Election Name: | 2023 Woking Borough Council election |
Country: | Surrey |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2022 Woking Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2022 |
Next Election: | 2024 Woking Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Seats For Election: | 10 out of 30 seats to Woking Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 16 |
Leader1: | Ann-Marie Barker[1] |
Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election1: | 16 seats, 47.3% |
Seats Before1: | 16 |
Seats1: | 8 |
Seats After1: | 20 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 13,736 |
Percentage1: | 50.1% |
Swing1: | 2.8% |
Leader2: | Kevin Davis |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 8 seats, 30.8% |
Seats Before2: | 8 |
Seats2: | 0 |
Seats After2: | 4 |
Seat Change2: | 4 |
Popular Vote2: | 6,743 |
Percentage2: | 24.6% |
Swing2: | 6.2% |
Leader3: | Tahir Ahiz |
Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election3: | 3 seats, 6.1% |
Seats Before3: | 3 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seats After3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 2,841 |
Percentage3: | 10.4% |
Swing3: | 4.3% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Ann-Marie Barker |
Before Party: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
After Election: | Ann-Marie Barker |
After Party: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
The 2023 Woking Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect ten members (a third of the seats) of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections in England. The election count took place on Friday 5th May 2023.
The Liberal Democrats increased their majority on the council, winning four seats from the Conservatives who did not win any of the seats contested in 2023.[3]
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Woking Borough Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.[4] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election:[5] [6]