2019 Woking Borough Council election

The 2019 Woking Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2018 to elect one third of members to Woking Borough Council^[1]^[2] in England coinciding with other local elections held across much of England. Elections in each ward are held in three years out of four.^[3]

Results

Woking Borough Council election, 2019
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	4	1	40	10	14	46⁠2/3⁠	8.976	33.5	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	40	6	10	33⁠1/3⁠	8,011	29.9	0.7
	Independent	1		10	2	3	10	3,611	13.5	7.3
	Labour	1		10	2	3	10	2,633	9.8	6.3
	UKIP	0		—	0	0	—	1,803	6.7	4.0
	Green	0		—	0	0	—	1,798	6.7	N/A
Turnout								27,884		—

Results by Ward

Byfleet and West Byfleet

Byfleet and West Byfleet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Amanda Jayne Boote	1,440	53.4	+12.5
	Conservative	Irene Esther Watson Green	614	22.8	−16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Sophie Nicholson	364	13.5	+1.3
	UKIP	Jamie Paul Hayward	157	5.8	N/A
	Green	James Duncan Craig	120	4.5	N/A
Majority			826	30.6
Turnout			2,701	31.44
	Independent hold		Swing

Canalside

Canalside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Ali	1,033	37.6	−7.4
	Conservative	Mohammad Riasat Khan	827	30.1	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Elizabeth Barker	375	13.6	+1.1
	UKIP	William Nelson Owen Roe	315	11.5	+7.6
	Green	Richard Guy Lewis Connelly	198	7.2	N/A
Majority			206	7.5
Turnout			2,767	37.19
	Labour hold		Swing

Goldsworth Park

Goldsworth Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Richard Sanderson	1,032	42.2	+4.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Thomas Ewart Cope	755	30.9	−7.1
	Labour	Christopher David Martin	280	11.4	−9.0
	UKIP	Troy de Leon	234	9.6	+5.7
	Green	Ella Jessica Walding	145	5.9	N/A
Majority			277	11.3
Turnout			2,454	35.24
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Heathlands

Heathlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ayesha Azad	1,424	51.3	−10.9
	Independent	Robert Arthur Shatwell	542	19.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Tuson Cosnahan	538	19.4	−5.0
	Green	Anna Katharine Wright	271	9.8	N/A
Majority			882	31.8
Turnout			2,791	39.82
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoe Valley

Hoe Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Mary Nell Morales	1,147	56.8	+7.7
	Conservative	Colin Patrick Scott	374	18.5	−14.6
	Labour	Brian Stanley Walter	204	10.1	−3.9
	UKIP	David Simon Roe	159	7.9	+4.0
	Green	Ivica Petrikova	137	6.8	N/A
Majority			773	38.3
Turnout			2,039	28.56
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Horsell

Horsell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Sidney Kemp	1,298	41.8	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Francis Doran	1,083	34.9	−0.5
	Green	Nigel Charles Ridgeon	266	8.6	N/A
	UKIP	Judith Diana Squire	260	8.4	+4.8
	Labour	Joshua James Reid	196	6.3	−4.8
Majority			215	7.1
Turnout			3,122	43.75
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knaphill

Knaphill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melanie Anne Whitehand	960	36.3	−17.6
	Independent	Hassan Badrudrin Akberali	808	30.5	+14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Grenville Johns	339	12.8	−2.5
	Labour	Geraldine Margaret Mitchell-Smith	214	8.1	−7.1
	Green	Alexandra May Connelly	180	6.8	N/A
	UKIP	Andrew George Glen	145	5.5	N/A
Majority			152	5.8
Turnout			2,655	33.30
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mount Hermon

Mount Hermon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Johnson	1,421	51.0	+7.9
	Conservative	John Frederick Lawrence	806	28.9	−13.6
	Labour	Zara Coombes	211	7.6	−4.8
	Green	Irene Jane Ridgeon	196	7.0	N/A
	UKIP	Richard Peter Farr Squire	155	5.6	+0.3
Majority			615	22.1
Turnout			2,802	37.80
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pyrford

Pyrford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary William Elson	1,099	37.8	−21.5
	Independent	Joanna Avey	821	28.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Michael Lachowicz	419	14.4	−7.0
	Labour	Samar Akhlaq Chaudhary	323	11.1	−3.3
	Green	Danny Clarke	124	4.3	N/A
	UKIP	Robin Deller Milner	124	4.3	−1.0
Majority			278	9.6
Turnout			2,921	39.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

St John's

St John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Norman Leach	1,293	47.9	+4.4
	Conservative	Mark Russell John Pengelly	819	30.3	−11.2
	UKIP	Timothy Martin Read	254	9.4	+5.1
	Labour	John Scott-Morgan	172	6.4	−4.4
	Green	Kathleen Elizabeth Kett	161	6.0	N/A
Majority			474	17.6
Turnout			2,802	37.80
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ "Election of Borough Councillors for the Wards of Woking Borough Council Summary of Results" (PDF). Woking Borough Council. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^ "Woking Borough Council". BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

[Woking_Borough_Council-1] "Election of Borough Councillors for the Wards of Woking Borough Council Summary of Results" (PDF). Woking Borough Council. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

[BBC-2] "Woking Borough Council". BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

[Electoral_Commission-3] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

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