Woking Borough Council elections

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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]

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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]

ElectionParty in controlContestedRefs
2024 Liberal Democrats 11 of 30 [4]
2023 Liberal Democrats 10 of 30 [5]
2022 Liberal Democrats 10 of 30 [6]
2021 No overall control 10 of 30 [7]
2019 10 of 30 [8] [9]
2018 Conservative 10 of 30 [10] [11]
2016 FW30 of 30 [12] [13]
2015 12 of 36 [14]
2014 12 of 36 [15]
2012 12 of 36 [16]
2011 13 of 36 [16]
2010 No overall control 13 of 36 [16]
2009* [2]
2008 Conservative 12 of 36 [16]
2007 12 of 36 [16]
2006 No overall control 13 of 36 [16]
2004 13 of 36 [16]
2003 13 of 36 [16]
2002 13 of 36 [16]
2000 FW36 of 36 [16] [17] [18]
1999 12 of 35 [16]
1998 11 of 35 [16]
1996 Liberal Democrats 12 of 35 [16]
1995 No overall control 12 of 35 [16]
1994 11 of 35 [16]
1992 Conservative 12 of 35 [16]
1991 No overall control 12 of 35 [16]
1990 12 of 35 [16]
1988 15 of 35 [16]
1987 12 of 35 [16]
1986 B12 of 35 [16] [19]
1984 Conservative 12 of 35 [16]
1983 13 of 35 [16]
1982 11 of 35 [16]
1980 12 of 35 [16]
1979 B12 of 35 [16] [20]
1978 12 of 35 [16]
1976 FW35 of 35 [16] [21]
1973 BF34 of 34 [16]
B: New borough boundaries
F: Full borough election
W: New ward boundaries
*: Change in control without election

Borough result maps

By-election results

1994-1998

Byfleet By-Election 14 November 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 92760.6
Conservative 31820.8
Labour 22814.9
UKIP 583.8
Majority 60939.8
Turnout 1,531
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Byfleet By-Election 18 September 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 62652.2+2.4
Conservative 35729.8+3.6
Labour 21718.1−5.9
Majority 26922.4
Turnout 1,20021.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Knaphill By-Election 18 September 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent 65234.5+34.5
Conservative 54528.9−9.0
Liberal Democrats 44223.4−16.9
Labour 24913.2−8.6
Majority 1075.6
Turnout 1,88824.0
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

1998-2002

St Johns By-Election 10 June 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,42656.3−0.1
Liberal Democrats 94237.2+1.3
Labour 1646.5−1.3
Majority 48419.1
Turnout 2,53239.9
Conservative hold Swing
Byfleet By-Election 12 July 2001 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beryl Marlow80953.6+15.6
Liberal Democrats Anne Roberts55736.9−14.8
Labour Raymond Holroyde1449.5−0.8
Majority 25216.7
Turnout 1,51027.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2010-2014

Maybury and Sheerwater By-Election 17 September 2013 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rashid Mohammed1,05744.1+22.6
Labour Stephen Tudhope83334.8+1.2
UKIP Neil Willetts25510.6−0.2
Liberal Democrats Norman Johns25210.5−23.6
Majority 2249.3
Turnout 2,397
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2014-2018

Goldsworth East By-Election 18 October 2015 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Sanderson59437.8+13.9
Conservative Sonia Elbaraka56235.8−8.5
Labour James Butcher26216.7−4.6
UKIP Tim Read1549.8−0.7
Majority 322.0
Turnout 1,572
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Goldsworth West By-Election 18 October 2015 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chitra Rana36740.0+7.0
Liberal Democrats Tina Liddington34938.0+0.3
Labour Robina Shaheen10511.4+1.2
UKIP Troy de Leon9710.6−8.6
Majority 182.0
Turnout 918
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2022-2026

Hoe Valley By-Election 10 July 2025 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Deborah Hughes1,11862.8−6.9
Reform UK Sean Flude37921.3+21.3
Conservative Robert Kwiatkowski1307.3−8.6
Green Paul Hoekstra834.7+4.7
Labour Samar Chaudhary693.9−8.2
Majority 73941.5
Turnout 1,779
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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