# 2010 Woking Borough Council election

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.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 18
* Liberal Democrat 17
* Independent 1

## 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. However, in July 2009 the Conservatives lost their majority after councillor Peter Ankers resigned from the Conservatives to sit as an independent.
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. Byfleet ward saw 2 seats being contested after Conservative councillor Simon Hutton resigned from the council earlier in the year.

## 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. 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%.
The election also saw Jonathan Lord win the Woking parliamentary constituency with 26,551 votes, beating Liberal Democrat Rosie Sharpley into second place. The seat had previously been held by Humfrey Malins, who announced his intention to stand down in 2009.
Woking Local Election Result 2010 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53.8 | 42.6 | 18,287 | -1.5% |
| Conservative | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.2 | 44.1 | 18,940 | -2.6% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 3,338 | +3.2% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 2,361 | +0.9% |

## Ward results

Byfleet (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Farrant | 1,657 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barnabas Shelbourne | 1,655 | | |
| | Conservative | Irene Watson Green | 1,609 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Stennett | 1,469 | | |
| | UKIP | Richard Squire | 364 | | |
| | Labour | Celia Wand | 310 | | |
| | Labour | Michael Wood | 289 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,353 | 69.5 | +25.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Goldsworth East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Cross | 1,861 | 50.4 | −8.0 |
| | Conservative | Hilary Addison | 1,267 | 34.3 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | Tom Crisp | 373 | 10.1 | +4.5 |
| | UKIP | Marcia Taylor | 189 | 5.1 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 594 | 16.1 | −12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,690 | 66.3 | +26.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Goldsworth West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Denzil Coulson | 1,271 | 51.6 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Casey | 850 | 34.5 | +3.6 |
| | Labour | Paul Brown | 220 | 8.9 | −0.8 |
| | UKIP | Leo Dix | 121 | 4.9 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 421 | 17.1 | −7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,462 | 64.5 | +33.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hermitage and Knaphill South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Howard | 1,352 | 50.3 | −13.9 |
| | Conservative | Valerian Hopkins | 896 | 33.3 | +11.6 |
| | UKIP | Duncan Clarke | 248 | 9.2 | +2.1 |
| | Labour | Chancal Kapoor | 192 | 7.1 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 456 | 17.0 | −25.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,688 | 67.2 | +30.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Horsell West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann-Marie Barker | 1,852 | 45.0 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | Simon Ashall | 1,805 | 43.8 | −4.2 |
| | UKIP | Timothy Shaw | 245 | 5.9 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Colin Bright | 217 | 5.3 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47 | 1.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,119 | 76.7 | +27.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Knaphill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Sharp | 2,128 | 42.9 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Callaby | 2,107 | 42.5 | −2.9 |
| | Labour | Richard Ford | 394 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
| | UKIP | Matthew Davies | 332 | 6.7 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21 | 0.4 | −4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,961 | 69.5 | +30.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Maybury and Sheerwater :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Iqbal Mohammed | 2,034 | 43.0 | +8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jamil Shabbana | 1,871 | 39.5 | −9.6 |
| | Labour | Stephen Tudhope | 525 | 11.1 | −0.4 |
| | UKIP | Pamela Wellstead | 305 | 6.4 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 163 | 3.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,735 | 66.4 | +17.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Mayford and Sutton Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Bellord | 840 | 54.5 | −16.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Forster-Warner | 606 | 39.4 | +19.3 |
| | UKIP | David Roe | 49 | 3.2 | −1.5 |
| | Labour | Linda Kendall | 45 | 2.9 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 234 | 15.2 | −35.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,540 | 81.2 | +30.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Mount Hermon East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Carl Thomson | 1,291 | 48.1 | −6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Johns | 1,175 | 43.8 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Sabir Hussain | 149 | 5.6 | +5.6 |
| | UKIP | Judith Squire | 67 | 2.5 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 116 | 4.3 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,682 | 70.8 | +23.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Mount Hermon West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liam Lyons | 1,409 | 48.7 | −12.3 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Celesius | 1,114 | 38.5 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Evans | 254 | 8.8 | +8.8 |
| | UKIP | Mary Kingston | 118 | 4.1 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | 10.2 | −14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,895 | 64.7 | +26.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
St Johns and Hook Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Kingsbury | 1,590 | 60.0 | −12.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diana Landon | 743 | 28.0 | +5.3 |
| | UKIP | Marion Free | 159 | 6.0 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | John Scott-Morgan | 158 | 6.0 | +6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 847 | 32.0 | −17.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,650 | 74.6 | +33.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
West Byfleet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gary Elson | 1,880 | 59.7 | −13.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Toby Matthews | 895 | 28.4 | +6.7 |
| | Labour | Audrey Worgan | 212 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
| | UKIP | Robin Milner | 164 | 5.2 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 985 | 31.3 | −20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,151 | 74.2 | +35.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |