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Waverley 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

9 ward races
9 seats
2 elected below the proportional quota
22.2% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 9 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 9 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party15,71739.2%222.2%444.4%-2
Liberal Democrats12,07930.2%444.4%333.3%+1
RES6,54816.4%333.3%111.1%+2
Labour Party3,2848.2%00.0%111.1%-1
Green Party1,7094.3%00.0%00.0%0
Independent4921.2%00.0%00.0%0
UK Independence Party (UKIP)1360.3%00.0%00.0%0
Reform UK800.2%00.0%00.0%0
Total40,045100.0%9100.0%9100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Farnham South · single-seat

Marginal winner 40.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +9.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,097

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Martin M.J.RES1,65940.5%Elected
2Foale S.J.Conservative and Unionist Party1,49736.5%
3Westcott M.E.Independent49212.0%
4Birchwood R.M.Labour Party44911.0%

Electorate 10,214 · Ballots cast 4,097 · EC ward code E58001487 · Back to ward index

Cranleigh & Ewhurst · single-seat

Marginal winner 46.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +3.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,982

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Townsend L.Liberal Democrats2,31846.5%Elected
2Povey A.F.Conservative and Unionist Party2,19844.1%
3Gordon C.T.Labour Party3306.6%
4McLaren D.F.UK Independence Party (UKIP)1362.7%

Electorate 11,317 · Ballots cast 4,982 · EC ward code E58001473 · Back to ward index

Haslemere · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference 0.0 pts Valid ballots 4,076

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Robini J.E.Liberal Democrats2,03850.0%Elected
2Hall G.Conservative and Unionist Party1,75143.0%
3Irwin D.G.Labour Party2877.0%

Electorate 9,761 · Ballots cast 4,076 · EC ward code E58001499 · Back to ward index

Farnham North · single-seat

Marginal winner 55.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −5.8 pts Valid ballots 3,776

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Powell C.E.RES2,10755.8%Elected
2Nasir N.A.Conservative and Unionist Party71919.0%
3Merryweather M.I.Liberal Democrats58915.6%
4Kaye H.J.Labour Party3619.6%

Electorate 10,138 · Ballots cast 3,776 · EC ward code E58001486 · Back to ward index

Waverley Western Villages · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.8 pts Valid ballots 4,175

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Harmer P.D.Conservative and Unionist Party2,41457.8%Elected
2Spence J.H.Liberal Democrats1,04325.0%
3Scimone F.Green Party42210.1%
4Jones A.D.Labour Party2165.2%
5Williams R.J.D.Reform UK801.9%

Electorate 9,689 · Ballots cast 4,175 · EC ward code E58001532 · Back to ward index

Godalming South/ Milford & Witley · single-seat

Marginal winner 58.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −8.8 pts Valid ballots 5,174

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Follows P.D.Liberal Democrats3,04458.8%Elected
2Walden K.A.Conservative and Unionist Party1,88636.5%
3Zahoor Z.Labour Party2444.7%

Electorate 10,792 · Ballots cast 5,174 · EC ward code E58001491 · Back to ward index

Godalming North · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.6 pts Valid ballots 5,111

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Rivers P.Liberal Democrats3,04759.6%Elected
2Young F.Conservative and Unionist Party1,53029.9%
3Westcott-White T.L.Labour Party53410.4%

Electorate 11,722 · Ballots cast 5,111 · EC ward code E58001490 · Back to ward index

Waverley Eastern Villages · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.8 pts Valid ballots 4,523

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Deanus K.N.Conservative and Unionist Party2,79361.8%Elected
2Williams S.E.D.Green Party1,28728.5%
3Hopwood P.D.C.Labour Party4439.8%

Electorate 10,959 · Ballots cast 4,523 · EC ward code E58001531 · Back to ward index

Farnham Central · single-seat

Marginal winner 67.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −17.3 pts Valid ballots 4,131

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Macleod A.RES2,78267.3%Elected
2Fitch A.Conservative and Unionist Party92922.5%
3Gaskell J.M.B.Labour Party42010.2%

Electorate 10,592 · Ballots cast 4,131 · EC ward code E58001485 · Back to ward index