2012 Woking Borough Council election

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The 2012 Woking Borough District Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of the Woking Borough Council. [1] [2] Of the 12 available seats, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats tied by winning six seats each. [3] [4]

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Election result

Woking Borough Election, 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 650%43.40%8,828
  Labour 00%15.30%3,116
  Liberal Democrats 650%32.70%6,639
  Peace 00%0.20%34
  UKIP 00%8.40%1,714

Ward results

Brookwood (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Davis46870.40%
Labour Rebecca Geach7411.10%
Liberal Democrats Norman Johns12318.50%
Majority
Turnout 66534.90%
Byfleet (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Brailsford64434.60%
Labour Anthony Mullins1387.40%-3.60%
Liberal Democrats Anne Roberts95251.10%
UKIP Mathew Waters1286.90%
Majority
Turnout 1,86233.20%-12.0
Goldsworth East (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Crisp35016.60%+10.00%
Conservative Colin Kemp68032.20%
UKIP Pamela Wellstead1286.10%
Liberal Democrats Amanda Van Niekerk95245.10%+1.10%
Majority
Turnout 2,11034.40%-12.20
Goldsworth West (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Laura Ashall27028.60%
Liberal Democrats Ian Eastwood51554.50%
Labour Audrey Worgan16016.90%
Majority
Turnout 94524.90%
Horsell East & Woodham (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Terence Knight15411.10%
Labour Jill Rawling14310.30%
Liberal Democrats James Sanderson18813.50%-1.70%
Conservative Michael Smith90565.10%
Majority
Turnout 1,39037.50%-17.7
Horsell West (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Branagan1,09652.20%
Labour Colin Bright32911.30%
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Johnson59228.20%
UKIP Timothy Shaw1969.30%+1.40%
Majority
Turnout 2,09939.10%-15.3
Kingfield & Westfield (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Brown32623.50%
UKIP Rob Burberry14910.70%
Conservative John Lawrence30421.90%
Liberal Democrats Derek McCrum434
Peace Julie Roxburgh9
Majority
Turnout 1,38734.30%-11.3
Knaphill (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Matthew Davies27311.20%+4.20%
Labour Richard Ford25410.40%-0.70%
Liberal Democrats Lisa Harding59324.20%-6.30%
Conservative Sajjad Hussain1,32754.20%
Majority
Turnout 2,34734.90%-11.6
Maybury & Sheerwater (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammad Ali1,072
Conservative Raza Babar68521.50%
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Bashir1,08834.10%
UKIP David Roe34510.80%-1.90%
Majority
Turnout 3,19043.90%-4.5

The election in Maybury and Sheerwater was voided by the Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey on petition. [5] The subsequent by-election was won by the Conservatives. [6]

Mount Hermon East (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Bittleston89869.40%
Labour Sabir Hussain14311.10%
Liberal Democrats Michael Wilson25319.60%
Majority
Turnout 1,29434.10%
Mount Hermon West (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Evans1309.10%
Liberal Democrats Ian Johnson69148.20%
Conservative Colin Scott51035.60%
UKIP Francis Squire1027.10%
Majority
Turnout 1,43331.60%
Pyrford (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ashley Bowes1,04163.60%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Grimshaw28717.50%-1.60%
UKIP Robin Milner19912.10%+5.20%
Labour Michael Wood1116.80%+0.10%
Majority
Turnout 1,63841.30%-17.0

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References

  1. ↑ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Election of Borough Councillors for the Wards of Woking Borough Council Summary of Results" (PDF). Woking Borough. n.d. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Local Election Results 2012". Local elections archive project. n.d. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (n.d.). "Woking Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Woking election candidate used illegal practices, judge rules". BBC News. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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