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2023 Waverley Borough Council election

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2023 Waverley Borough Council election
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All 50 seats to Waverley Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Paul Follows John Ward Stephen Mulliner (defeated)
Party Liberal Democrats Farnham Residents Conservative
Last election 14 seats, 26.5% 15 seats, 19.6% 23 seats, 39.7%
Seats before 16 14 18
Seats won 22 13 10
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 2 Decrease 13
Popular vote 23,058 10,469 29,116
Percentage 30.1% 13.7% 38.0%
Swing Increase 3.6% Decrease 5.9% Decrease 1.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Nick Palmer Steve Williams
Party Labour Independent Green
Last election 2 seats, 6.7% 1 seat, 1.9% 2 seats, 4.9%
Seats before 2 3 2
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 4,488 2,986 6,381
Percentage 5.9% 3.9% 8.3%
Swing Decrease 0.8% Increase 2.0% Increase 3.4%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Waverley Borough Council election
Leader before election

Paul Follows
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader after election

Paul Follows
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

The 2023 Waverley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Waverley Borough Council in Surrey, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Summary

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New ward boundaries took effect for this election, reducing the number of seats from 57 to 50.[2]

The council was under no overall control prior to the election. The council remained under no overall control afterwards, being run by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Farnham Residents, Labour and the Green Party. The leader of the Conservative group, Stephen Mulliner, lost his seat.[3]

Election result

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The overall results were:[4]

2023 Waverley Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 25 22 0 0 Increase 8 44.0 30.1 23,058 +3.6
  Farnham Residents 14 13 0 0 Decrease 2 26.0 13.7 10,469 –5.9
  Conservative 50 10 0 0 Decrease 13 20.0 38.0 29,116 –1.7
  Labour 13 2 0 0 Steady 4.0 5.9 4,488 –0.8
  Independent 4 2 0 0 Increase 1 4.0 3.9 2,986 +2.0
  Green 9 1 0 0 Decrease 1 2.0 8.3 6,381 +3.4
  Reform UK 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 115 N/A
  TUSC 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 <0.1 28 N/A

Ward results

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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Waverley Borough Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.[5] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election:[6]

Alfold, Dunsfold & Hascombe

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Alfold, Dunsfold & Hascombe (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Deanus* 572 60.3
Conservative Connor Relleen 394 41.6
Liberal Democrats Guy Palmer 377 39.8
Green Amanda Sampson 257 27.1
Labour Zahid Naqvi 94 9.9
Majority
Turnout 948 46.3
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bramley & Wonersh

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Bramley & Wonersh (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Austen 1,673 57.7
Conservative Lauren Atkins 1,450 50.0
Conservative Michael Goodridge* 1,390 47.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Vivian 1,077 37.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Wright 1,073 37.0
Green Martin D'Arcy* 903 31.1
Labour Simon Hall 271 9.3
Labour Christopher Hard 203 7.0
Majority
Turnout 2,901 43.7
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Chiddingfold

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Chiddingfold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Busby* 668 75.1
Conservative Kathleen Thompson 221 24.9
Majority
Turnout 889 41.6
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cranleigh East

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Cranleigh East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Townsend* 1,351 64.0
Liberal Democrats Ruth Reed* 1,316 62.3
Liberal Democrats Ken Reed 1,207 57.1
Conservative Stephanie Kelly 666 31.5
Conservative Simon Chatfield 617 29.2
Conservative Dennis Davidson 597 28.3
Labour Mark West 246 11.6
Majority
Turnout 2,112 39.4
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cranleigh West

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Cranleigh West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Townsend* 1,110 59.9
Liberal Democrats Alan Morrison 836 45.1
Conservative Christopher Pierce 682 36.8
Conservative Thomas Cox 622 33.6
Labour Joseph Davies 113 6.1
Reform UK Arthur Barringer 81 4.4
TUSC Laurence Dunn 22 1.2
TUSC Ellie Waple 6 0.3
Majority
Turnout 1,852 40.7
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Elstead & Peper Harow

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Elstead & Peper Harow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gemma Long 649 60.9
Conservative Sheila Dowell 416 39.1
Majority
Turnout 1,065 48.2
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ewhurst & Ellens Green

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Ewhurst & Ellens Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Higgins 462 51.2
Conservative Nigel Clowes 377 41.8
Reform UK Keith Nisbet 34 3.8
Labour James Mitchell 29 3.2
Majority
Turnout 902 47.4
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Farnham Bourne

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Farnham Bourne (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carole Cockburn* 776 50.8
Farnham Residents Christopher Murray 621 40.6
Farnham Residents Michaela Martin* 614 40.2
Conservative Aly Fitch 533 34.9
Green George Wilson 357 23.3
Majority
Turnout 1,529 36.3
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Castle

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Farnham Castle (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farnham Residents Heather McClean 621 56.0
Farnham Residents George Hesse* 575 51.8
Labour Co-op John Gaskell 429 38.7
Conservative Clare Ovens 188 17.0
Conservative Anthony Watson 172 15.5
Majority
Turnout 1,109 29.8
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Firgrove

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Farnham Firgrove (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farnham Residents Kika Mirylees 851 59.6
Farnham Residents Jerry Hyman 841 58.9
Labour Rebecca Birchwood 454 31.8
Conservative Arthur Forrest 239 16.7
Conservative William Page 213 14.9
Majority
Turnout 1,428 33.4
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Heath End

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Farnham Heath End (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farnham Residents Michaela Wicks* 837 61.7
Farnham Residents Tony Fairclough 834 61.5
Labour Andrew Jones 360 26.5
Conservative Rosamund Croft 233 17.2
Conservative Timothy Stacey 214 15.8
Majority
Turnout 1,357 32.5
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Moor Park

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Farnham Moor Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farnham Residents Andy MacLeod* 981 73.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Merryweather* 696 51.9
Conservative Sarah Austin 397 29.6
Conservative Sean Donovan-Smith 273 20.4
Majority
Turnout 1,340 35.5
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Farnham North West

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Farnham North West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farnham Residents David Beaman* 668 68.1
Farnham Residents Graham White 578 58.9
Green Natasha Fletcher 261 26.6
Conservative Pat Frost 218 22.2
Conservative James Pressly 138 14.1
Majority
Turnout 981 31.4
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Rowledge

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Farnham Rowledge (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farnham Residents John Ward* 893 58.7
Farnham Residents Peter Clark* 818 53.8
Conservative David Dearsley 425 27.9
Conservative Christopher Storey 379 24.9
Independent Mark Westcott 343 22.6
Majority
Turnout 1,521 34.9
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Farnham Residents win (new seat)

Farnham Weybourne

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Farnham Weybourne (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farnham Residents Andrew Laughton 737 67.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Steijger 632 58.2
Conservative Ian Sampson 211 19.4
Conservative Anthony Lewis 187 17.2
Majority
Turnout 1,085 31.8
Registered electors
Farnham Residents win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse

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Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Rivers* 1,377 55.2
Green Stephen Williams* 1,280 51.3
Labour Nick Palmer* 1,061 42.5
Conservative Steve Cosser* 984 39.5
Conservative Ed Holliday 954 38.3
Conservative Daniel Husseini 860 34.5
Majority
Turnout 2,494 42.7
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Godalming Central & Ockford

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Godalming Central & Ockford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Follows* 897 71.4
Liberal Democrats Victoria Kiehl 839 66.8
Conservative Andrew Bolton 374 29.8
Conservative Daren Howell 297 23.6
Majority
Turnout 1,256 37.1
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Godalming Farncombe & Catteshall

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Godalming Farncombe & Catteshall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Penny Rivers* 1,074 70.0
Labour Janet Crowe 718 46.8
Conservative Nick Williams 473 30.8
Conservative Robert Wells 327 21.3
Majority
Turnout 1,535 39.3
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Godalming Holloway

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Godalming Holloway (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Martin* 900 44.3
Liberal Democrats Adam Duce 899 44.3
Green Clare Weightman 871 42.9
Conservative Margaret Gray 788 38.8
Independent Adam Clark 310 15.3
Majority
Turnout 2,030 52.8
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Haslemere East

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Haslemere East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Nicholson* 1,169 49.2
Liberal Democrats Terry Weldon 1,122 47.2
Conservative Zoe Barker-Lomax 1,030 43.4
Conservative Stephen Mulliner* 976 41.1
Conservative Graham Betts 938 39.5
Green Claire Matthes 905 38.1
Labour Shirley Lewis 327 13.8
Majority
Turnout 2,375 42.6
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Haslemere West

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Haselmere West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Keen* 856 68.6
Liberal Democrats John Robini* 761 61.0
Conservative Stephen Fry 293 23.5
Conservative Tom Bridge 257 20.6
Labour Toby Westcott-White 183 14.7
Majority
Turnout 1,247 35.3
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hindhead & Beacon Hill

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Hindhead & Beacon Hill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jerome Davidson* 801 55.9
Liberal Democrats Julian Spence* 745 52.0
Conservative Malcolm Carter 653 45.6
Conservative Ged Hall 559 39.0
Majority
Turnout 1,432 37.2
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Western Commons

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Western Commons (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Munro* 997 67.4
Conservative James Staunton 605 40.9
Green Susan Ryland 601 40.6
Conservative Nabeel Nasir 368 24.9
Majority
Turnout 1,479 39.0
Registered electors
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Witley & Milford

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Witley & Milford (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Maxine Gale* 1,336 53.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Law 1,064 42.7
Conservative Phoebe Sullivan 1,058 42.5
Conservative Gary Hudson 1,057 42.4
Green Mark Bray-Parry 946 38.0
Conservative Trevor Sadler* 892 35.8
Majority
Turnout 2,490 41.7
Registered electors
Independent win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections

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Farnham Castle

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Farnham Castle: 18 April 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farnham Residents Alan Earwaker 307 32.5 −17.6
Liberal Democrats Theresa Meredith-Hardy 279 29.6 New
Labour John Gaskell 217 23.0 −11.7
Conservative Aly Fitch 141 14.9 −0.2
Majority 28 2.9 N/A
Turnout 944 25.0 −4.8
Farnham Residents hold Swing N/A

Witley and Milford

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Witley and Milford: 2 May 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Laura Cavaliere 1,152 44.7 +2.0
Conservative Gary Hudson 902 35.0 −7.4
Independent Tony Sollars 526 20.4 New
Majority 250 9.9
Turnout 2,580
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Godalming Biscombe & Charterhouse

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Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse: 24 September 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Husseini 725 40.6 +6.1
Liberal Democrats James Barratt 714 40.0 −15.2
Green David Faraday 195 10.9 −40.4
Labour Ben Knight 151 8.5 −34.0
Majority 250 9.9
Turnout 1,785
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Election of Borough Councillors". Waverley Borough Council. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  2. ^ "The Waverley (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1136, retrieved 5 July 2023
  3. ^ Gee, Daniel (5 May 2023). "Local elections 2023: Tories suffer heavy losses as Lib Dems increase grip on Waverley Borough Council". Haslemere Herald. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Waverley election result". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Waverley Borough Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Waverley Borough Council election - Thursday 4th May 2023". Waverley Borough Council. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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