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Woking 2018
Local elections held 3 May 2018.
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 they'd need to clinch the 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 signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar 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 10 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 10 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (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; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 12,770 | 45.8% | 5 | 50.0% | 5 | 50.0% | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 8,131 | 29.2% | 3 | 30.0% | 3 | 30.0% | 0 |
| Labour Party | 4,500 | 16.1% | 1 | 10.0% | 2 | 20.0% | -1 |
| Independent | 1,731 | 6.2% | 1 | 10.0% | 0 | 0.0% | +1 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 752 | 2.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 27,884 | 100.0% | 10 | 100.0% | 10 | 100.0% | 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.
Council composition: what this election replaced
Two opencouncildata snapshots: the council immediately after the 2018 election (current) and immediately before it (2017). Only ~⅓ of seats were contested in 2018 — most of the bench is unchanged, and the cycle's effect on the overall composition is what shifts.
Wards in this council
Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.
- Goldsworth Park · 1 seat · won at 38.0% · −12.0 pts below quota
- Byfleet and West Byfleet · 1 seat · won at 40.9% · −9.1 pts below quota
- Mount Hermon · 1 seat · won at 43.1% · −6.9 pts below quota
- St John's · 1 seat · won at 43.5% · −6.5 pts below quota
- Canalside · 1 seat · won at 45.0% · −5.0 pts below quota
- Hoe Valley · 1 seat · won at 49.1% · −0.9 pts below quota
- Horsell · 1 seat · won at 50.0% · 0.0 pts below quota
- Knaphill · 1 seat · won at 53.9% · above quota
- Pyrford · 1 seat · won at 59.3% · above quota
- Heathlands · 1 seat · won at 62.2% · above quota
Race results
Goldsworth Park · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 38.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −12.0 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,445
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chitra Rana | Conservative Party | 930 | 38.0% | −12.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | James Sanderson | Liberal Democrats | 920 | 37.6% | — | |
| 3 | Christopher Martin | Labour Party | 500 | 20.4% | — | |
| 4 | Troy de Leon | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 95 | 3.9% | — |
Byfleet and West Byfleet · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 40.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −9.1 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,880
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Bridgeman | Independent | 1,178 | 40.9% | −9.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gary Elson | Conservative Party | 1,125 | 39.1% | — | |
| 3 | Ellen Nicholson | Liberal Democrats | 352 | 12.2% | — | |
| 4 | Mohammed Sakhawat Khan | Labour Party | 225 | 7.8% | — |
Mount Hermon · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 43.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −6.9 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,019
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam Lyons | Liberal Democrats | 1,300 | 43.1% | −6.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Pengelly | Conservative Party | 1,283 | 42.5% | — | |
| 3 | Sabir Hussain | Labour Party | 374 | 12.4% | — | |
| 4 | Richard Squire | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 62 | 2.1% | — |
St John's · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 43.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −6.5 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,804
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenneth Howard | Liberal Democrats | 1,219 | 43.5% | −6.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Steven Dorsett | Conservative Party | 1,163 | 41.5% | — | |
| 3 | John Scott-Morgan | Labour Party | 302 | 10.8% | — | |
| 4 | Timothy Read | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 120 | 4.3% | — |
Canalside · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 45.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −5.0 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,694
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammad Ilyas Raja | Labour Party | 1,213 | 45.0% | −5.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Robina Shaheen | Conservative Party | 883 | 32.8% | — | |
| 3 | John Doran | Liberal Democrats | 338 | 12.5% | — | |
| 4 | David Severn | Independent | 155 | 5.8% | — | |
| 5 | Terence Knight | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 105 | 3.9% | — |
Hoe Valley · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 49.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −0.9 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,233
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deborah Hughes | Liberal Democrats | 1,096 | 49.1% | −0.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Lawrence | Conservative Party | 739 | 33.1% | — | |
| 3 | Geraldine Mitchell-Smith | Labour Party | 312 | 14.0% | — | |
| 4 | Judith Squire | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 86 | 3.9% | — |
Horsell · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 50.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. 0.0 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,227
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nancy Martin | Conservative Party | 1,612 | 50.0% | 0.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Anthony Kremer | Liberal Democrats | 1,141 | 35.4% | — | |
| 3 | Conor Bakhuizen | Labour Party | 357 | 11.1% | — | |
| 4 | Lynda Sage | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 117 | 3.6% | — |
Knaphill · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 53.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +3.9 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,552
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deborah Harlow | Conservative Party | 1,376 | 53.9% | +3.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Hassan Akberali | Independent | 398 | 15.6% | — | |
| 3 | Jamie Roscoe-Jones | Liberal Democrats | 391 | 15.3% | — | |
| 4 | Colin Bright | Labour Party | 387 | 15.2% | — |
Pyrford · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 59.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +9.3 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,180
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rashid Mohammed | Conservative Party | 1,887 | 59.3% | +9.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ian Lachowicz | Liberal Democrats | 679 | 21.4% | — | |
| 3 | Geoffrey O'Shea | Labour Party | 447 | 14.1% | — | |
| 4 | Robin Milner | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 167 | 5.3% | — |
Heathlands · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 62.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +12.2 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,850
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Ashall | Conservative Party | 1,772 | 62.2% | +12.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Thomas Rimmer | Liberal Democrats | 695 | 24.4% | — | |
| 3 | Elizabeth Evans | Labour Party | 383 | 13.4% | — |