2008 Woking Borough Council election

2008 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|Results of the 2008 Woking Borough Council election The 2008 Woking Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/43um.stm Woking 2010-01-24 BBC News 2008-04-19 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 19 Liberal Democrat 17 Local elections: Results: Voters in the cities and the shires have their say in the ballot box The Guardian 7 2008-05-02 Background 13 seats were contested in the election with 42 candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour and United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2026170_election__whos_who_in_surreys_2008_elections_ Election - Who's who in Surrey's 2008 elections 2010-01-24 2008-04-18 getsurrey Labour only put forward 6 candidates, while UKIP had candidates in every ward for the first time. http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2027326_new_council_faces_despite_the_status_quo New council faces despite the status quo 2010-01-24 2008-05-02 getsurrey Since the 2007 election the Conservatives had held a majority on the council after a long period with no party holding a majority. http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2026452_election__wokings_main_battlegrounds Election – Woking's main battlegrounds 2010-01-24 2008-04-24 getsurrey Election result The results saw the Conservatives maintain their majority on the council with 19 seats compared to 17 for the Liberal Democrats. Seven new councillors were elected after five sitting councillors stood down and 2 Liberal Democrats lost in the election. The Conservatives gained seats from the Liberal Democrats in Brookwood and Horsell West, while the Liberal Democrats won seats back in Knaphill and Maybury and Sheerwater. Overall turnout in the election at 43.46%, http://www.woking.gov.uk/council/election/boroughelectionresults2008.pdf Election of Borough Councillors for the Wards of Woking Borough 2010-01-24 Woking Borough Council https://web.archive.org/web/20110107140847/http://www.woking.gov.uk/council/election/boroughelectionresults2008.pdf 7 January 2011 dead was almost the same as the 43.6% seen in 2007. Woking local election result 2008 http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2027215_local_election_results_in_surrey Local election results in Surrey 2010-01-24 2008-05-02 getsurrey Liberal Democrats (UK) 7 2 2 0 53.8 44.1 11,230 +8.7% Conservative Party (UK) 6 2 2 0 46.2 46.7 11,885 -4.2% Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 1,178 -4.1% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 1,160 +0.1% Ward results Brookwood Conservative Party (UK) Glynis Preshaw 488 48.7 +3.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Peel 477 47.6 -1.7 United Kingdom Independence Party William March 19 1.9 +1.9 Labour Party (UK) Richard Ford 19 1.9 -0.1 11 1.1 1,003 52.9 -1.6 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Byfleet Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Roberts 1,204 50.6 +7.6 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Farrant 1,106 46.5 -10.5 United Kingdom Independence Party Richard Squire 68 2.9 +2.9 98 4.1 2,378 44.1 +0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Goldsworth East Liberal Democrats (UK) Rosie Sharpley 1,261 58.4 +6.5 Conservative Party (UK) David Roe 654 30.3 -7.1 United Kingdom Independence Party Robert Burberry 126 5.8 +2.5 Labour Party (UK) John Scott-Morgan 120 5.6 -1.8 607 28.1 +13.6 2,161 40.0 -0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Goldsworth West Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Eastwood 661 55.3 -8.9 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Casey 369 30.9 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) Paul Brown 116 9.7 +3.1 United Kingdom Independence Party Leo Dix 50 4.2 +4.2 292 24.4 -10.6 1,196 31.3 -1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Horsell East and Woodham Conservative Party (UK) Michael Smith 1,100 70.3 -0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Doran 334 21.4 +3.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Marion Free 130 8.3 +1.8 766 48.9 -3.8 1,564 44.5 -3.4 Conservative Party (UK) Horsell West Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Branagan 1,249 48.0 -2.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann-Marie Barker 1,153 44.3 +4.5 United Kingdom Independence Party Timothy Shaw 117 4.5 +0.3 Labour Party (UK) Audrey Worgan 82 3.2 -0.4 96 3.7 -7.2 2,601 49.3 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Kingfield and Westfield Liberal Democrats (UK) Derek McCrum 699 39.4 +7.5 Conservative Party (UK) Carl Thomson 509 28.7 -7.7 Labour Party (UK) John Martin 478 26.9 +1.7 United Kingdom Independence Party Dennis Davey 88 5.0 -1.4 190 10.7 1,774 44.9 +1.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Knaphill Liberal Democrats (UK) Oliver Wells 1,380 49.8 +7.3 Conservative Party (UK) Beryl Dunham 1,258 45.4 +1.1 United Kingdom Independence Party Duncan Clarke 131 4.7 -3.1 122 4.4 2,769 39.5 +2.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Maybury and Sheerwater Liberal Democrats (UK) Mohammed Bashir 1,551 49.1 +14.9 Conservative Party (UK) Rashid Mohammed 1,104 35.0 -3.8 Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Trier 363 11.5 -10.4 United Kingdom Independence Party Marcia Taylor 139 4.4 +1.4 447 14.1 3,157 48.6 +2.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Mount Hermon East Conservative Party (UK) David Bittleston 942 54.3 +10.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Goldenberg 736 42.4 -6.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Judith Squire 56 3.2 -0.7 206 11.9 1,734 47.4 -1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Mount Hermon West Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Johnson 965 61.0 +4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Valerian Hopkins 568 35.9 +0.7 United Kingdom Independence Party Mary Kingston 48 3.0 -1.5 397 25.1 +3.6 1,581 37.9 -5.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pyrford Conservative Party (UK) Ashley Bowes 1,379 70.5 -5.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Grimshaw 466 23.8 +6.2 United Kingdom Independence Party Robin Milner 112 5.7 -0.5 913 46.7 -12.0 1,957 39.2 -12.2 Conservative Party (UK) West Byfleet Conservative Party (UK) Gary Elson 1,159 73.4 -3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Wilson 343 21.7 +8.1 United Kingdom Independence Party Graham Wood 76 4.8 +0.7 816 51.7 -11.9 1,578 39.2 -4.0 Conservative Party (UK) References 2008 Category:2008 English local elections Category:2000s in Surrey