Woking Borough Council election, 2015

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]

Results

Conservatives gained two seats from Liberal Democrats and lost one to a Labour party member.

The result added one councillor to councillors within the group with overall control of the Council since 2011 or since 2007 counting a short period of minority administration.[2][3]

Woking Borough Council Election, 2015
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 24 2 1 +1 75 49 19091
  Liberal Democrat 9 0 2 -2 28 17 6808
  Labour 2 1 0 +1 6 15 5901
  Independent 1 0 0 0 3 3 1350
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 11 4390
  Greens 0 0 0 0 0 4 1377
  Patriotic Socialist 0 0 0 0 0 0.02 9

Ward by ward

Byfleet
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Harry Briggs 1445
Independent Amanda Boote 1050
Liberal Democrat Andy Grimshaw 558
UKIP Richard Squire 449
Labour Michael Wood 316
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Goldsworth East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hilary Addison 1592
Liberal Democrat James Sanderson 859
Labour Jay Butcher 766
UKIP Tim Read 377
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Hermitage and Knaphill South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Paul Smith 1129
Liberal Democrat Tina Liddington 710
UKIP Troy De Leon 401
Labour Colin Bright 302
Green Vanessa King 118
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Horsell East and Woodham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anne Murray 1849
Liberal Democrat Rosemary Johnson 361
UKIP Terry Knight 264
Labour Elizabeth Evans 241
Green Topher Dykes 140
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Horsell West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Beryl Hunwicks 2117
Liberal Democrat Anne-Marie Barker 987
UKIP Stephen Herbert 385
Labour John Scott-Morgan 376
Green Joanna Kelly 198
Patriotic Socialist Leo Dix 9
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Kingfield and Westfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Will Forster 971
Conservative Natalie Bourne 922
Labour Nigel Jackson 440
UKIP Robert Shatwell 396
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Knaphill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Melanie Whitehand 2645
Labour Richard Ford 659
UKIP Bradley Hough 617
Liberal Democrat Syed Jaffri 595
Green James Brierley 304
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Maybury and Sheerwater
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tahiz Aziz 1913
Conservative Colin Scott 1002
UKIP Judith Squire 416
Independent Ian Vousden 300
Green Will Hemmings 248
Liberal Democrat Norman Johns 214
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Old Woking
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Lawrence 486
Liberal Democrat Louise Morales 467
UKIP Jim Gore 240
Labour Barney Pimentel 176
Green John Parkin 75
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Pyrford
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Graham Chrystie 2076
Liberal Democrat Gareth Davies 366
UKIP Robin Milner 331
Labour Mohammed Khalid 154
Green Joel Street 140
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
St Johns and Hook Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Graham Cundy 1744
Liberal Democrat Rebecca Whale 320
Labour Tom Willis 216
UKIP Marcia Taylor 197
Green Hilary Griffiths 154
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
West Byfleet
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Wilson 2084
Lib Dems William Wolfe 400
Labour Katherine Kearey 342
UKIP Neil Willetts 317
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

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 WBC. Accessed 2015-05-20
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