# 2019 Woking Borough Council election

The 2019 Woking Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 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. The previous election was held in 2018 and the next election was due to be held in 2020 but was instead deferred to 2021 along with all other ‘2020’ local elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Results summary

Shortly before these elections, in April 2019, Cllr. Graham Chrystie (a councillor for Pyrford ward) defected from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats, leaving the ruling Conservative administration going into these elections with exactly half - 15 out of 30 - of the seats on the council.
Although the Conservatives lost their overall majority on the council, following the election they continued to run the council as a minority administration. In the numerical analysis below (the Results Summary and the individual Results by Ward) the performance of each Party or candidate is compared against the results of the Woking Borough Council (WBC) elections of the previous year of 2018. However, in terms of individual wards ‘held’ or ‘gained’ in 2019 the comparison is with the winning second placed candidates/Parties in the all-out WBC elections of 2016, as these were the sitting councillors seeking re-election in 2019.
Woking Borough Council election, 2019 :
| 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 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 14 | 46.66 | 8,976 | 33.5 | 12.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 4 | 1 | 40 | 6 | 10 | 33.33 | 8,011 | 29.9 | 0.7 |
| | Independent | 1 | | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3,611 | 13.5 | 7.3 |
| | Labour | 1 | | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2,633 | 9.8 | 6.3 |
| | UKIP | 0 | | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1,803 | 6.7 | 4.0 |
| | Green | 0 | | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1,798 | 6.7 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,884 | | — |

## Results by Ward
### Byfleet and West Byfleet

Byfleet and West Byfleet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Amanda Jayne Boote | 1,440 | 53.4 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | Irene Esther Watson Green | 614 | 22.8 | −16.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ellen Sophie Nicholson | 364 | 13.5 | +1.3 |
| | UKIP | Jamie Paul Hayward | 157 | 5.8 | New |
| | Green | James Duncan Craig | 120 | 4.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 826 | 30.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,701 | 31.44 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Canalside

Canalside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammad Ali | 1,033 | 37.6 | −7.4 |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Riasat Khan | 827 | 30.1 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrea Elizabeth Barker | 375 | 13.6 | +1.1 |
| | UKIP | William Nelson Owen Roe | 315 | 11.5 | +7.6 |
| | Green | Richard Guy Lewis Connelly | 198 | 7.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 206 | 7.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,767 | 37.19 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Goldsworth Park

Goldsworth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Richard Sanderson | 1,032 | 42.2 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Thomas Ewart Cope | 755 | 30.9 | −7.1 |
| | Labour | Christopher David Martin | 280 | 11.4 | −9.0 |
| | UKIP | Troy de Leon | 234 | 9.6 | +5.7 |
| | Green | Ella Jessica Walding | 145 | 5.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 277 | 11.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,454 | 35.24 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Heathlands

Heathlands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ayesha Azad | 1,424 | 51.3 | −10.9 |
| | Independent | Robert Arthur Shatwell | 542 | 19.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Guy Tuson Cosnahan | 538 | 19.4 | −5.0 |
| | Green | Anna Katharine Wright | 271 | 9.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 882 | 31.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,791 | 39.82 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hoe Valley

Hoe Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Mary Nell Morales | 1,147 | 56.8 | +7.7 |
| | Conservative | Colin Patrick Scott | 374 | 18.5 | −14.6 |
| | Labour | Brian Stanley Walter | 204 | 10.1 | −3.9 |
| | UKIP | David Simon Roe | 159 | 7.9 | +4.0 |
| | Green | Ivica Petrikova | 137 | 6.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 773 | 38.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,039 | 28.56 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Horsell

Horsell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Colin Sidney Kemp | 1,298 | 41.8 | −8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Francis Doran | 1,083 | 34.9 | −0.5 |
| | Green | Nigel Charles Ridgeon | 266 | 8.6 | New |
| | UKIP | Judith Diana Squire | 260 | 8.4 | +4.8 |
| | Labour | Joshua James Reid | 196 | 6.3 | −4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 215 | 7.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,122 | 43.75 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Knaphill

Knaphill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Melanie Anne Whitehand | 960 | 36.3 | −17.6 |
| | Independent | Hassan Badrudrin Akberali | 808 | 30.5 | +14.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Grenville Johns | 339 | 12.8 | −2.5 |
| | Labour | Geraldine Margaret Mitchell-Smith | 214 | 8.1 | −7.1 |
| | Green | Alexandra May Connelly | 180 | 6.8 | New |
| | UKIP | Andrew George Glen | 145 | 5.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 152 | 5.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,655 | 33.30 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Mount Hermon

Mount Hermon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Johnson | 1,421 | 51.0 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative | John Frederick Lawrence | 806 | 28.9 | −13.6 |
| | Labour | Zara Coombes | 211 | 7.6 | −4.8 |
| | Green | Irene Jane Ridgeon | 196 | 7.0 | New |
| | UKIP | Richard Peter Farr Squire | 155 | 5.6 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 615 | 22.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,802 | 37.80 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Pyrford

Pyrford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gary William Elson | 1,099 | 37.8 | −21.5 |
| | Independent | Joanna Avey | 821 | 28.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Michael Lachowicz | 419 | 14.4 | −7.0 |
| | Labour | Samar Akhlaq Chaudhary | 323 | 11.1 | −3.3 |
| | Green | Danny Clarke | 124 | 4.3 | New |
| | UKIP | Robin Deller Milner | 124 | 4.3 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 278 | 9.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,921 | 39.22 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St John's

St John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Norman Leach | 1,293 | 47.9 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | Mark Russell John Pengelly | 819 | 30.3 | −11.2 |
| | UKIP | Timothy Martin Read | 254 | 9.4 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | John Scott-Morgan | 172 | 6.4 | −4.4 |
| | Green | Kathleen Elizabeth Kett | 161 | 6.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 474 | 17.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,802 | 37.80 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |