The 2012 Woking Borough District Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of the Woking Borough Council.[1][2] Of the 12 available seats, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats tied by winning six seats each.[3][4]

Election result

Woking Borough Election, 2012
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 6 50% 43.40% 8,828
  Labour 0 0% 15.30% 3,116
  Liberal Democrats 6 50% 32.70% 6,639
  Peace 0 0% 0.20% 34
  UKIP 0 0% 8.40% 1,714

Ward results

Brookwood (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Davis 468 70.40%
Labour Rebecca Geach 74 11.10%
Liberal Democrats Norman Johns 123 18.50%
Majority
Turnout 665 34.90%
Byfleet (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carol Brailsford 644 34.60%
Labour Anthony Mullins 138 7.40% -3.60%
Liberal Democrats Anne Roberts 952 51.10%
UKIP Mathew Waters 128 6.90%
Majority
Turnout 1,862 33.20% -12.0
Goldsworth East (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Crisp 350 16.60% +10.00%
Conservative Colin Kemp 680 32.20%
UKIP Pamela Wellstead 128 6.10%
Liberal Democrats Amanda Van Niekerk 952 45.10% +1.10%
Majority
Turnout 2,110 34.40% -12.20
Goldsworth West (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laura Ashall 270 28.60%
Liberal Democrats Ian Eastwood 515 54.50%
Labour Audrey Worgan 160 16.90%
Majority
Turnout 945 24.90%
Horsell East & Woodham (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Terence Knight 154 11.10%
Labour Jill Rawling 143 10.30%
Liberal Democrats James Sanderson 188 13.50% -1.70%
Conservative Michael Smith 905 65.10%
Majority
Turnout 1,390 37.50% -17.7
Horsell West (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Branagan 1,096 52.20%
Labour Colin Bright 329 11.30%
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Johnson 592 28.20%
UKIP Timothy Shaw 196 9.30% +1.40%
Majority
Turnout 2,099 39.10% -15.3
Kingfield & Westfield (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Brown 326 23.50%
UKIP Rob Burberry 149 10.70%
Conservative John Lawrence 304 21.90%
Liberal Democrats Derek McCrum 434
Peace Julie Roxburgh 9
Majority
Turnout 1,387 34.30% -11.3
Knaphill (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Matthew Davies 273 11.20% +4.20%
Labour Richard Ford 254 10.40% -0.70%
Liberal Democrats Lisa Harding 593 24.20% -6.30%
Conservative Sajjad Hussain 1,327 54.20%
Majority
Turnout 2,347 34.90% -11.6
Maybury & Sheerwater (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammad Ali 1,072
Conservative Raza Babar 685 21.50%
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Bashir 1,088 34.10%
UKIP David Roe 345 10.80% -1.90%
Majority
Turnout 3,190 43.90% -4.5

The election in Maybury and Sheerwater was voided by the Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey on petition.[5] The subsequent by-election was won by the Conservatives.[6]

Mount Hermon East (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Bittleston 898 69.40%
Labour Sabir Hussain 143 11.10%
Liberal Democrats Michael Wilson 253 19.60%
Majority
Turnout 1,294 34.10%
Mount Hermon West (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Evans 130 9.10%
Liberal Democrats Ian Johnson 691 48.20%
Conservative Colin Scott 510 35.60%
UKIP Francis Squire 102 7.10%
Majority
Turnout 1,433 31.60%
Pyrford (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ashley Bowes 1,041 63.60%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Grimshaw 287 17.50% -1.60%
UKIP Robin Milner 199 12.10% +5.20%
Labour Michael Wood 111 6.80% +0.10%
Majority
Turnout 1,638 41.30% -17.0

References

  1. ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Election of Borough Councillors for the Wards of Woking Borough Council Summary of Results" (PDF). Woking Borough. n.d. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Local Election Results 2012". Local elections archive project. n.d. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (n.d.). "Woking Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Woking election candidate used illegal practices, judge rules". BBC News. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Tories win Woking by-election held after Lib Dem 'electoral fraud'". BBC News. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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