Woking Borough Council election, 2016

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Woking Borough Council election, 2016

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All 30 seats to Woking Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrat Labour
Seats won1773
Seat change–7–2+1
Popular vote34,98020,7077,647
Percentage47.51%28.13%10.39%
Swing———
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Independent UKIP Green
Seats won300
Seat change+2——
Popular vote3,9823,9562,351
Percentage5.41%5.37%3.19%
Swing———

The 2016 Woking Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other elections across the UK and the Police and Crime Commissioner election for Surrey Police.

Contents

Boundary changes coincided with a shrinking of the council, so all seats were up for election. In each ward, 3 candidates were elected, with the leading candidate being elected for 4 years, the second-placed candidate being elected for 3 years and the third-placed candidate being elected for 2 years. As a result, there will be no borough elections in 2017, but a third of the council will be up for re-election in each of 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Summary

Prior to the election, the Conservatives had a strong majority on the council, with 24 seats compared to 9 for the Liberal Democrats, 2 Labour councillors, and one independent.

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. The governing party since 2010, it is the largest in the House of Commons, with 313 Members of Parliament, and also has 249 members of the House of Lords, 18 members of the European Parliament, 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 8,916 local councillors.

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a centrist, liberal political party in the United Kingdom. It is currently led by Vince Cable. It has 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, one member of the European Parliament, five Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. At the height of its influence, the party served as junior partners in a coalition government with the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2015.

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

Despite remaining as the largest party, the result was considered poor for the Conservatives, who saw their majority reduced to two after losing seven sitting councillors. Independent councillors won all three seats in Byfleet, defeating Liberal Democrat Anne Roberts and Conservatives Gary Elson and Richard Wilson. The Liberal Democrats won seats back from the Conservatives in the new Hoe Valley ward, and defeated Conservative incumbents in Goldsworth Park and St Johns, while Labour took all three seats in Canalside, where the council was taking forward a controversial redevelopment scheme.

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.

In the Mount Hermon ward, Conservative councillor Carl Thomson and Liberal Democrat Liam Lyons both lost their seats, with 22 votes separating the second and fourth placed candidates.

As a result of the election, long-standing council leader Councillor John Kingsbury faced a vote of confidence from the Conservative group, but was ultimately nominated for another year as leader after no other candidate emerged. [2] Councillor Kingsbury later announced his retirement as council leader in 2017, and stood down as a councillor at the 2018 local elections. [3]

Woking Borough Council election, 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 17N/AN/A–756 2/3%47.51%34,980—
  Liberal Democrat 7N/AN/A–223 1/3%28.13%20,707—
  Labour 3N/AN/A+110%10.39%7,647—
  Independent 3N/AN/A+210%5.41%3,982—
  UKIP 0N/AN/A005.37%3,956—
  Green 0N/AN/A003.19%2,351—
Totals30N/AN/A–6100%100%73,623—

Ward by ward

Byfleet and West Byfleet

Byfleet and West Byfleet (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent John Edwin Bond (elected for 4 years)1,474
Independent Amanda Jayne Boote (elected for 3 years)1,385
Independent Mary Ann Bridgeman (elected for 2 years)1,123
Conservative Richard Arthur Gillard Wilson1,011
Conservative Gary William Elson929
Conservative Pauline Mary Hedges922
Liberal Democrat Anne Elizabeth Roberts724
Liberal Democrat Andrew Nigel Grimshaw582
Liberal Democrat Karon Jane Read534
UKIP Neil James Willetts295
Registered electors 8316
Turnout 334140.18%
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Canalside

Canalside (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Tahir Aziz (elected for 4 years)1,106
Labour Mohammad Ali (elected for 3 years)1,071
Labour Mohammad Ilyas Raja (elected for 2 years)1,060
Conservative Paula Jane Marcus868
Conservative Matthew Howard Provost829
Conservative Colin Patrick Scott807
UKIP David Simon Roe383
UKIP Judith Diana332
Liberal Democrat Rebecca Elisabeth Whale300
Green Christopher David Calvin Dykes281
Liberal Democrat Gareth Davies279
Liberal Democrat Norman Grenville Johns230
Registered electors 7517
Turnout 286238.07%
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Goldsworth Park

Goldsworth Park (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrat Ann-Marie Barker (elected for 4 years)894
Liberal Democrat Ian Eastwood (elected for 3 years)885
Conservative Chitra Rana (elected for 2 years)858
Conservative Laura Ashall847
Liberal Democrat James Richard Sanderson806
Conservative Rizwan Shah707
Labour John Scott-Morgan366
UKIP Troy de Leon356
Labour William Eric Owen327
Labour Robina Shaheen327
Green Eve Catherine Carnall219
Registered electors 7036
Turnout 251035.67%
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Heathlands

Heathlands (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Kevin Mark Davis (elected for 4 years)1,519
Conservative Ayesha Azad (elected for 3 years)1,462
Conservative Robert John Kingsbury (elected for 2 years)1,375
Liberal Democrat Margaret Marion Hill586
Liberal Democrat Henry David Kay555
Liberal Democrat Alison Jane Sanderson482
Green Anna Katharine Wright380
UKIP Richard Peter Farr Squire336
Labour John Martin316
Registered electors 7014
Turnout 271138.65%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hoe Valley

Hoe Valley (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrat Will Forster (elected for 4 years)1,126
Liberal Democrat Louise Mary Nell Morales (elected for 3 years)1,022
Liberal Democrat Deborah Elizabeth Hughes (elected for 2 years)967
Conservative Nathalie Bourne614
Conservative John Frederick Lawrence567
Conservative Daryl Martin Smith506
UKIP Jim Gore322
Labour Nigel Peter Jackson276
Labour Frances Louise Carpenter275
Labour Christopher David Martin249
Registered electors 6292
Turnout 235237.38%
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Horsell

Horsell (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Beryl Ann Hunwicks (elected for 4 years)1,744
Conservative Colin Sidney Kemp (elected for 3 years)1,651
Conservative Anne Elizabeth Murray (elected for 2 years)1,569
Liberal Democrat Anthony Laurence Kremer871
Liberal Democrat Rosemary Peta Johnson758
Liberal Democrat Samuel David Watts519
UKIP Stephen Anthony Herbert366
Labour Elizabeth Anne Evans348
Green Lucy Rhodes Dykes310
Labour Colin Robert Bright285
Labour Thomas George Willis244
Registered electors 7177
Turnout 313443.67%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Knaphill

Knaphill (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Sajjad Hussain (elected for 4 years)1,587
Conservative Melanie Anne Whitehand (elected for 3 years)1,333
Conservative Deborah Harlow (elected for 2 years)1,293
Green James William Brierley407
Liberal Democrat Vanessa Ellicott399
Liberal Democrat David Geoffrey Barker394
Labour Richard Peter Ford384
UKIP Terence John Knight372
Liberal Democrat Syed Waqar Haider Jaffri223
Registered electors 7506
Turnout 259134.52%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Mount Hermon

Mount Hermon (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David John Bittleston (elected for 4 years)1,289
Liberal Democrat Ian Johnson (elected for 3 years)1,168
Conservative Mark Russell John Pengelly (elected for 2 years)1,159
Conservative Carl William Thomson1,146
Liberal Democrat Liam Stuart Lyons1,104
Liberal Democrat Sinclair Aubrey Webster980
Green John Robert George Parkin379
UKIP Lynda Mary Sage229
Registered electors 7389
Turnout 278237.65%
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Pyrford

Pyrford (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Graham Gray Chrystie (elected for 4 years)1,892
Conservative Ashley Christian Lawrence Bowes
(elected for 3 years)		1,853
Conservative Rashid Mohammed (elected for 2 years)1,433
Liberal Democrat Ian Michael Lachowicz579
UKIP Robin Deller Millner523
Labour Misbah Zahid521
Labour David Williams492
Liberal Democrat Richard Peter John Sanderson497
Liberal Democrat Guy Tuson Cosnahan373
Registered electors 7346
Turnout 317243.18%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Johns

St Johns (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Graham Stephen Cundy (elected for 4 years)1,174
Conservative Hilary Jane Addison (elected for 3 years)1,098
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Howard (elected for 2 years)1,052
Liberal Democrat Christina Judith Liddington1,043
Conservative Paul Graham Smith938
Liberal Democrat Christopher James Took775
UKIP Timothy Martin Read442
Green Joel Benjamin Street375
Registered electors 7264
Turnout 265036.48%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News Online . Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "John Kingsbury still at the helm of the Woking realm". Woking News & Mail. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bittleston new leader of Woking Borough Council". Get Surrey. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Past election results". Woking Borough Council . Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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