2022 Woking Borough Council election

Municipal election in England

The 2022 Woking Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect one third of members to Woking Borough Council in England coinciding with other local elections held across much of England. In this election, the Liberal Democrats gained control of the council after gaining 4 seats from the Conservative Party. In the Overall Results and the individual Ward Results charts below, the results of 2022 are compared to those of four years previously, in 2018. In 2018, the Conservatives had secured a relatively successful local election result in Woking, winning 5 out of the 10 seats and achieving 45.8% of the overall vote.

Overall results

Woking Borough Council election, 2022
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	7	4	70.0	9	16	53.3	14,021	47.3	18.1
	Independent	2	1	20.0	1	3	10.0	3,089	10.4	4.2
	Labour	1		10.0	2	3	10.0	1,794	6.1	10.0
	Conservative	0	5	0.0	8	8	26.7	9,108	30.8	15.0
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,404	4.7	New
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	198	0.7	New

Ward Results

Byfleet and West Byfleet

Byfleet and West Byfleet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daryl Jordan	1,692	52.4	11.5
	Conservative	Dan Siddiqi	840	26.0	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Martin	694	21.5	9.3
Majority			852	26.4	N/A
Turnout			3,238	37.2	3.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Canalside

Canalside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Ilyas Raja	1,310	48.4	3.4
	Conservative	Ayyaz Mahmood	937	34.6	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ilan Calyradja	462	17.1	4.6
Majority			373	13.8	1.6
Turnout			2,726	37.9	1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Goldsworth Park

Goldsworth Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Oades	1,641	66.4	28.8
	Conservative	Chitra Rana	829	33.6	4.4
Majority			812	32.8	N/A
Turnout			2,497	36.7	1.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Heathlands

Heathlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Cosnahan	1,507	49.2	24.8
	Conservative	Simon Ashall	1,088	35.5	26.7
	Green	Jennifer Mason	409	13.4	New
	Heritage	Judith Squire	58	1.9	New
Majority			419	13.7	N/A
Turnout			3,067	43.5	2.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hoe Valley

Hoe Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Caulfield	1,506	63.8	14.7
	Conservative	Sonal Sher	484	20.5	12.6
	Labour	Christopher Martin	221	9.4	4.6
	Green	Ivica Petrikova	148	6.3	New
Majority			1,022	43.3	27.3
Turnout			2,365	33.3	1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Horsell

Horsell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Morley	2,285	61.8	26.4
	Conservative	Philip Gent	1,173	31.7	18.3
	Green	Nigel Ridgeon	240	6.5	New
Majority			1,112	30.1	N/A
Turnout			3,717	52.1	6.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Knaphill

Knaphill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hassan Akberali	1,397	48.1	32.5
	Conservative	Debbie Harlow	1,019	35.1	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Erica Singharay	489	16.8	1.5
Majority			378	13.0	N/A
Turnout			2,918	36.6	4.3
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Mount Hermon

Mount Hermon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liam Lyons	1,974	64.5	21.4
	Conservative	Chan Keaney	782	25.6	16.9
	Green	Jim Craig	250	8.2	New
	Heritage	Richard Squire	53	1.7	New
Majority			1,192	38.9	38.3
Turnout			3,068	41.0	0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pyrford

Pyrford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Graves	1,743	53.2	31.8
	Conservative	Mohammed Rashid	1,147	35.0	24.3
	Labour	Raul Lai	263	8.0	6.4
	Green	Anna Platoni	124	3.8	New
Majority			596	18.2	N/A
Turnout			3,296	43.9	1.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Johns

St Johns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Spenser	1,720	60.4	16.9
	Conservative	Paul Smith	809	28.4	13.1
	Green	Kate Kett	233	8.2	New
	Heritage	Tim Read	87	3.1	New
Majority			911	32.0	30.0
Turnout			2,858	40.3	0.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

"Local elections 2022: final results". Woking Borough Council. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

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