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Borough Election Results, 1 May 2008
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Woking Borough Council is responsible for administering all elections in Woking. Elections are held in Woking for:

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Borough Election Results, 1 May 2008

Scheduled elections were held in 12 wards and there was one by-election in West Byfleet. The results for the wards are as follows:

Ward	Candidate	Party	Votes
Brookwood	FORD, Richard Peter	Labour	19
	MARCH, William David	UKIP	19
	PEEL, Michael Anthony	Liberal Democrat	477
	PRESHAW, Glynis	Conservative	488 Elected
Byfleet	FARRANT, Simon James	Conservative	1,106
	ROBERTS, Anne Elizabeth	Liberal Democrat	1,204 Elected
	SQUIRE, Richard Peter Farr	UKIP	68
Goldsworth East	BURBERRY, Robert James	UKIP	126
	ROE, David Simon	Conservative	654
	SCOTT-MORGAN, John	Labour	120
	SHARPLEY, Rosie	Liberal Democract	1,261 Elected
Goldsworth West	BROWN, Paul James	Labour	116
	CASEY, Anthony Patrick Edward	Conservative	369
	DIX, Leo	UKIP	50
	EASTWOOD, Ian	Liberal Democrat	661 Elected
Horsell East and Woodham	DORAN, John Francis	Liberal Democrat	334
	FREE, Marion Rose	UKIP	130
	SMITH, Michael John	Conservative	1,100 Elected
Horsell West	BARKER, Ann-Marie	Liberal Democrat	1,153
	BRANAGAN, Anthony William	Conservative	1,249
	SHAW, Timothy Olaf Richard	UKIP	117
	WORGAN, Audrey Janice	Labour	82
Kingfield and Westfield	DAVEY, Dennis Paul	UKIP	88
	MARTIN, John Gray	Labour	478
	McCRUM, Derek Walter	Liberal Democrat	699 Elected
	THOMSON, Carl William	Conservative	509
Knaphill	CLARKE, Duncan	UKIP	131
	DUNHAM, Beryl Rosetta	Conservative	1,258
	WELLS, Oliver Edward Kenneth	Liberal Democrat	1,380 Elected
Maybury and Sheerwater	BASHIR, Mohammed	Liberal Democrat	1,551 Elected
	MOHAMMED, Rashid	Conservative	1,104
	TAYLOR, Marcia Nicholson	UKIP	139
	TRIER, Nicholas Maxwell	Labour	363
Mount Hermon East	BITTLESTON, David John	Conservative	942 Elected
	GOLDENBERG, Philip	Liberal Democrat	736
	SQUIRE, Judith Diana	UKIP	56
Mount Hermon West	HOPKINS, Valerian Edward	Conservative	568
	JOHNSON, Ian	Liberal Democrat	965 Elected
	KINGSTON, Mary Anne Christina	UKIP	48
Pyrford	BOWES, Ashley Christian Lawrence	Conservative	1,379 Elected
	GRIMSHAW, Andrew Nigel	Liberal Democrat	466
	MILNER, Robin Deller	UKIP	112
West Byfleet	ELSON, Gary William	Conservative	1,159 Elected
	WILSON, Michael Ledyard	Liberal Democrat	343
	WOOD, Graham	UKIP	76

As a result of these elections, the balance of the council is 19 Conservative members and 17 Liberal Democrat members. Overall turnout across the Borough was 43.5%.

A copy of the official Summary of Results of the Borough Elections is also available to view.

Review of Polling Districts and Polling Places

This section includes information about the review of polling districts and polling places carried out in 2007.

Forthcoming Elections

This section includes information about forthcoming elections in Woking.

Electoral Register

This section includes information about how you can register to vote.

Electoral Offences

New information about electoral offences, including bribery, intimidation and multiple voting, is available. Any incidents can be reported using the on-line form.

Postal and Proxy Voting

If you are unable to get to a polling station to vote on the day of the election, you can apply to vote by post or appoint a proxy (someone to vote on your behalf).

Further information about applying for a postal or proxy vote is available.