Woking Borough Council elections

One third of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, 30 councillors have been elected from 10 wards. ^[1]

Political control

A borough called Woking had existed since 1974 and was controlled by the Conservative Party until the local elections in 1986. The partisan control of the borough has been as follows, with each poll electing one third of the seats, except where noted. ^{[2] [3]}

Composition of the council ^[4]

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats [a]	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (32 seats)
1973	19	12	1	0		Conservative
New ward boundaries (35 seats)
1976	27	8	0	0		Conservative
1978	27	8	0	0		Conservative
1979	27	8	0	0		Conservative
1980	25	9	1	0		Conservative
1982	24	7	4	0		Conservative
1983	21	8	6	0		Conservative
1984	20	7	8	0		Conservative
1986	15	8	12	0		No overall control
1987	15	7	13	0		No overall control
1988	15	6	14	0		No overall control
1990	16	6	13	0		No overall control
1991	15	5	14	1		No overall control
1992	19	5	11	0		Conservative
1994	17	5	13	0		No overall control
1995	13	7	14	1		No overall control
1996	10	7	18	0		Liberal Democrats
1998	11	7	16	1		No overall control
1999	12	7	14	2 [b]		No overall control
New ward boundaries (36 seats)
2000	14	5	16	1		No overall control
2002	17	5	13	1		No overall control
2003	17	6	12	1		No overall control
2004	17	4	15	0		No overall control
2006	15	3	18	0		No overall control
2007	19	0	17	0		Conservative
2008	19	0	17	0		Conservative
2010	18	0	17	1		No overall control
2011	20	0	16	0		Conservative
2012	21	0	15	0		Conservative
2014	23	1	11	1		Conservative
2015	24	2	9	1		Conservative
New ward boundaries (30 seats)
2016	17	3	7	3		Conservative
2018	16	3	8	3		Conservative
2019	14	3	10	3		No overall control
2021	13	3	12	2		No overall control
2022	8	3	16	3		Liberal Democrats
2023	4	3	20	3		Liberal Democrats
2024	0	1	24	5		Liberal Democrats

Election	Party in control		Contested	Refs
2024		Liberal Democrats	11 of 30	[5]
2023		Liberal Democrats	10 of 30	[6]
2022		Liberal Democrats	10 of 30	[7]
2021		No overall control	10 of 30	[8]
2019			10 of 30	[9] [10]
2018		Conservative	10 of 30	[11] [12]
2016 FW			30 of 30	[13] [14]
2015			12 of 36	[15]
2014			12 of 36	[16]
2012			12 of 36	[17]
2011			13 of 36	[17]
2010		No overall control	13 of 36	[17]
2009*			—	[2]
2008		Conservative	12 of 36	[17]
2007			12 of 36	[17]
2006		No overall control	13 of 36	[17]
2004			13 of 36	[17]
2003			13 of 36	[17]
2002			13 of 36	[17]
2000 FW			36 of 36	[17] [18] [19]
1999			12 of 35	[17]
1998			11 of 35	[17]
1996		Liberal Democrats	12 of 35	[17]
1995		No overall control	12 of 35	[17]
1994			11 of 35	[17]
1992		Conservative	12 of 35	[17]
1991		No overall control	12 of 35	[17]
1990			12 of 35	[17]
1988			15 of 35	[17]
1987			12 of 35	[17]
1986 B			12 of 35	[17] [20]
1984		Conservative	12 of 35	[17]
1983			13 of 35	[17]
1982			11 of 35	[17]
1980			12 of 35	[17]
1979 B			12 of 35	[17] [21]
1978			12 of 35	[17]
1976 FW			35 of 35	[17] [22]
1973 BF			34 of 34	[17]
B: New borough boundaries F: Full borough election W: New ward boundaries *: Change in control without election

Borough result maps

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  2000 results map
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  2002 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2016 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map
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  2024 results map

By-election results

1994-1998

Byfleet By-Election 14 November 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		927	60.6
	Conservative		318	20.8
	Labour		228	14.9
	UKIP		58	3.8
Majority			609	39.8
Turnout			1,531
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Byfleet By-Election 18 September 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		626	52.2	+2.4
	Conservative		357	29.8	+3.6
	Labour		217	18.1	−5.9
Majority			269	22.4
Turnout			1,200	21.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Knaphill By-Election 18 September 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		652	34.5	+34.5
	Conservative		545	28.9	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats		442	23.4	−16.9
	Labour		249	13.2	−8.6
Majority			107	5.6
Turnout			1,888	24.0
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

1998-2002

St Johns By-Election 10 June 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,426	56.3	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats		942	37.2	+1.3
	Labour		164	6.5	−1.3
Majority			484	19.1
Turnout			2,532	39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Byfleet By-Election 12 July 2001 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beryl Marlow	809	53.6	+15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Roberts	557	36.9	−14.8
	Labour	Raymond Holroyde	144	9.5	−0.8
Majority			252	16.7
Turnout			1,510	27.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2010-2014

Maybury and Sheerwater By-Election 17 September 2013 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rashid Mohammed	1,057	44.1	+22.6
	Labour	Stephen Tudhope	833	34.8	+1.2
	UKIP	Neil Willetts	255	10.6	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Johns	252	10.5	−23.6
Majority			224	9.3
Turnout			2,397
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2014-2018

Goldsworth East By-Election 18 October 2015 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Sanderson	594	37.8	+13.9
	Conservative	Sonia Elbaraka	562	35.8	−8.5
	Labour	James Butcher	262	16.7	−4.6
	UKIP	Tim Read	154	9.8	−0.7
Majority			32	2.0
Turnout			1,572
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Goldsworth West By-Election 18 October 2015 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chitra Rana	367	40.0	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Liddington	349	38.0	+0.3
	Labour	Robina Shaheen	105	11.4	+1.2
	UKIP	Troy de Leon	97	10.6	−8.6
Majority			18	2.0
Turnout			918
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2022-2026

Hoe Valley By-Election 10 July 2025 ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Hughes	1,118	62.8	−6.9
	Reform UK	Sean Flude	379	21.3	+21.3
	Conservative	Robert Kwiatkowski	130	7.3	−8.6
	Green	Paul Hoekstra	83	4.7	+4.7
	Labour	Samar Chaudhary	69	3.9	−8.2
Majority			739	41.5
Turnout			1,779
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Notes

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
2. Including 1 vacant seat

References

1. "About the Council". Woking Borough Council . Retrieved 4 May 2018.
2. Woodger, Beth (16 July 2009). "Tory councillor quits party in council debt protest". Get Surrey. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
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13. "The Woking (Electoral Changes) Order 2015", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2015/1462 Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
14. "Past election results". Woking Borough Council . Retrieved 8 May 2016. Cited in 2016 Woking Borough Council election, English Wikipedia , retrieved 5 May 2018.
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16. "Election of Borough Councillors for the Wards of Woking Borough Council Summary of Results" (PDF). Woking Borough Council. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
17. Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher (2012). "Woking Borough Council Election Results, 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, University of Plymouth . Retrieved 5 May 2018.
18. "The Borough of Woking (Electoral Changes) Order 1999", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2015/1462 Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
19. "Woking". BBC News Online . Retrieved 19 January 2010.
20. "The Surrey (District Boundaries) Order 1986", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1986/321 Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
21. The Runnymede and Woking (Areas) Order 1977
22. "The Borough of Woking (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1976/288 Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
23. "Byfleet By-Election Results". Woking Borough Council. 16 July 2001. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
24. "Local Elections Archive Project — Maybury and Sheerwater Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
25. "Local Elections Archive Project — Goldsworth East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
26. "Local Elections Archive Project — Goldsworth West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
27. "Local Elections Archive Project — Hoe Valley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2025.

• By-election results

External links

• Woking Borough Council