2015 Woking Borough Council election

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The 2015 Woking Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect one third of members to Woking Borough Council in England coinciding with other local elections held simultaneously with a General Election which resulted in increased turnout compared to the election four years before. Elections in each ward are held in three years out of four. [1]

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Results

The Conservatives were starting from a high ‘baseline’, having performed very well in the previous equivalent local election in Woking in 2011 (which coincided with the AV Referendum). The Conservatives secured 49% of the vote, gaining two seats from the Liberal Democrats and losing one to Labour. Of the 12 wards up for election, the Conservatives won 10 and the LibDems and Labour won 1 each. This was the best Conservative local Borough election result in Woking, and the worst result for the LibDems, for many years, although the Conservative 49% share of the vote failed to match the 56% share of the vote achieved on the same day by their Parliamentary candidate Jonathan Lord as he secured re-election as Woking’s MP with a landslide majority of 20,810 votes (over the second-placed Labour Party candidate).

The result added one councillor (net) to the Conservative group that had enjoyed overall control of the Council since 2011 and that had been in power locally since 2007 (if one includes a short period of minority administration). [2] [3]

Woking Borough Council Election, 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2421Increase2.svg183.334919091
  Liberal Democrats 902Decrease2.svg28.33176808
  Labour 210Increase2.svg18.33155901
  Independent 100Steady2.svg031350
  UKIP 00000114390
  Green 0000041377
  Patriotic Socialist 000000.029

Ward by ward

Byfleet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Briggs1445
Independent Amanda Boote1050
Liberal Democrats Andy Grimshaw558
UKIP Richard Squire449
Labour Michael Wood316
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Goldsworth East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hilary Addison1592
Liberal Democrats James Sanderson859
Labour Jay Butcher766
UKIP Tim Read377
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Hermitage and Knaphill South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Smith1129
Liberal Democrats Tina Liddington710
UKIP Troy De Leon401
Labour Colin Bright302
Green Vanessa King118
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Horsell East and Woodham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Murray1849
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Johnson361
UKIP Terry Knight264
Labour Elizabeth Evans241
Green Topher Dykes140
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Horsell West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beryl Hunwicks2117
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Barker987
UKIP Stephen Herbert385
Labour John Scott-Morgan376
Green Joanna Kelly198
Patriotic SocialistLeo Dix9
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Kingfield and Westfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Will Forster971
Conservative Natalie Bourne922
Labour Nigel Jackson440
UKIP Robert Shatwell396
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Knaphill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Melanie Whitehand2645
Labour Richard Ford659
UKIP Bradley Hough617
Liberal Democrats Syed Jaffri595
Green James Brierley304
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Maybury and Sheerwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tahiz Aziz1913
Conservative Colin Scott1002
UKIP Judith Squire416
Independent Ian Vousden300
Green Will Hemmings248
Liberal Democrats Norman Johns214
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Old Woking
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lawrence486
Liberal Democrats Louise Morales467
UKIP Jim Gore240
Labour Barney Pimentel176
Green John Parkin75
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Pyrford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Chrystie2076
Liberal Democrats Gareth Davies366
UKIP Robin Milner331
Labour Mohammed Khalid154
Green Joel Street140
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
St Johns and Hook Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Cundy1744
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Whale320
Labour Tom Willis216
UKIP Marcia Taylor197
Green Hilary Griffiths154
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
West Byfleet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Wilson2084
Liberal Democrats William Wolfe400
Labour Katherine Kearey342
UKIP Neil Willetts317
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Woking Results Get Surrey, website of Surrey Advertiser/Herald/Guardian Group of newspapers. Accessed 2015-05-20.
  3. ↑ Borough composition, showing 24, 9, 2, 1 split of councillors Archived 22 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine WBC. Accessed 2015-05-20
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