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
editWoking Borough Council election, 2022[1] | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
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
editByfleet and West Byfleet
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
edit- ^ "Local elections 2022: final results". Woking Borough Council. Retrieved 25 May 2022.