# 2015 Woking Borough Council election

The 2015 Woking Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect one third of members to Woking Borough Council in England coinciding with other local elections held simultaneously with a General Election which resulted in increased turnout compared to the election four years before. Elections in each ward are held in three years out of four.

## Results

The Conservatives were starting from a high ‘baseline’, having performed very well in the previous equivalent local election in Woking in 2011 (which coincided with the AV Referendum). The Conservatives secured 49% of the vote, gaining two seats from the Liberal Democrats and losing one to Labour. Of the 12 wards up for election, the Conservatives won 10 and the LibDems and Labour won 1 each. This was the best Conservative local Borough election result in Woking, and the worst result for the LibDems, for many years, although the Conservative 49% share of the vote failed to match the 56% share of the vote achieved on the same day by their Parliamentary candidate Jonathan Lord as he secured re-election as Woking’s MP with a landslide majority of 20,810 votes (over the second-placed Labour Party candidate).
The result added one councillor (net) to the Conservative group that had enjoyed overall control of the Council since 2011 and that had been in power locally since 2007 (if one includes a short period of minority administration).
Woking Borough Council Election, 2015 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 83.33 | 49 | 19091 |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8.33 | 17 | 6808 |
| Labour | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.33 | 15 | 5901 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 3 | 1350 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4390 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1377 |
| Patriotic Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 9 |

### Ward by ward

Byfleet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Harry Briggs | 1445 |
| | Independent | Amanda Boote | 1050 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Grimshaw | 558 |
| | UKIP | Richard Squire | 449 |
| | Labour | Michael Wood | 316 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Goldsworth East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Hilary Addison | 1592 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Sanderson | 859 |
| | Labour | Jay Butcher | 766 |
| | UKIP | Tim Read | 377 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Hermitage and Knaphill South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Paul Smith | 1129 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tina Liddington | 710 |
| | UKIP | Troy De Leon | 401 |
| | Labour | Colin Bright | 302 |
| | Green | Vanessa King | 118 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Horsell East and Woodham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Anne Murray | 1849 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Johnson | 361 |
| | UKIP | Terry Knight | 264 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Evans | 241 |
| | Green | Topher Dykes | 140 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Horsell West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Beryl Hunwicks | 2117 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Barker | 987 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Herbert | 385 |
| | Labour | John Scott-Morgan | 376 |
| | Green | Joanna Kelly | 198 |
| | Patriotic Socialist | Leo Dix | 9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Kingfield and Westfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Will Forster | 971 |
| | Conservative | Natalie Bourne | 922 |
| | Labour | Nigel Jackson | 440 |
| | UKIP | Robert Shatwell | 396 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Knaphill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Melanie Whitehand | 2645 |
| | Labour | Richard Ford | 659 |
| | UKIP | Bradley Hough | 617 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Syed Jaffri | 595 |
| | Green | James Brierley | 304 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Maybury and Sheerwater :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Tahiz Aziz | 1913 |
| | Conservative | Colin Scott | 1002 |
| | UKIP | Judith Squire | 416 |
| | Independent | Ian Vousden | 300 |
| | Green | Will Hemmings | 248 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Johns | 214 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Old Woking :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Lawrence | 486 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Morales | 467 |
| | UKIP | Jim Gore | 240 |
| | Labour | Barney Pimentel | 176 |
| | Green | John Parkin | 75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Pyrford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Graham Chrystie | 2076 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Davies | 366 |
| | UKIP | Robin Milner | 331 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Khalid | 154 |
| | Green | Joel Street | 140 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
St Johns and Hook Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Graham Cundy | 1744 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Whale | 320 |
| | Labour | Tom Willis | 216 |
| | UKIP | Marcia Taylor | 197 |
| | Green | Hilary Griffiths | 154 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
West Byfleet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Richard Wilson | 2084 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Wolfe | 400 |
| | Labour | Katherine Kearey | 342 |
| | UKIP | Neil Willetts | 317 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |