Will Forster Explained

Honorific Prefix:Councillor
Will Forster
Parliament:United Kingdom
Constituency Mp:Woking
Term Start:4 July 2024
Predecessor:Jonathan Lord
Majority:11,246 (23.4%)
Office1:Mayor of Woking
Term Start1:17 May 2018
Term End1:16 May 2019
Predecessor1:Graham Cundy
Successor1:Beryl Hunwicks
Party:Liberal Democrats

William Paul Forster (also surnamed Forster-Warner) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Woking since 2024. He has served as a councillor for Woking South on Surrey County Council since 2009,[1] and as a councillor on Woking Borough Council since 2011 for Hoe Valley (previously Kingfield and Westfield).[2]

From 2018 to 2019, Forster served as Mayor of Woking.[3]

Forster was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the constituency of Woking in the 2019 general election, having been selected to contest the previous election in 2017.[4]

Early life

Forster grew up in Goldsworth Park and Horsell. He attended Horsell Church of England Junior School, Woking High School, and Woking College.[5]

Personal life

Forster lived in Westfield and now lives near Woking Park.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Surrey County Council Election Results 1973-2009 . Elections Centre . 3 December 2019.
  2. Web site: Woking Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012 . Elections Centre . 3 December 2019.
  3. Web site: Past Mayors . 4 March 2019 . Woking Borough Council . 3 December 2019.
  4. Web site: Declaration of Result of Poll: Election of a Member of Parliament for Woking . Woking Borough Council . 3 December 2019.
  5. Web site: About Me . Will Forster . 28 July 2024.