Woking Borough Council election, 2008

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Map of the results of the 2008 Woking council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008. Woking 2008 election map.png
Map of the results of the 2008 Woking council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008.

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. [1]

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Surrey County of England

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

13 seats were contested in the election with 42 candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour and United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). [3] Labour only put forward 6 candidates, while UKIP had candidates in every ward for the first time. [4] Since the 2007 election the Conservatives had held a majority on the council after a long period with no party holding a majority. [5]

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.

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives maintain their majority on the council with 19 seats compared to 17 for the Liberal Democrats. [4] Seven new councillors were elected after five sitting councillors stood down and 2 Liberal Democrats lost in the election. [4] The Conservatives gained seats from the Liberal Democrats in Brookwood and Horsell West, while the Liberal Democrats won seats back in Knaphill and Maybury and Sheerwater. [4] Overall turnout in the election at 43.46%, [6] was almost the same as the 43.6% seen in 2007. [4]

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

Brookwood, Surrey village in Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Brookwood is a village in Surrey, England, about 3 12 miles (5.6 km) west of Woking, with a mixture of semi-rural, woodland-set and archetypal suburban residential homes. It lies on the western border of the Woking Borough, with a small part of the village in Guildford Borough. As part of the 2016 boundary review Brookwood became part of the Heathlands ward which comprises Brookwood, Bridley, Hook Heath, Mayford, Sutton Green and Barnsbury and Wych Hill.

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.

Woking Local Election Result 2008 [6] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrat 722053.844.111,230+8.7%
  Conservative 622046.246.711,885-4.2%
  Labour 000004.61,178-4.1%
  UKIP 000004.61,160+0.1%

Ward results

Brookwood [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Glynis Preshaw48848.7+3.4
Liberal Democrat Michael Peel47747.6-1.7
UKIP William March191.9+1.9
Labour Richard Ford191.9-0.1
Majority111.1
Turnout 1,00352.9-1.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Byfleet [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Anne Roberts1,20450.6+7.6
Conservative Simon Farrant1,10646.5-10.5
UKIP Richard Squire682.9+2.9
Majority984.1
Turnout 2,37844.1+0.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Goldsworth East [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Rosie Sharpley1,26158.4+6.5
Conservative David Roe65430.3-7.1
UKIP Robert Burberry1265.8+2.5
Labour John Scott-Morgan1205.6-1.8
Majority60728.1+13.6
Turnout 2,16140.0-0.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Goldsworth West [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ian Eastwood66155.3-8.9
Conservative Anthony Casey36930.9+1.7
Labour Paul Brown1169.7+3.1
UKIP Leo Dix504.2+4.2
Majority29224.4-10.6
Turnout 1,19631.3-1.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Horsell East and Woodham [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Smith1,10070.3-0.8
Liberal Democrat John Doran33421.4+3.0
UKIP Marion Free1308.3+1.8
Majority76648.9-3.8
Turnout 1,56444.5-3.4
Conservative hold Swing
Horsell West [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Anthony Branagan1,24948.0-2.7
Liberal Democrat Ann-Marie Barker1,15344.3+4.5
UKIP Timothy Shaw1174.5+0.3
Labour Audrey Worgan823.2-0.4
Majority963.7-7.2
Turnout 2,60149.3-2.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Kingfield and Westfield [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Derek McCrum69939.4+7.5
Conservative Carl Thomson50928.7-7.7
Labour John Martin47826.9+1.7
UKIP Dennis Davey885.0-1.4
Majority19010.7
Turnout 1,77444.9+1.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Knaphill [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Oliver Wells1,38049.8+7.3
Conservative Beryl Dunham1,25845.4+1.1
UKIP Duncan Clarke1314.7-3.1
Majority1224.4
Turnout 2,76939.5+2.3
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Maybury and Sheerwater [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Mohammed Bashir1,55149.1+14.9
Conservative Rashid Mohammed1,10435.0-3.8
Labour Nicholas Trier36311.5-10.4
UKIP Marcia Taylor1394.4+1.4
Majority44714.1
Turnout 3,15748.6+2.8
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Mount Hermon East [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Bittleston94254.3+10.1
Liberal Democrat Philip Goldenberg73642.4-6.0
UKIP Judith Squire563.2-0.7
Majority20611.9
Turnout 1,73447.4-1.3
Conservative hold Swing
Mount Hermon West [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ian Johnson96561.0+4.3
Conservative Valerian Hopkins56835.9+0.7
UKIP Mary Kingston483.0-1.5
Majority39725.1+3.6
Turnout 1,58137.9-5.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Pyrford [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ashley Bowes1,37970.5-5.8
Liberal Democrat Andrew Grimshaw46623.8+6.2
UKIP Robin Milner1125.7-0.5
Majority91346.7-12.0
Turnout 1,95739.2-12.2
Conservative hold Swing
West Byfleet [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Gary Elson1,15973.4-3.8
Liberal Democrat Michael Wilson34321.7+8.1
UKIP Graham Wood764.8+0.7
Majority81651.7-11.9
Turnout 1,57839.2-4.0
Conservative hold Swing

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