# 2004 Woking Borough Council election

The 2004 Woking Council election took place on 10 June 2004 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 17
* Liberal Democrat 15
* Labour 4

## Election result

The results saw no party win a majority on the council with the Conservatives remaining the largest party on 17 seats. They gained 2 seats in Knaphill and Maybury and Sheerwater wards from an independent and Labour respectively, but also lost 2 seats to the Liberal Democrats in Byfleet and Horsell West. The Liberal Democrats were the most happy after gaining 3 seats to hold 15, which was their best election for the council in nearly 20 years. Labour suffered a collapse in support losing both of the seats which they were defending in Maybury and Sheerwater and Kingfield and Westfield, leaving them with only 4 seats on the council but still holding the balance of power.
Overall 7 sitting councillors were re-elected, 2 were defeated and 6 new people were elected. Turnout in the election was 41%, a rise from the 2003 election with the biggest increase in Maybury and Sheerwater where it nearly doubled to just under 44%.
Following the election the Conservatives remained in control of the executive with Jim Armitage continuing as leader of the council. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats took the leadership of all 3 Overview and Scrutiny Committees.
Woking Local Election Result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 61.5 | 39.6 | 9,520 | +4.2% |
| Conservative | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 38.5 | 40.8 | 9,818 | -5.9% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 10.2 | 2,462 | -2.9% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 1,631 | +4.9% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1.6 | 378 | -0.9% |
| Health and Community Issues Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 218 | +0.9% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 35 | -0.3% |

## Ward results

Brookwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Goldenberg | 509 | 49.3 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | Justin Boorman | 467 | 45.3 | +2.1 |
| | Green | Sandra Simkin | 35 | 3.4 | −6.0 |
| | Labour | Eric Kennedy | 21 | 2.0 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42 | 4.0 | +3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,032 | 54.5 | +10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Byfleet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Roberts | 918 | 38.0 | −6.8 |
| | Conservative | Beryl Marlow | 853 | 35.4 | −10.6 |
| | Independent | Suzanne Kittelsen | 378 | 15.7 | +15.7 |
| | UKIP | Francis Squire | 172 | 7.1 | +7.1 |
| | Labour | Brian Cozens | 92 | 3.8 | −5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65 | 2.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,413 | 43.3 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Goldsworth East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosie Sharpley | 1,122 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Leach | 966 | |
| | Conservative | Gary Carey | 500 | |
| | Conservative | Bernard Wright | 358 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Martin | 196 | |
| | UKIP | Judith Squire | 194 | |
| | Labour | Celia Wand | 135 | |
| | Health and Community Issues Party | Michael Osman | 68 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,539 | 33 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Goldsworth West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Eastwood | 561 | 52.2 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Yates | 297 | 27.6 | −4.3 |
| | UKIP | Marcia Taylor | 122 | 11.3 | +11.3 |
| | Labour | John Bramall | 73 | 6.8 | −3.2 |
| | Health and Community Issues Party | Shane Osman | 22 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 | 24.6 | 1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,075 | 28.0 | +6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Horsell East and Woodham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Smith | 914 | 57.6 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Craig | 380 | 24.0 | +0.0 |
| | UKIP | Michael Harvey | 207 | 13.1 | −0.1 |
| | Labour | John Pitt | 85 | 5.4 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 534 | 33.6 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,586 | 46.1 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Horsell West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann-Marie Barker | 1,090 | 42.7 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Tony Branagan | 1,078 | 42.2 | −7.9 |
| | UKIP | Timothy Shaw | 253 | 9.9 | +6.8 |
| | Labour | Christopher Lowe | 132 | 5.2 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,553 | 47.4 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Kingfield and Westfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek McCrum | 629 | 38.6 | +19.8 |
| | Conservative | Colin Kemp | 421 | 25.9 | −2.2 |
| | Labour | David Mitchell | 349 | 21.4 | −22.1 |
| | UKIP | Dennis Davey | 199 | 12.2 | +2.6 |
| | Health and Community Issues Party | Caroline Schwark | 30 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 208 | 12.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,628 | 40.3 | +11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Knaphill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Caroline Fisher | 1,250 | 52.6 | +6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bejan Shoraka | 977 | 41.1 | −6.7 |
| | Labour | Chanchal Kapoor | 150 | 6.3 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 273 | 11.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,377 | 34.5 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Maybury and Sheerwater :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Riasat Khan | 1,142 | 39.4 | +19.5 |
| | Labour | Sabir Hussain | 995 | 34.4 | −6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Scott | 661 | 22.8 | −4.5 |
| | Health and Community Issues Party | Katrina Osman | 98 | 3.4 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 147 | 5.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,896 | 43.4 | +21.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Mount Hermon East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Valerie Tinney | 809 | 56.4 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Everett | 397 | 27.7 | +0.3 |
| | UKIP | Richard Squire | 136 | 9.5 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Michael Byrne | 92 | 6.4 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 412 | 28.7 | −4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,434 | 39.7 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Mount Hermon West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Johnson | 840 | 54.1 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Michele Maddock | 485 | 31.3 | −11.1 |
| | UKIP | Mark Kingston | 151 | 9.7 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | Vincenzo Congliaro | 76 | 4.9 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 355 | 22.8 | +14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,552 | 40.3 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Pyrford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Fidler | 1,244 | 62.9 | −9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Grimshaw | 470 | 23.8 | −1.1 |
| | UKIP | Robin Milner | 197 | 10.0 | +10.0 |
| | Labour | Richard Cowley | 66 | 3.3 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 774 | 39.1 | −8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,977 | 49.4 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |