2010 Woking Borough Council election

2010 UK local government election

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.

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. However, in July 2009 the Conservatives lost their majority after councillor Peter Ankers resigned from the Conservatives to sit as an independent.

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. Byfleet ward saw 2 seats being contested after Conservative councillor Simon Hutton resigned from the council earlier in the year.

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. 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. 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. Overall turnout in the election was 69.73%.

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

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

Ward results

Byfleet (2)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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