# 2018 Woking Borough Council election

The 2018 Woking Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect one third of members to Woking Borough Council in England coinciding with other local elections held across much of England. Elections in each ward are held in three years out of four.
Woking was one of the boroughs subject to a trial of voter ID requiring the production of photographic ID or 2 other forms of ID at the polling station.

## Results

The Conservatives lost one seat to the Liberal Democrats, with Mount Hermon councillor Mark Pengelly losing by a margin of just 17 votes to Liam Lyons, who had been defeated by Pengelly two years earlier. The Conservatives also failed to win their target seats of Byfleet and St John's by narrow margins, and came within 10 votes of losing in Goldsworth Park, although they held their seats in Horsell, Knaphill, Heathlands and Pyrford with very large majorities.
The result meant that the Tory majority over all other parties on the council reduced from four to two, so the Conservatives still maintained overall control as they have done since 2007, counting a short period of minority administration. Despite polling 3.2% in the all-out council elections in 2016, the Green Party did not field candidates.
Woking Borough Council election, 2018 :
| 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 | 5 | 1 | 50% | 11 | 16 | 53.33 | 12,770 | 45.8 | 1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 3 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 26.66 | 8,131 | 29.2 | 1.0 |
| | Labour | 1 | | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4,500 | 16.1 | 5.8 |
| | Independent | 1 | | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1,731 | 6.2 | 0.8 |
| | UKIP | 0 | | — | 0 | 0 | — | 752 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,884 | | — |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Ward by ward

Successful incumbents are marked with a green tick: Y, defeated incumbents with a red cross: N
Byfleet and West Byfleet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Mary Ann Bridgeman Y | 1,178 | 40.9 |
| | Conservative | Gary William Elson | 1125 | 39.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ellen Sophie Nicholson | 352 | 12.2 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Sakhawat Khan | 225 | 7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53 | 1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,880 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Canalside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mohammed Ilyas Raja Y | 1,213 | 45.0 |
| | Conservative | Robina Shaheen | 883 | 32.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Francis Doran | 338 | 12.5 |
| | Independent | David Benjamin Severn | 155 | 5.8 |
| | UKIP | Terence J Knight | 105 | 3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 330 | 12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,694 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Goldsworth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Chitra Rana Y | 930 | 38.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Richard Sanderson | 920 | 37.6 |
| | Labour | Christopher David Martin | 500 | 20.4 |
| | UKIP | Troy de Leon | 95 | 3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | 0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,445 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Heathlands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Simon Michael Ashall | 1,772 | 62.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Edward Rimmer | 695 | 24.4 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Anne Evans | 383 | 13.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,077 | 37.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,850 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Hoe Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deborah Elizabeth Hughes Y | 1,096 | 49.1 |
| | Conservative | John Frederick Lawrence | 739 | 33.1 |
| | Labour | Geraldine Margaret Mitchell-Smith | 312 | 14.0 |
| | UKIP | Judith Diana Squire | 86 | 3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 357 | 16.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,233 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Horsell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nancy Hazel Mary Martin | 1,612 | 50.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Laurence Kremer | 1141 | 35.4 |
| | Labour | Conor Michael John Bakhuizen | 357 | 11.1 |
| | UKIP | Lynda Mary Sage | 117 | 3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 471 | 14.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,227 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Knaphill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Deborah Harlow Y | 1,376 | 53.9 |
| | Independent | Hassan Badrudin Akberali | 398 | 15.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jamie Diane Roscoe-Jones | 391 | 15.3 |
| | Labour | Colin Robert Bright | 387 | 15.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 978 | 38.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,552 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Mount Hermon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liam Stuart Lyons | 1,300 | 43.1 |
| | Conservative | Mark Russell John Pengelly N | 1283 | 42.5 |
| | Labour | Sabir Hussain | 374 | 12.4 |
| | UKIP | Richard Peter Farr Squire | 62 | 2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,019 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Pyrford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Rashid Mohammed Y | 2,076 | 59.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Michael Lachowicz | 679 | 21.4 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Folk O'Shea | 447 | 14.4 |
| | UKIP | Robin Deller Milner | 167 | 5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,208 | 37.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,180 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
St Johns :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Howard Y | 1,219 | 43.5 |
| | Conservative | Steven James Royston Dorsett | 1163 | 41.5 |
| | Labour | John Scott-Morgan | 302 | 10.8 |
| | UKIP | Timothy Martin Read | 120 | 4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 56 | 2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,804 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |