2022 Woking Borough Council election

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Map showing the results of the 2022 Woking Borough Council election

The 2022 Woking Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect one third of members to Woking Borough Council in England coinciding with other local elections held across much of England. In this election, the Liberal Democrats gained control of the council after gaining 4 seats from the Conservative Party. In the Overall Results and the individual Ward Results charts below, the results of 2022 are compared to those of four years previously, in 2018. In 2018, the Conservatives had secured a relatively successful local election result in Woking, winning 5 out of the 10 seats and achieving 45.8% of the overall vote.

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Overall results

Woking Borough Council election, 2022 [1]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Liberal Democrats 7Increase2.svg 470.091653.314,02147.3Increase2.svg18.1
  Independent 2Increase2.svg 120.01310.03,08910.4Increase2.svg4.2
  Labour 1Steady2.svg10.02310.01,7946.1Decrease2.svg10.0
  Conservative 0Decrease2.svg 50.08826.79,10830.8Decrease2.svg15.0
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,4044.7New
  Heritage 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01980.7New

Ward Results

Byfleet and West Byfleet

Byfleet and West Byfleet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Daryl Jordan 1,692 52.4 Increase2.svg 11.5
Conservative Dan Siddiqi84026.0Decrease2.svg 13.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Martin69421.5Increase2.svg 9.3
Majority85226.4N/A
Turnout 3,23837.2Increase2.svg 3.7
Independent hold Swing

Canalside

Canalside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Ilyas Raja 1,310 48.4 Increase2.svg 3.4
Conservative Ayyaz Mahmood93734.6Increase2.svg 1.8
Liberal Democrats Ilan Calyradja46217.1Increase2.svg 4.6
Majority37313.8Increase2.svg 1.6
Turnout 2,72637.9Increase2.svg 1.8
Labour hold Swing

Goldsworth Park

Goldsworth Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Oades 1,641 66.4 Increase2.svg 28.8
Conservative Chitra Rana82933.6Decrease2.svg 4.4
Majority81232.8N/A
Turnout 2,49736.7Increase2.svg 1.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Heathlands

Heathlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Guy Cosnahan 1,507 49.2 Increase2.svg 24.8
Conservative Simon Ashall1,08835.5Decrease2.svg 26.7
Green Jennifer Mason40913.4New
Heritage Judith Squire581.9New
Majority41913.7N/A
Turnout 3,06743.5Increase2.svg 2.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Hoe Valley

Hoe Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andy Caulfield 1,506 63.8 Increase2.svg 14.7
Conservative Sonal Sher48420.5Decrease2.svg 12.6
Labour Christopher Martin2219.4Decrease2.svg 4.6
Green Ivica Petrikova1486.3New
Majority1,02243.3Increase2.svg 27.3
Turnout 2,36533.3Increase2.svg 1.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Horsell

Horsell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Morley 2,285 61.8 Increase2.svg 26.4
Conservative Philip Gent1,17331.7Decrease2.svg 18.3
Green Nigel Ridgeon2406.5New
Majority1,11230.1N/A
Turnout 3,71752.1Increase2.svg 6.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Knaphill

Knaphill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Hassan Akberali 1,397 48.1 Increase2.svg 32.5
Conservative Debbie Harlow1,01935.1Decrease2.svg 18.8
Liberal Democrats Erica Singharay48916.8Increase2.svg 1.5
Majority37813.0N/A
Turnout 2,91836.6Increase2.svg 4.3
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Mount Hermon

Mount Hermon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Liam Lyons 1,974 64.5 Increase2.svg 21.4
Conservative Chan Keaney78225.6Decrease2.svg 16.9
Green Jim Craig2508.2New
Heritage Richard Squire531.7New
Majority1,19238.9Increase2.svg 38.3
Turnout 3,06841.0Decrease2.svg 0.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Pyrford

Pyrford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Graves 1,743 53.2 Increase2.svg 31.8
Conservative Mohammed Rashid1,14735.0Decrease2.svg 24.3
Labour Raul Lai2638.0Decrease2.svg 6.4
Green Anna Platoni1243.8New
Majority59618.2N/A
Turnout 3,29643.9Increase2.svg 1.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

St Johns

St Johns
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Spenser 1,720 60.4 Increase2.svg 16.9
Conservative Paul Smith80928.4Decrease2.svg 13.1
Green Kate Kett2338.2New
Heritage Tim Read873.1New
Majority91132.0Increase2.svg 30.0
Turnout 2,85840.3Increase2.svg 0.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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References

  1. "Local elections 2022: final results". Woking Borough Council. Retrieved 25 May 2022.