2010 Woking Borough Council election

2010 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2010 Woking council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010. 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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/3795.stm Woking BBC News 12 February 2011 19 April 2009 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 18 Liberal Democrat 17 Independent 1 https://www.theguardian.com/society/table/2010/may/07/local-elections Local elections 2010 2011-02-12 2010-05-07 The Guardian London 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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/43um.stm Woking BBC News 12 February 2011 19 April 2008 However, in July 2009 the Conservatives lost their majority after councillor Peter Ankers resigned from the Conservatives to sit as an independent.http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2054267_tory_councillor_quits_party_in_council_debt_protest Tory councillor quits party in council debt protest Woodger Beth 16 July 2009 getsurrey 12 February 2011 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.http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2070466_candidates_prepare_for_local_council_elections Candidates prepare for local council elections 5 May 2010 getsurrey 12 February 2011 Byfleet ward saw 2 seats being contested after Conservative councillor Simon Hutton resigned from the council earlier in the year.http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2070763_lib_dems_and_tories_spar_for_seats_in_woking Lib Dems and Tories spar for seats in Woking Harman Emily 10 May 2010 getsurrey 12 February 2011 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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8668102.stm Tories dominate local elections in Surrey 7 May 2010 BBC News 12 February 2011 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%.http://www.woking.gov.uk/council/election/BoroughElections2010.pdf Election of Borough Councillors for the Wards of Woking Borough Council: Summary of Results Woking Borough Council 12 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110106054321/http://www.woking.gov.uk/council/election/BoroughElections2010.pdf 6 January 2011 dead The election also saw Jonathan Lord win the Woking parliamentary constituency with 26,551 votes, beating Liberal Democrat Rosie Sharpley into second place.https://wokingnews.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/woking-borough-council-parliamentary-and-borough-election-results/ Woking Borough Council: Parliamentary and borough election results Woking News & Mail 2013-12-06 2008-05-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20131218093321/https://wokingnews.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/woking-borough-council-parliamentary-and-borough-election-results/ 18 December 2013 dead The seat had previously been held by Humfrey Malins, who announced his intention to stand down in 2009.https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/wokings-mp-stand-down-next-4824894 Woking's MP to stand down at next election Surrey Live 2022-12-21 2009-03-15 2013-07-02 Woking local election result 2010 Liberal Democrats (UK) 7 1 1 0 53.8 42.6 18,287 -1.5% Conservative Party (UK) 6 1 1 0 46.2 44.1 18,940 -2.6% Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 7.8 3,338 +3.2% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 2,361 +0.9% Ward results thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2010 Woking council election showing ward names. Coloured by party which finished top in each ward. Byfleet (2) Conservative Party (UK) Dorothy Farrant 1,657 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barnabas Shelbourne 1,655 Conservative Party (UK) Irene Watson Green 1,609 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Stennett 1,469 United Kingdom Independence Party Richard Squire 364 Labour Party (UK) Celia Wand 310 Labour Party (UK) Michael Wood 289 7,353 69.5 +25.4 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Goldsworth East Liberal Democrats (UK) Bryan Cross 1,861 50.4 -8.0 Conservative Party (UK) Hilary Addison 1,267 34.3 +4.0 Labour Party (UK) Tom Crisp 373 10.1 +4.5 United Kingdom Independence Party Marcia Taylor 189 5.1 -0.7 594 16.1 -12.0 3,690 66.3 +26.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Goldsworth West Liberal Democrats (UK) Denzil Coulson 1,271 51.6 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Casey 850 34.5 +3.6 Labour Party (UK) Paul Brown 220 8.9 -0.8 United Kingdom Independence Party Leo Dix 121 4.9 +0.7 421 17.1 -7.3 2,462 64.5 +33.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hermitage and Knaphill South Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Howard 1,352 50.3 -13.9 Conservative Party (UK) Valerian Hopkins 896 33.3 +11.6 United Kingdom Independence Party Duncan Clarke 248 9.2 +2.1 Labour Party (UK) Chancal Kapoor 192 7.1 +0.1 456 17.0 -25.5 2,688 67.2 +30.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Horsell West Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann-Marie Barker 1,852 45.0 +0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Ashall 1,805 43.8 -4.2 United Kingdom Independence Party Timothy Shaw 245 5.9 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) Colin Bright 217 5.3 +2.1 47 1.2 4,119 76.7 +27.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Knaphill Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Sharp 2,128 42.9 -6.9 Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Callaby 2,107 42.5 -2.9 Labour Party (UK) Richard Ford 394 7.9 +7.9 United Kingdom Independence Party Matthew Davies 332 6.7 +2.0 21 0.4 -4.0 4,961 69.5 +30.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Maybury and Sheerwater Conservative Party (UK) Iqbal Mohammed 2,034 43.0 +8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jamil Shabbana 1,871 39.5 -9.6 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Tudhope 525 11.1 -0.4 United Kingdom Independence Party Pamela Wellstead 305 6.4 +2.0 163 3.5 4,735 66.4 +17.8 Conservative Party (UK) Mayford and Sutton Green Conservative Party (UK) Simon Bellord 840 54.5 -16.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) William Forster-Warner 606 39.4 +19.3 United Kingdom Independence Party David Roe 49 3.2 -1.5 Labour Party (UK) Linda Kendall 45 2.9 -1.3 234 15.2 -35.7 1,540 81.2 +30.8 Conservative Party (UK) Mount Hermon East Conservative Party (UK) Carl Thomson 1,291 48.1 -6.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Norman Johns 1,175 43.8 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) Sabir Hussain 149 5.6 +5.6 United Kingdom Independence Party Judith Squire 67 2.5 -0.7 116 4.3 -7.6 2,682 70.8 +23.4 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Mount Hermon West Liberal Democrats (UK) Liam Lyons 1,409 48.7 -12.3 Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Celesius 1,114 38.5 +2.6 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Evans 254 8.8 +8.8 United Kingdom Independence Party Mary Kingston 118 4.1 +1.1 295 10.2 -14.9 2,895 64.7 +26.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) St Johns and Hook Heath Conservative Party (UK) John Kingsbury 1,590 60.0 -12.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Diana Landon 743 28.0 +5.3 United Kingdom Independence Party Marion Free 159 6.0 +1.3 Labour Party (UK) John Scott-Morgan 158 6.0 +6.0 847 32.0 -17.9 2,650 74.6 +33.4 Conservative Party (UK) West Byfleet Conservative Party (UK) Gary Elson 1,880 59.7 -13.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Toby Matthews 895 28.4 +6.7 Labour Party (UK) Audrey Worgan 212 6.7 +6.7 United Kingdom Independence Party Robin Milner 164 5.2 +0.4 985 31.3 -20.4 3,151 74.2 +35.0 Conservative Party (UK) References 2010 Woking Category:2010s in Surrey