Woking Borough Council election, 2006
The 2006 Woking Council election took place on 4 May 2006 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.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Liberal Democrat 18
- Conservative 15
- Labour 3[2]
Campaign
6 sitting councillors stood down at the election including the former Conservative leader of the council Jim Armitage and the independent Mike Copham who had resigned from the Conservatives.[3]
Housing and development was a contentious issue during the campaign, with the council being required to build 240 houses a year for the next 20 years under the South East Plan. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats fought the election on a platform of opposing overdevelopment and protecting the green belt.[4]
The campaign saw allegations of electoral fraud in Woking, which were investigated by the police.[5][6] These included claims of multiple voter registrations at 6 addresses in Maybury and Sheerwater, intimidation and that blank postal votes had been given community leaders.[5][6] The investigation saw one man arrested on suspicion of impersonating another voter.[7]
Election result
The results saw the Liberal Democrats become the largest party on the council with 18 seats as compared to 15 for the Conservatives.[8] The Conservatives failed to take any seats from the Liberal Democrats, who gained 3 seats in Horsell West, Knaphill and Mount Hermon East wards and almost won a majority on the council for the first time since 1998 after losing by just 2 votes in Byfleet after 4 recounts.[8][9] Despite this the Conservatives took more votes across the council than the Liberal Democrats and made a gain from Labour in Maybury and Sheerwater.[8] Labour was reduced to only 3 seats on the council after losing in Maybury and Sheerwater, which was the only ward where they won more than 200 votes.[8] Overall turnout in the election was 42.17%.[10]
Woking Local Election Result 2006[2][10] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrat | 8 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 61.5 | 41.0 | 10,450 | +1.4% | ||
Conservative | 5 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 38.5 | 45.2 | 11,527 | +4.4% | ||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 8.1 | 2,063 | -2.1% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 865 | -3.4% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1.5 | 384 | -0.1% | ||
UK Community Issues Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 229 | +0.0% | ||
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irene Watson Green | 1,049 | 45.7 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Suzanne Kittelsen | 1,047 | 45.6 | +7.6 | |
Labour | David Mitchell | 113 | 4.9 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Marion Free | 88 | 3.8 | -3.3 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,297 | 41.9 | -1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Bryan Cross | 1,062 | 50.6 | ||
Conservative | Hilary Addison | 840 | 40.4 | ||
Labour | Chanchal Kapoor | 198 | 9.4 | ||
Majority | 222 | 10.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,100 | 39.3 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Denzil Coulson | 810 | 64.2 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Manish Gajjar | 368 | 29.2 | +1.6 | |
Labour | John Bramall | 83 | 6.6 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 442 | 35.0 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,261 | 32.9 | +4.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Kenneth Howard | 760 | 54.0 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Valerian Hopkins | 535 | 38.0 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Graeme Carman | 112 | 8.0 | -5.4 | |
Majority | 225 | 16.0 | -2.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,407 | 35.5 | +9.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Richard Sanderson | 1,297 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gareth Davies | 1,242 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Branagan | 1,163 | |||
Conservative | Roger Wiltshire | 1,027 | |||
UKIP | Timothy Shaw | 172 | |||
Labour | Audrey Worgan | 119 | |||
UKIP | Richard Squire | 107 | |||
Labour | Christopher Lowe | 88 | |||
UK Community Issues Party | Michael Osman | 79 | |||
Turnout | 5,294 | 51.4 | +4.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Richard Sharp | 1,302 | 49.4 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Anthony Hayes-Allen | 978 | 37.1 | -15.5 | |
UKIP | Matthew Davies | 198 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Linda Kendall | 157 | 6.0 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 324 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,635 | 38.1 | +3.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mohammed Iqbal | 1,357 | 48.6 | +9.2 | |
Labour | Mohammed Khan | 896 | 32.1 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Hough | 389 | 13.9 | -8.9 | |
UK Community Issues Party | Katrina Osman | 150 | 5.4 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 461 | 16.5 | +11.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,792 | 42.2 | -1.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Bellord | 675 | 71.0 | -4.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Randall | 191 | 20.1 | +2.8 | |
UKIP | Dennis Davey | 45 | 4.7 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Christopher Martin | 40 | 4.2 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 484 | 50.9 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 951 | 50.4 | +5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Norman Johns | 860 | 48.4 | +20.7 | |
Conservative | David Bittleston | 786 | 44.2 | -12.2 | |
UKIP | Judith Squire | 69 | 3.9 | -5.6 | |
Labour | Michael Kelly | 62 | 3.5 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 74 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,777 | 48.7 | +9.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Susan Smith | 970 | 56.7 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Carl Thomson | 603 | 35.2 | +3.9 | |
UKIP | Mary Kingston | 77 | 4.5 | -5.2 | |
Labour | John Pitt | 62 | 3.6 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 367 | 21.5 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,712 | 43.3 | +3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Kingsbury | 963 | 63.4 | -9.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Larkham | 271 | 17.8 | -3.8 | |
Independent | Adrian Gray | 188 | 12.4 | +12.4 | |
UKIP | Marcia Taylor | 52 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Colin Bright | 46 | 3.0 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 692 | 45.6 | -5.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,520 | 43.3 | +8.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Webber-Taylor | 1,183 | 66.8 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Wilson | 249 | 14.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Richard Wilson | 196 | 11.1 | -10.5 | |
Labour | Louise Every | 87 | 4.9 | -0.7 | |
UKIP | Robin Milner | 57 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 934 | 52.7 | +15.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,772 | 44.6 | +10.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Local elections: Woking". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- 1 2 Wilson, Graeme (2006-05-05). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4.
- ↑ "Release of nomination papers kicks off election fever". getsurrey. 2006-04-06. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ↑ "Development at the price of green belt?". getsurrey. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- 1 2 "Politics: Labour braced for heavy blow and 400 losses in local elections: Bad publicity blamed as party's forecasts worsen: Big changeover expected in London boroughs". The Guardian. 2006-05-04. p. 15.
- 1 2 "New fraud fears hit polling". getsurrey. 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ↑ "Arrest at polling station". getsurrey. 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- 1 2 3 4 "Lib Dems triumph in polls". getsurrey. 2006-05-12. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ↑ "Jubilation and shock as the voters make their feelings clear". getsurrey. 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Election of Borough Councillors for the Wards of Woking Borouhg Council: Summary of Results" (PDF). Woking Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Results for the borough's elections". getsurrey. 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2010-01-23.