# Woking Borough Council elections

One third of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, 30 councillors have been elected from 10 wards.

## Political control

A borough called Woking had existed since 1974 and was controlled by the Conservative Party until the local elections in 1986. The partisan control of the borough has been as follows, with each poll electing one third of the seats, except where noted.
| Election | Party in control | Contested |
| 2024 | Liberal Democrats | 11 of 30 |
| 2023 | Liberal Democrats | 10 of 30 |
| 2022 | Liberal Democrats | 10 of 30 |
| 2021 | No overall control | 10 of 30 |
| 2019 | No overall control | 10 of 30 |
| 2018 | Conservative | 10 of 30 |
| 2016$^{FW}$ | Conservative | 30 of 30 |
| 2015 | Conservative | 12 of 36 |
| 2014 | Conservative | 12 of 36 |
| 2012 | Conservative | 12 of 36 |
| 2011 | Conservative | 13 of 36 |
| 2010 | No overall control | 13 of 36 |
| 2009* | No overall control | — |
| 2008 | Conservative | 12 of 36 |
| 2007 | Conservative | 12 of 36 |
| 2006 | No overall control | 13 of 36 |
| 2004 | No overall control | 13 of 36 |
| 2003 | No overall control | 13 of 36 |
| 2002 | No overall control | 13 of 36 |
| 2000$^{FW}$ | No overall control | 36 of 36 |
| 1999 | No overall control | 12 of 35 |
| 1998 | No overall control | 11 of 35 |
| 1996 | Liberal Democrats | 12 of 35 |
| 1995 | No overall control | 12 of 35 |
| 1994 | No overall control | 11 of 35 |
| 1992 | Conservative | 12 of 35 |
| 1991 | No overall control | 12 of 35 |
| 1990 | No overall control | 12 of 35 |
| 1988 | No overall control | 15 of 35 |
| 1987 | No overall control | 12 of 35 |
| 1986$^B$ | No overall control | 12 of 35 |
| 1984 | Conservative | 12 of 35 |
| 1983 | Conservative | 13 of 35 |
| 1982 | Conservative | 11 of 35 |
| 1980 | Conservative | 12 of 35 |
| 1979$^B$ | Conservative | 12 of 35 |
| 1978 | Conservative | 12 of 35 |
| 1976$^{FW}$ | Conservative | 35 of 35 |
| 1973$^{BF}$ | Conservative | 34 of 34 |
| B: New borough boundaries F: Full borough election W: New ward boundaries *: Change in control without election |||||

## Borough result maps

* 2000 results map
* 2002 results map
* 2003 results map
* 2004 results map
* 2006 results map
* 2007 results map
* 2008 results map
* 2010 results map
* 2021 results map
* 2022 results map
* 2023 results map
* 2024 results map

## By-election results
### 1990s

Byfleet By-Election 14 November 1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 927 | 60.6 |
| | Conservative | | 318 | 20.8 |
| | Labour | | 228 | 14.9 |
| | UKIP | | 58 | 3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 609 | 39.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,531 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Byfleet By-Election 18 September 1997 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 626 | 52.2 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | | 357 | 29.8 | +3.6 |
| | Labour | | 217 | 18.1 | −5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 269 | 22.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,200 | 21.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Knaphill By-Election 18 September 1997 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | | 652 | 34.5 | +34.5 |
| | Conservative | | 545 | 28.9 | −9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 442 | 23.4 | −16.9 |
| | Labour | | 249 | 13.2 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 107 | 5.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,888 | 24.0 | |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
St Johns By-Election 10 June 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | | 1,426 | 56.3 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 942 | 37.2 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | | 164 | 6.5 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 484 | 19.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,532 | 39.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2000s

Byfleet By-Election 12 July 2001 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Beryl Marlow | 809 | 53.6 | +15.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Roberts | 557 | 36.9 | −14.8 |
| | Labour | Raymond Holroyde | 144 | 9.5 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 252 | 16.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,510 | 27.5 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### 2010s

Maybury and Sheerwater By-Election 17 September 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rashid Mohammed | 1,057 | 44.1 | +22.6 |
| | Labour | Stephen Tudhope | 833 | 34.8 | +1.2 |
| | UKIP | Neil Willetts | 255 | 10.6 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Johns | 252 | 10.5 | −23.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 224 | 9.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,397 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Goldsworth East By-Election 18 October 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Sanderson | 594 | 37.8 | +13.9 |
| | Conservative | Sonia Elbaraka | 562 | 35.8 | −8.5 |
| | Labour | James Butcher | 262 | 16.7 | −4.6 |
| | UKIP | Tim Read | 154 | 9.8 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32 | 2.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,572 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Goldsworth West By-Election 18 October 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Chitra Rana | 367 | 40.0 | +7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tina Liddington | 349 | 38.0 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Robina Shaheen | 105 | 11.4 | +1.2 |
| | UKIP | Troy de Leon | 97 | 10.6 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18 | 2.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 918 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |