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Woking Borough Council Elections
One third of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, 30 councillors have been elected from 10 wards of the United Kingdom, wards. Political control A borough called Woking had existed since 1974 and was controlled by the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party until the 1986 united Kingdom local elections, local elections in 1986. The partisan control of the borough has been as follows, with each poll electing one third of the seats, except where noted. Borough result maps File:Woking UK local election 2000 map.svg, 2000 results map File:Woking UK local election 2002 map.svg, 2002 results map File:Woking UK local election 2003 map.svg, 2003 results map File:Woking UK local election 2004 map.svg, 2004 results map File:Woking UK local election 2006 map.svg, 2006 results map File:Woking UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map File:Woking UK local election 2008 map.s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woking Borough Council
Woking Borough Council is the local authority for Woking in Surrey, England. The council consists of 30 councillors, three for each of the 10 wards in the town. It is currently controlled by the Liberal Democrats, led by Ann-Marie Barker. The borough council is based at Woking Civic Offices. History The parish of Woking was made a local government district in 1893, governed by a local board. Such districts became urban districts in December 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, and so the local board was replaced by Woking Urban District Council. The urban district was significantly enlarged in 1907 when it absorbed Horsell parish and again in 1933 when it absorbed Byfleet and Pyrford parishes. The first woman elected to the council was Elizabeth Balfour in 1919. On 1 April 1974, the urban district became a non-metropolitan district, altering its powers and responsibilities, although keeping the same area. The reformed district was also awarded borough status at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Woking Borough Council Election
The 2014 Woking Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. References Woking 2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ... 2010s in Surrey {{England-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Woking Borough Council Election
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1998 Woking Borough Council Election
The 1998 Woking Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was *Liberal Democrat 16 *Conservative 11 * Labour 7 *Independent 1 Election result References 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ... 1998 English local elections 1990s in Surrey {{UK-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Woking Borough Council Election
The 1999 Woking Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. Summary One third of the council was up for election. The council stayed under no overall control. Before the election the largest council party grouping, the Liberal Democrats, were two seats short of a majority. The effect of the election was to make the Liberal Democrats four seats short, to remove their option of relying on the independent councillor and vacant seat where necessary and calling for issue-by-issue full council chamber support of either a third of the local Conservatives or most of the local Labour Party councillors. After the election, the composition of the council led by 35 councillors was: *Liberal Democrat 14 *Conservative 12 * Labour 7 *Independent 1 *Vacant 1 There were no boundary changes (by the Boundary Commission) to affect comparisons made between this election and that of four year's before for the same vacancies. The council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Woking Borough Council Election
The 2000 Woking Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by one. The council stayed under no overall control, and overall turnout in the election was 34.32%. Election result Ward results References {{United Kingdom local elections, 2000 2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ... 2000 English local elections 2000s in Surrey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Woking Borough Council Election
The 2002 Woking Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout in the election was 33.28%, down from 34.32% in 2000. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Conservative 17 *Liberal Democrat 13 * Labour 5 *Independent 1 Election result Ward results References {{United Kingdom local elections, 2002 2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ... 2002 English local elections 2000s in Surrey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Woking Borough Council Election
The 2003 Woking Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Conservative Party (UK), Conservative 17 *Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat 12 *Labour Party (UK), Labour 6 *Independent (politician), Independent 1 Background The election saw 13 seats being contested with the contest in Brookwood, Surrey, Brookwood Wards of the United Kingdom, ward being a by-election after the previous Conservative Party (UK), Conservative councillor, Mark Pritchard, resigned his seat on the council. Three long standing councillors also stood down at the election, Alf Stranks in Byfleet ward, Gordon Brown in Horsell East and Woodham, Surrey, Woodham and Rosemary Johnson in Old Woking. As well as candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats and Labour Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
