2023 Waverley Borough Council election

2023 Waverley Borough Council election
All 50 seats to Waverley Borough Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Waverley Borough Council election
Leader before election; Paul Follows; Liberal Democrat; No overall control	Leader after election ; Paul Follows; Liberal Democrat; No overall control

The 2023 Waverley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Waverley Borough Council in Surrey, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Summary[edit]

New ward boundaries took effect for this election, reducing the number of seats from 57 to 50.^[2]

The council was under no overall control prior to the election. The council remained under no overall control afterwards, being run by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Farnham Residents, Labour and the Green Party. The leader of the Conservative group, Stephen Mulliner, lost his seat.^[3]

Election result[edit]

The overall results were:^[4]

2023 Waverley Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	25	22	0	0	8	44.0	30.1	23,058	+3.6
	Farnham Residents	14	13	0	0	2	26.0	13.7	10,469	–5.9
	Conservative	50	10	0	0	13	20.0	38.0	29,116	–1.7
	Labour	13	2	0	0		4.0	5.9	4,488	–0.8
	Independent	4	2	0	0	1	4.0	3.9	2,986	+2.0
	Green	9	1	0	0	1	2.0	8.3	6,381	+3.4
	Reform UK	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	115	N/A
	TUSC	2	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	28	N/A

Ward results[edit]

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Waverley Borough Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.^[5] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election:^[6]

Alfold, Dunsfold & Hascombe[edit]

Alfold, Dunsfold & Hascombe (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Deanus*	572	60.3
	Conservative	Connor Relleen	394	41.6
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Palmer	377	39.8
	Green	Amanda Sampson	257	27.1
	Labour	Zahid Naqvi	94	9.9
Majority
Turnout			948	46.3
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bramley & Wonersh[edit]

Bramley & Wonersh (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jane Austen	1,673	57.7
	Conservative	Lauren Atkins	1,450	50.0
	Conservative	Michael Goodridge*	1,390	47.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Vivian	1,077	37.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Wright	1,073	37.0
	Green	Martin D'Arcy*	903	31.1
	Labour	Simon Hall	271	9.3
	Labour	Christopher Hard	203	7.0
Majority
Turnout			2,901	43.7
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chiddingfold[edit]

Chiddingfold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Busby*	668	75.1
	Conservative	Kathleen Thompson	221	24.9
Majority
Turnout			889	41.6
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cranleigh East[edit]

Cranleigh East (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Townsend*	1,351	64.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Reed*	1,316	62.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Reed	1,207	57.1
	Conservative	Stephanie Kelly	666	31.5
	Conservative	Simon Chatfield	617	29.2
	Conservative	Dennis Davidson	597	28.3
	Labour	Mark West	246	11.6
Majority
Turnout			2,112	39.4
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cranleigh West[edit]

Cranleigh West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Townsend*	1,110	59.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Morrison	836	45.1
	Conservative	Christopher Pierce	682	36.8
	Conservative	Thomas Cox	622	33.6
	Labour	Joseph Davies	113	6.1
	Reform UK	Arthur Barringer	81	4.4
	TUSC	Laurence Dunn	22	1.2
	TUSC	Ellie Waple	6	0.3
Majority
Turnout			1,852	40.7
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Elstead & Peper Harow[edit]

Elstead & Peper Harow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma Long	649	60.9
	Conservative	Sheila Dowell	416	39.1
Majority
Turnout			1,065	48.2
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ewhurst & Ellens Green[edit]

Ewhurst & Ellens Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Higgins	462	51.2
	Conservative	Nigel Clowes	377	41.8
	Reform UK	Keith Nisbet	34	3.8
	Labour	James Mitchell	29	3.2
Majority
Turnout			902	47.4
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Farnham Bourne[edit]

Farnham Bourne (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carole Cockburn*	776	50.8
	Farnham Residents	Christopher Murray	621	40.6
	Farnham Residents	Michaela Martin*	614	40.2
	Conservative	Aly Fitch	533	34.9
	Green	George Wilson	357	23.3
Majority
Turnout			1,529	36.3
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Castle[edit]

Farnham Castle (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Farnham Residents	Heather McClean	621	56.0
	Farnham Residents	George Hesse*	575	51.8
	Labour Co-op	John Gaskell	429	38.7
	Conservative	Clare Ovens	188	17.0
	Conservative	Anthony Watson	172	15.5
Majority
Turnout			1,109	29.8
Registered electors
	Farnham Residents win (new seat)
	Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Firgrove[edit]

Farnham Firgrove (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Farnham Residents	Kika Mirylees	851	59.6
	Farnham Residents	Jerry Hyman	841	58.9
	Labour	Rebecca Birchwood	454	31.8
	Conservative	Arthur Forrest	239	16.7
	Conservative	William Page	213	14.9
Majority
Turnout			1,428	33.4
Registered electors
	Farnham Residents win (new seat)
	Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Heath End[edit]

Farnham Heath End (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Farnham Residents	Michaela Wicks*	837	61.7
	Farnham Residents	Tony Fairclough	834	61.5
	Labour	Andrew Jones	360	26.5
	Conservative	Rosamund Croft	233	17.2
	Conservative	Timothy Stacey	214	15.8
Majority
Turnout			1,357	32.5
Registered electors
	Farnham Residents win (new seat)
	Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Moor Park[edit]

Farnham Moor Park (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Farnham Residents	Andy MacLeod*	981	73.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Merryweather*	696	51.9
	Conservative	Sarah Austin	397	29.6
	Conservative	Sean Donovan-Smith	273	20.4
Majority
Turnout			1,340	35.5
Registered electors
	Farnham Residents win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Farnham North West[edit]

Farnham North West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Farnham Residents	David Beaman*	668	68.1
	Farnham Residents	Graham White	578	58.9
	Green	Natasha Fletcher	261	26.6
	Conservative	Pat Frost	218	22.2
	Conservative	James Pressly	138	14.1
Majority
Turnout			981	31.4
Registered electors
	Farnham Residents win (new seat)
	Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Rowledge[edit]

Farnham Rowledge (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Farnham Residents	John Ward*	893	58.7
	Farnham Residents	Peter Clark*	818	53.8
	Conservative	David Dearsley	425	27.9
	Conservative	Christopher Storey	379	24.9
	Independent	Mark Westcott	343	22.6
Majority
Turnout			1,521	34.9
Registered electors
	Farnham Residents win (new seat)
	Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Weybourne[edit]

Farnham Weybourne (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Farnham Residents	Andrew Laughton	737	67.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Steijger	632	58.2
	Conservative	Ian Sampson	211	19.4
	Conservative	Anthony Lewis	187	17.2
Majority
Turnout			1,085	31.8
Registered electors
	Farnham Residents win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse[edit]

Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Rivers*	1,377	55.2
	Green	Stephen Williams*	1,280	51.3
	Labour	Nick Palmer*	1,061	42.5
	Conservative	Steve Cosser*	984	39.5
	Conservative	Ed Holliday	954	38.3
	Conservative	Daniel Husseini	860	34.5
Majority
Turnout			2,494	42.7
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Godalming Central & Ockford[edit]

Godalming Central & Ockford (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Follows*	897	71.4
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Kiehl	839	66.8
	Conservative	Andrew Bolton	374	29.8
	Conservative	Daren Howell	297	23.6
Majority
Turnout			1,256	37.1
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Godalming Farncombe & Catteshall[edit]

Godalming Farncombe & Catteshall (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Rivers*	1,074	70.0
	Labour	Janet Crowe	718	46.8
	Conservative	Nick Williams	473	30.8
	Conservative	Robert Wells	327	21.3
Majority
Turnout			1,535	39.3
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Godalming Holloway[edit]

Godalming Holloway (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Martin*	900	44.3
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Duce	899	44.3
	Green	Clare Weightman	871	42.9
	Conservative	Margaret Gray	788	38.8
	Independent	Adam Clark	310	15.3
Majority
Turnout			2,030	52.8
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Haslemere East[edit]

Haslemere East (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Nicholson*	1,169	49.2
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Weldon	1,122	47.2
	Conservative	Zoe Barker-Lomax	1,030	43.4
	Conservative	Stephen Mulliner*	976	41.1
	Conservative	Graham Betts	938	39.5
	Green	Claire Matthes	905	38.1
	Labour	Shirley Lewis	327	13.8
Majority
Turnout			2,375	42.6
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Haslemere West[edit]

Haselmere West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Keen*	856	68.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Robini*	761	61.0
	Conservative	Stephen Fry	293	23.5
	Conservative	Tom Bridge	257	20.6
	Labour	Toby Westcott-White	183	14.7
Majority
Turnout			1,247	35.3
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hindhead & Beacon Hill[edit]

Hindhead & Beacon Hill (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jerome Davidson*	801	55.9
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Spence*	745	52.0
	Conservative	Malcolm Carter	653	45.6
	Conservative	Ged Hall	559	39.0
Majority
Turnout			1,432	37.2
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Western Commons[edit]

Western Commons (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Munro*	997	67.4
	Conservative	James Staunton	605	40.9
	Green	Susan Ryland	601	40.6
	Conservative	Nabeel Nasir	368	24.9
Majority
Turnout			1,479	39.0
Registered electors
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Witley & Milford[edit]

Witley & Milford (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Maxine Gale*	1,336	53.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Law	1,064	42.7
	Conservative	Phoebe Sullivan	1,058	42.5
	Conservative	Gary Hudson	1,057	42.4
	Green	Mark Bray-Parry	946	38.0
	Conservative	Trevor Sadler*	892	35.8
Majority
Turnout			2,490	41.7
Registered electors
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References[edit]

^ "Election of Borough Councillors". Waverley Borough Council. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
^ "The Waverley (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1136, retrieved 5 July 2023
^ Gee, Daniel (5 May 2023). "Local elections 2023: Tories suffer heavy losses as Lib Dems increase grip on Waverley Borough Council". Haslemere Herald. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "Waverley election result". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Waverley Borough Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
^ "Waverley Borough Council election - Thursday 4th May 2023". Waverley Borough Council. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[1] "Election of Borough Councillors". Waverley Borough Council. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

[2] "The Waverley (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1136, retrieved 5 July 2023

[3] Gee, Daniel (5 May 2023). "Local elections 2023: Tories suffer heavy losses as Lib Dems increase grip on Waverley Borough Council". Haslemere Herald. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[4] "Waverley election result". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[5] "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Waverley Borough Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

[6] "Waverley Borough Council election - Thursday 4th May 2023". Waverley Borough Council. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

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