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2008 Woking Borough Council election

2008 Woking Borough Council election

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The 2008 Woking Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Map of the results of the 2008 Woking council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

13 seats were contested in the election with 42 candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour and United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).[3] Labour only put forward 6 candidates, while UKIP had candidates in every ward for the first time.[4] Since the 2007 election the Conservatives had held a majority on the council after a long period with no party holding a majority.[5]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives maintain their majority on the council with 19 seats compared to 17 for the Liberal Democrats.[4] Seven new councillors were elected after five sitting councillors stood down and 2 Liberal Democrats lost in the election.[4] The Conservatives gained seats from the Liberal Democrats in Brookwood and Horsell West, while the Liberal Democrats won seats back in Knaphill and Maybury and Sheerwater.[4] Overall turnout in the election at 43.46%,[6] was almost the same as the 43.6% seen in 2007.[4]

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References

  1. "Woking". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  2. "Local elections: Results: Voters in the cities and the shires have their say in the ballot box". The Guardian. 2 May 2008. p. 7.
  3. "Election - Who's who in Surrey's 2008 elections". getsurrey. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  4. "New council faces despite the status quo". getsurrey. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  5. "Election - Woking's main battlegrounds". getsurrey. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  6. "Election of Borough Councillors for the Wards of Woking Borough" (PDF). Woking Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  7. "Local election results in Surrey". getsurrey. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2010.

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