2008 Woking Borough Council election

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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]

Contents

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]

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]

Woking Local Election Result 2008 [6] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats Swing
Byfleet [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Goldsworth East [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Goldsworth West [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Horsell East and Woodham [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Smith1,10070.3-0.8
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats Swing
Kingfield and Westfield [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Knaphill [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Maybury and Sheerwater [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Mount Hermon East [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Bittleston94254.3+10.1
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Pyrford [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ashley Bowes1,37970.5-5.8
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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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