# 2021 Woking Borough Council election

The 2021 Woking Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Across the whole of Surrey there was also the Surrey County Council election and the election to be Surrey’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). The Woking Borough Council election and the Surrey PCC election had both been delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. After the Borough elections the Conservative Party remained, by a margin of just one seat, the largest party on Woking Borough Council. Conservative Councillor Ayesha Azad continued to lead a Conservative minority administration, although the Council’s committee chairmanships were taken by opposition councillors.

## Results summary

Changes in votes and in percentage point performance etc. in the overall Results Summary chart, and in the individual Ward Results charts, relate to the most recent previous Borough election results in 2019. However, the net changes in the overall number of councillors by Party in the Results Summary chart relate back to the equivalent results in 2016 (i.e. when the councillors re-standing in 2021 last fought their seats).
Going into these elections, the ruling Conservative minority administration had 14 councillors, the Liberal Democrats had 10, Labour had 3 and there were 3 Independents. Cllr Graham Christie, who had defected from the Conservatives to the LibDems in 2019, failed to secure re-election in his Pyrford ward in his new political colours.
Following the elections, the council was described by one local newspaper as "going into disarray" as no party leader appeared particularly keen to be the Leader of the hung council. In the end, the Conservatives took charge and Cllr Ayesha Azad continued to run the council as a minority administration
2021 Woking Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Conservative | 4 | 2 | 40.0 | 9 | 13 | 43.3 | 12,311 | 40.4 | +6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 5 | 3 | 50.0 | 7 | 12 | 40.0 | 11,010 | 36.1 | +6.2 |
| | Labour | 1 | | 10.0 | 2 | 3 | 10.0 | 2,288 | 7.5 | -2.3 |
| | Independent | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 6.7 | 2,539 | 8.3 | -5.2 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,923 | 6.3 | -0.4 |
| | Heritage | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 297 | 1.0 | New |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 111 | 0.4 | -6.3 |
| | TUSC | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 0.1 | New |

## Ward Results
### Byfleet and West Byfleet

Byfleet and West Byfleet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Josh Brown | 1,301 | 42.7 | +19.9 |
| | Independent | Neil Willetts | 1,009 | 33.1 | −20.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Graves | 429 | 14.1 | +0.6 |
| | Green | Jim Craig | 311 | 10.2 | +5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 292 | 9.6 | — |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,073 | 34.9 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | 20.1 | |

### Canalside

Canalside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tahir Aziz | 1,371 | 50.3 | +12.7 |
| | Conservative | Colin Scott | 931 | 34.1 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anuj Sikka | 314 | 11.5 | −2.1 |
| | UKIP | William Roe | 111 | 4.1 | −7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 440 | 16.2 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,747 | 36.8 | −0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.4 | |

### Goldsworth Park

Goldsworth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann-Marie Barker | 1,329 | 52.8 | +10.6 |
| | Conservative | Jonny Cope | 950 | 37.7 | +6.8 |
| | Green | Kate Kett | 240 | 9.5 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 379 | 15.1 | +3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,540 | 36.5 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.9 | |

### Heathlands

Heathlands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kevin Davis | 1,474 | 47.9 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Guy Cosnahan | 1,218 | 39.6 | +20.2 |
| | Green | Ella Walding | 321 | 10.4 | +0.6 |
| | Heritage | Judith Squire | 63 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 256 | 8.3 | −23.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,096 | 43.4 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 11.8 | |

### Hoe Valley

Hoe Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Will Forster | 1,451 | 60.0 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | John Lawrence | 586 | 24.2 | +5.7 |
| | Labour | Sabir Hussain | 187 | 7.7 | −2.4 |
| | Green | Ivica Petrikova | 136 | 5.6 | −1.2 |
| | Heritage | Michael Heaton | 59 | 2.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 865 | 35.8 | −2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,427 | 33.0 | +4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.3 | |

### Horsell

Horsell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Kirby | 2,018 | 54.2 | +19.3 |
| | Conservative | Beryl Hunwicks | 1,708 | 45.8 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 310 | 8.4 | — |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,761 | 52.3 | +8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 7.7 | |

### Knaphill

Knaphill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Saj Hussain | 1,700 | 50.8 | +14.5 |
| | Independent | Hassan Akberali | 1,073 | 32.1 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Spenser | 291 | 8.7 | −4.1 |
| | Labour | Gerry Mitchell | 252 | 7.5 | −0.6 |
| | TUSC | Nathan Holmes | 28 | 0.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 627 | 18.7 | +12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,364 | 41.2 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 6.5 | |

### Mount Hermon

Mount Hermon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ellen Nicholson | 1,611 | 49.4 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative | Carl Thomson | 1,137 | 34.9 | +6.0 |
| | Green | Christine Murphy | 436 | 13.4 | +6.4 |
| | Heritage | Damien Heads | 76 | 2.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 474 | 14.5 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,275 | 41.9 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.8 | |

### Pyrford

Note that Graham Chrystie was previously elected as a Conservative councillor for the Pyrford ward, but defected to the Liberal Democrats, as a sitting councillor, in April 2019.
Pyrford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Steven Dorsett | 1,400 | 39.5 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Chrystie | 1,029 | 29.0 | +14.6 |
| | Labour | Samar Chaudhary | 478 | 13.5 | +2.4 |
| | Independent | Daryl Jordan | 457 | 12.9 | −15.3 |
| | Green | Danny Clarke | 181 | 5.1 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 371 | 10.5 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,565 | 46.3 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 6.4 | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dale Roberts | 1,320 | 46.5 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | Paul Smith | 1,124 | 39.6 | +9.3 |
| | Green | Jennifer Mason | 298 | 10.5 | +4.5 |
| | Heritage | Tim Read | 99 | 3.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 196 | 6.9 | −10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,863 | 39.9 | +2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 5.3 | |