# 2002 Woking Borough Council election

The 2002 Woking Council election took place on 2 May 2002 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. Overall turnout in the election was 33.28%, down from 34.32% in 2000.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 17
* Liberal Democrat 13
* Labour 5
* Independent 1

## Election result

Woking Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 6 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 46.2 | 44.9 | 8,488 | -0.1% |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 46.2 | 39.5 | 7,483 | +2.7% |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 13.8 | 2,605 | -2.0% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 211 | +1.1% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 137 | -1.8% |

## Ward results

Byfleet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Todd | 953 | 48.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Roberts | 787 | 39.7 |
| | Labour | Michael Roberts | 241 | 12.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 166 | 8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,981 | 36.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Goldsworth East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cross | 797 | 49.8 |
| | Conservative | Bellord | 488 | 30.5 |
| | Labour | Ford | 316 | 19.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 309 | 19.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,601 | 29.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Goldsworth West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Landon | 485 | 58.2 |
| | Conservative | Lawrence | 266 | 31.9 |
| | Labour | Wand | 83 | 10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 219 | 26.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 834 | 22.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Hermitage and Knaphill South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard | 695 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liddington | 643 | |
| | Conservative | Fisher | 366 | |
| | Conservative | Assi | 317 | |
| | Labour | Carman | 159 | |
| | Labour | Martin | 147 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,327 | 30.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Horsell West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sanderson | 1,174 | 48.1 |
| | Conservative | Atkins | 1,047 | 42.9 |
| | Labour | Worgan | 131 | 5.4 |
| | UKIP | Shaw | 88 | 3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 127 | 5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,440 | 46.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Knaphill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Hayes-Allen | 849 | 45.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shoraka | 816 | 43.5 |
| | Labour | Allan | 213 | 11.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33 | 1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,878 | 28.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Maybury and Sheerwater :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Pope | 950 | 59.1 |
| | Conservative | Roe | 293 | 18.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Morales | 227 | 14.1 |
| | Independent | Osman | 137 | 8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 657 | 40.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,607 | 24.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Mayford and Sutton Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Palmer | 653 | 75.0 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leach | 151 | 17.3 | −1.0 |
| | UKIP | Davey | 34 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Kendall | 33 | 3.8 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 502 | 57.7 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 871 | 44.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Mount Hermon East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Bittleston | 728 | 60.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wilson | 329 | 27.4 |
| | Labour | Kennedy | 90 | 7.5 |
| | UKIP | Squire | 54 | 4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 399 | 33.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,201 | 34.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Mount Hermon West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Smith | 756 | 50.5 |
| | Conservative | Hopkins | 635 | 42.4 |
| | Labour | Kapor | 72 | 4.8 |
| | UKIP | Squire | 35 | 2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 121 | 8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,498 | 40.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
St Johns and Hook Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kingsbury | 856 | 69.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kremer | 308 | 24.9 |
| | Labour | Bramall | 74 | 6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 548 | 44.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,238 | 35.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
West Byfleet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Popham | 1,037 | 71.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Grimshaw | 315 | 21.8 |
| | Labour | Byrne | 96 | 6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 722 | 49.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,448 | 36.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |