2012 Woking Borough Council election

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]

Election result

Woking Borough Election, 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6				50%	43.40%	8,828
	Labour	0				0%	15.30%	3,116
	Liberal Democrats	6				50%	32.70%	6,639
	Peace	0				0%	0.20%	34
	UKIP	0				0%	8.40%	1,714

Ward results

Brookwood (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Davis	468	70.40%
	Labour	Rebecca Geach	74	11.10%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Johns	123	18.50%
Majority
Turnout			665	34.90%

Byfleet (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Brailsford	644	34.60%
	Labour	Anthony Mullins	138	7.40%	-3.60%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Roberts	952	51.10%
	UKIP	Mathew Waters	128	6.90%
Majority
Turnout			1,862	33.20%	-12.0

Goldsworth East (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Crisp	350	16.60%	+10.00%
	Conservative	Colin Kemp	680	32.20%
	UKIP	Pamela Wellstead	128	6.10%
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Van Niekerk	952	45.10%	+1.10%
Majority
Turnout			2,110	34.40%	-12.20

Goldsworth West (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laura Ashall	270	28.60%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Eastwood	515	54.50%
	Labour	Audrey Worgan	160	16.90%
Majority
Turnout			945	24.90%

Horsell East & Woodham (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Terence Knight	154	11.10%
	Labour	Jill Rawling	143	10.30%
	Liberal Democrats	James Sanderson	188	13.50%	-1.70%
	Conservative	Michael Smith	905	65.10%
Majority
Turnout			1,390	37.50%	-17.7

Horsell West (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Branagan	1,096	52.20%
	Labour	Colin Bright	329	11.30%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Johnson	592	28.20%
	UKIP	Timothy Shaw	196	9.30%	+1.40%
Majority
Turnout			2,099	39.10%	-15.3

Kingfield & Westfield (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Brown	326	23.50%
	UKIP	Rob Burberry	149	10.70%
	Conservative	John Lawrence	304	21.90%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek McCrum	434
	Peace	Julie Roxburgh	9
Majority
Turnout			1,387	34.30%	-11.3

Knaphill (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Matthew Davies	273	11.20%	+4.20%
	Labour	Richard Ford	254	10.40%	-0.70%
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Harding	593	24.20%	-6.30%
	Conservative	Sajjad Hussain	1,327	54.20%
Majority
Turnout			2,347	34.90%	-11.6

Maybury & Sheerwater (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Ali	1,072
	Conservative	Raza Babar	685	21.50%
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Bashir	1,088	34.10%
	UKIP	David Roe	345	10.80%	-1.90%
Majority
Turnout			3,190	43.90%	-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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bittleston	898	69.40%
	Labour	Sabir Hussain	143	11.10%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Wilson	253	19.60%
Majority
Turnout			1,294	34.10%

Mount Hermon West (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Evans	130	9.10%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Johnson	691	48.20%
	Conservative	Colin Scott	510	35.60%
	UKIP	Francis Squire	102	7.10%
Majority
Turnout			1,433	31.60%

Pyrford (1 Councillor)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ashley Bowes	1,041	63.60%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Grimshaw	287	17.50%	-1.60%
	UKIP	Robin Milner	199	12.10%	+5.20%
	Labour	Michael Wood	111	6.80%	+0.10%
Majority
Turnout			1,638	41.30%	-17.0

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.
6. "Tories win Woking by-election held after Lib Dem 'electoral fraud'". BBC News. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2022.