon Hutton1,34657.0+11.3
Liberal Democrat John Faulkner1,01743.0-2.6
Majority32914.0+13.9
Turnout 2,36344.0+2.1
Conservative hold Swing
Goldsworth East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Rob Leach1,15051.9+1.3
Conservative Hilary Addison82937.4-3.0
Labour Colin Bright1637.4-2.0
UKIP Judith Squire723.3+3.3
Majority32114.5+4.3
Turnout 2,21440.9+1.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Hermitage and Knaphill South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Tina Liddington92564.2+10.2
Conservative David Bittleston31321.7-16.3
UKIP Mary Kingston1027.1+7.1
Labour Graeme Carman1017.0-1.0
Majority61242.5+26.5
Turnout 1,44136.3+0.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Horsell East and Woodham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Anne Murray1,18671.1+13.5
Liberal Democrat John Doran30718.4-5.6
UKIP Marion Free1086.5-6.6
Labour John Pitt664.0-1.4
Majority87952.7+19.1
Turnout 1,66747.9+1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Horsell West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Beryl Hunwicks1,39550.7
Liberal Democrat Gareth Davies1,09339.8
UKIP Timothy Shaw1164.2
Labour Janice Worgan983.6
UK Community Issues Party Katrina Osman471.7
Majority30210.9
Turnout 2,74951.8+0.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Kingfield and Westfield [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stewart Brown60236.4+10.5
Liberal Democrat Paul Owen52731.9-6.7
Labour John Martin41725.2+3.8
UKIP Dennis Davey1066.4-5.8
Majority754.5
Turnout 1,65243.0+2.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Knaphill [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Melanie Whitehand1,15844.3+7.2
Liberal Democrat Christian Morgan-Jones1,11342.5-6.9
UKIP Matthew Davies2037.8+0.3
Labour Christopher Martin1425.4-0.6
Majority451.8
Turnout 2,61637.2-0.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Maybury and Sheerwater [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Muzaffar Ali1,17738.8-9.8
Liberal Democrat Mohammed Bashir1,04034.2+20.3
Labour Elizabeth Evans66521.9-10.2
UKIP Rob Burberry923.0+3.0
UK Community Issues Party Michael Osman632.1-3.3
Majority1374.6
Turnout 3,03745.8+3.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Old Woking [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Colin Scott33739.7+0.7
Labour Peter Ford32538.3-4.3
Conservative Ashley Bowes18722.0+3.6
Majority121.4
Turnout 84941.0+3.8
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Pyrford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Ankers1,56076.3+13.4
Liberal Democrat John Magid35917.6-6.2
UKIP Robin Milner1266.2-3.8
Majority1,20158.7+19.6
Turnout 2,04551.4+2.0
Conservative hold Swing
St Johns and Hook Heath [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Graham Cundy1,04472.6+9.2
Liberal Democrat Andrew Larkham32622.7+4.9
UKIP Marcia Taylor684.7+1.3
Majority71849.9+4.3
Turnout 1,43841.2-2.1
Conservative hold Swing
West Byfleet [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Richard Wilson1,31377.2+10.4
Liberal Democrat Rashad Raja23213.6-0.5
Labour Mike Kelly865.1+0.2
UKIP Richard Squire694.1+0.9
Majority1,08163.6+10.9
Turnout 1,70043.2-1.4
Conservative hold Swing

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