Map of the results of the 2010 Woking council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.

The 2010 Woking Council election took place on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the 2010 general election, to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

After the last election in 2008 the Conservatives held a majority on the council with 19 seats, compared to 17 for the Liberal Democrats.[3] However, in July 2009 the Conservatives lost their majority after councillor Peter Ankers resigned from the Conservatives to sit as an independent.[4]

13 of the 36 seats on the council were contested in the election with the leader of the council, Conservative John Kingsbury, among the councillors who were defending seats.[5] Byfleet ward saw 2 seats being contested after Conservative councillor Simon Hutton resigned from the council earlier in the year.[6]

Election result

The results saw no party win a majority, with the Conservatives the largest party on 18 seats, the Liberal Democrats on 17 and 1 Independent.[7] The Conservatives gained 1 seat in Mount Hermon East after Carl Thomson defeated Liberal Democrat councillor Norman Johns. However, the Liberal Democrats took another seat back after winning one of the two seats contested in Byfleet ward.[6] Among the Conservatives to hold their seats was Mohammed Iqbal in Maybury and Sheerwater ward, who was therefore able to become the first Asian mayor of Woking.[6] Overall turnout in the election was 69.73%.[8]

The election also saw Jonathan Lord win the Woking parliamentary constituency with 26,551 votes, beating Liberal Democrat Rosie Sharpley into second place.[9] The seat had previously been held by Humfrey Malins, who announced his intention to stand down in 2009.[10]

Woking Local Election Result 2010[8][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 7 1 1 0 53.8 42.6 18,287 -1.5%
  Conservative 6 1 1 0 46.2 44.1 18,940 -2.6%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 7.8 3,338 +3.2%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 2,361 +0.9%

Ward results

Map of the results of the 2010 Woking council election showing ward names. Coloured by party which finished top in each ward.
Byfleet (2)[8][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dorothy Farrant 1,657
Liberal Democrats Barnabas Shelbourne 1,655
Conservative Irene Watson Green 1,609
Liberal Democrats Richard Stennett 1,469
UKIP Richard Squire 364
Labour Celia Wand 310
Labour Michael Wood 289
Turnout 7,353 69.5 +25.4
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Goldsworth East[8][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bryan Cross 1,861 50.4 -8.0
Conservative Hilary Addison 1,267 34.3 +4.0
Labour Tom Crisp 373 10.1 +4.5
UKIP Marcia Taylor 189 5.1 -0.7
Majority 594 16.1 -12.0
Turnout 3,690 66.3 +26.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Goldsworth West[8][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Denzil Coulson 1,271 51.6 -3.7
Conservative Anthony Casey 850 34.5 +3.6
Labour Paul Brown 220 8.9 -0.8
UKIP Leo Dix 121 4.9 +0.7
Majority 421 17.1 -7.3
Turnout 2,462 64.5 +33.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hermitage and Knaphill South[8][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Howard 1,352 50.3 -13.9
Conservative Valerian Hopkins 896 33.3 +11.6
UKIP Duncan Clarke 248 9.2 +2.1
Labour Chancal Kapoor 192 7.1 +0.1
Majority 456 17.0 -25.5
Turnout 2,688 67.2 +30.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Horsell West[8][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ann-Marie Barker 1,852 45.0 +0.7
Conservative Simon Ashall 1,805 43.8 -4.2
UKIP Timothy Shaw 245 5.9 +1.4
Labour Colin Bright 217 5.3 +2.1
Majority 47 1.2
Turnout 4,119 76.7 +27.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Knaphill[8][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Sharp 2,128 42.9 -6.9
Conservative Alexander Callaby 2,107 42.5 -2.9
Labour Richard Ford 394 7.9 +7.9
UKIP Matthew Davies 332 6.7 +2.0
Majority 21 0.4 -4.0
Turnout 4,961 69.5 +30.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Maybury and Sheerwater[8][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iqbal Mohammed 2,034 43.0 +8.0
Liberal Democrats Jamil Shabbana 1,871 39.5 -9.6
Labour Stephen Tudhope 525 11.1 -0.4
UKIP Pamela Wellstead 305 6.4 +2.0
Majority 163 3.5
Turnout 4,735 66.4 +17.8
Conservative hold Swing
Mayford and Sutton Green[8][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Bellord 840 54.5 -16.5
Liberal Democrats William Forster-Warner 606 39.4 +19.3
UKIP David Roe 49 3.2 -1.5
Labour Linda Kendall 45 2.9 -1.3
Majority 234 15.2 -35.7
Turnout 1,540 81.2 +30.8
Conservative hold Swing
Mount Hermon East[8][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carl Thomson 1,291 48.1 -6.2
Liberal Democrats Norman Johns 1,175 43.8 +1.4
Labour Sabir Hussain 149 5.6 +5.6
UKIP Judith Squire 67 2.5 -0.7
Majority 116 4.3 -7.6
Turnout 2,682 70.8 +23.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Mount Hermon West[8][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Liam Lyons 1,409 48.7 -12.3
Conservative Alexander Celesius 1,114 38.5 +2.6
Labour Elizabeth Evans 254 8.8 +8.8
UKIP Mary Kingston 118 4.1 +1.1
Majority 295 10.2 -14.9
Turnout 2,895 64.7 +26.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Johns and Hook Heath[8][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Kingsbury 1,590 60.0 -12.6
Liberal Democrats Diana Landon 743 28.0 +5.3
UKIP Marion Free 159 6.0 +1.3
Labour John Scott-Morgan 158 6.0 +6.0
Majority 847 32.0 -17.9
Turnout 2,650 74.6 +33.4
Conservative hold Swing
West Byfleet[8][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Elson 1,880 59.7 -13.7
Liberal Democrats Toby Matthews 895 28.4 +6.7
Labour Audrey Worgan 212 6.7 +6.7
UKIP Robin Milner 164 5.2 +0.4
Majority 985 31.3 -20.4
Turnout 3,151 74.2 +35.0
Conservative hold Swing

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