2024 Woking Borough Council election
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Winner of each seat at the 2024 Woking Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Woking Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Woking Borough Council. 11 of the 30 seats of the council were up for election. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England.[2] In addition to each ward having one contested seat, Hoe Valley had an additional seat available to fill the current casual vacancy.
Previous council composition
The Liberal Democrats have controlled the majority of seats on the council since 2022, winning even more seats in the previous election to strengthen their hold. The Conservatives have continued to lose seats in every Woking Borough election since 2016, whereas the Labour Party has remained relatively stable at a handful of seats. Outside of independent councillors, no other party has a seat on the council, with no other party ever having won one since records began.
After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[3] | ||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
Liberal Democrats | 20 | Liberal Democrats | 19 | ||
Conservative | 4 | Conservative | 4 | ||
Independent | 3 | Independent | 4 | ||
Labour | 3 | Labour | 2 | ||
Vacant | 1 |
Changes:
- 12 March 2024: A casual vacancy arises after the Lib Dem councillor for Hoe Valley resigns.[4]
- Sometime after becoming mayor on 18 May 2023,[5] Mohammed Ilyas Raja resigned from Labour to become an independent.
Summary
Election result
2024 Woking Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 10 | 4 | 90.9 | 14 | 24 | 80.0 | 16,080 | 53.7 | +3.6 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 9.1 | 4 | 5 | 16.7 | 1,383 | 4.6 | –4.2 | |
Labour | 0 | 1 | 9.9 | 1 | 1 | 3.3 | 3,913 | 13.1 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,454 | 24.9 | +0.3 | |
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 495 | 1.7 | –3.8 | ||
Heritage | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 235 | 0.8 | +0.1 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 224 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 145 | 0.5 | N/A |
Ward results
Byfleet and West Byfleet
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Steve Howes | 1,383 | 44.7 | −13.9 | |
Conservative | Josh Brown* | 1,062 | 34.3 | +13.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Erica Singharay | 349 | 11.3 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Oliver Lester | 302 | 9.8 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 321 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,096 | 34.65 | |||
Registered electors | 8,957 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Canalside
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Faisal Mumtaz | 1,224 | 42.2 | +19.1 | |
Labour | Tahir Aziz* | 1,195 | 41.2 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Trevor Leek | 402 | 13.9 | −5.2 | |
TUSC | Eleanor Waple | 80 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 29 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,901 | 35.57 | |||
Registered electors | 8,258 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Goldsworth Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ann-Marie Barker* | 1,505 | 68.5 | +11.5 | |
Conservative | Debbie Harlow | 362 | 16.5 | −8.8 | |
Labour | Chris Martin | 329 | 15.0 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 1,143 | 52.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,196 | 32.50 | |||
Registered electors | 6,863 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Heathlands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Pav Pandher | 1,484 | 51.4 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Kevin Davis* | 833 | 28.9 | −4.1 | |
Reform UK | Allan Petrie | 224 | 7.8 | New | |
Labour | Sebastian Purbrick | 181 | 6.3 | +1.9 | |
Green | Paul Hoekstra | 136 | 4.7 | −0.4 | |
Heritage | Judith Squire | 28 | 1.0 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 651 | 22.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,886 | 40.74 | |||
Registered electors | 7,118 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Hoe Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Will Forster* | 1,569 | 69.7 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Bonsundy-O'Bryan | 1,311 | 58.2 | −9.3 | |
Conservative | John Lawrence | 358 | 15.9 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Martin Benstead | 298 | 13.2 | −2.6 | |
Labour | Francis Anyaegbu | 273 | 12.1 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Samar Chaudhary | 239 | 10.6 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 953 | 42.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,251 | 31.26 | |||
Registered electors | 7,335 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Horsell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Melisa Kuipers | 2,177 | 66.7 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Colin Scott | 713 | 21.8 | −4.4 | |
Green | Christine Murphy | 180 | 5.5 | −0.3 | |
Labour | John Scott-Morgan | 159 | 4.9 | +0.6 | |
TUSC | Emma Stephens-Ducros | 36 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,464 | 44.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,265 | 45.24 | |||
Registered electors | 7,299 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Knaphill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Pearce | 1,460 | 46.8 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Saj Hussain* | 1,257 | 40.3 | +14.4 | |
Labour | Dan Sampson | 403 | 12.9 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 203 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,120 | 38.36 | |||
Registered electors | 8,191 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Mount Hermon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ellen Nicholson* | 1,752 | 61.5 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | John Varghese | 574 | 20.1 | −3.6 | |
Labour | Mike Kelly | 263 | 9.2 | +1.5 | |
Green | Cecilia Townley | 179 | 6.3 | −1.4 | |
Heritage | Richard Squire | 52 | 1.8 | +0.1 | |
TUSC | Ravern Dimitrii-Simone | 29 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,178 | 41.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,849 | 36.93 | |||
Registered electors | 7,768 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Pyrford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Attia Aslam | 1,533 | 51.0 | −6.7 | |
Conservative | Steve Dorsett* | 1,148 | 38.2 | +8.9 | |
Labour | Sean O'Malley | 323 | 10.8 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 385 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,004 | 40.07 | |||
Registered electors | 7,587 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
St John's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Dale Roberts* | 1,716 | 66.9 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Ben Maynard | 447 | 17.4 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Simona Popa | 246 | 9.6 | +2.8 | |
Heritage | Tim Read | 155 | 6.0 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 1,269 | 49.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,564 | 35.65 | |||
Registered electors | 7,239 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "Political group leaders". Woking Borough Council. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Elections 2024". www.woking.gov.uk. 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Woking.gov. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Notice of casual vacancy for the Hoe Valley Ward". Woking Borough Council. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Council minutes, 18 May 2023". Woking Borough Council. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
See also