Waverley Borough Council elections

Waverley Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Waverley, Surrey. The council is elected every four years.

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Labour	Green^[b]	Farnham Residents	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year							Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (61 seats)
1973	27	25	2	–	–	7		No overall control
1976	42	6	3	0	–	10		Conservative
1979	47	6	2	0	–	6		Conservative
New ward boundares (57 seats)^[2]
1983	46	4	2	0	–	5		Conservative
1987^[3]	42	13	0	0	–	2		Conservative
1991	28	27	2	0	–	0		No overall control
1995^[4]^[5]	17	37	2	0	–	1		Liberal Democrats
1999	31	24	2	0	–	0		Conservative
New ward boundares (57 seats)^[6]^[7]^[8]
2003	27	30	0	0	–	0		Liberal Democrats
2007	51	3	0	0	–	3		Conservative
2011	56	0	0	0	–	1		Conservative
2015	53	0	0	0	3	1		Conservative
2019	23	14	2	2	15	1		No overall control
New ward boundares (50 seats)^[9]
2023	10	22	2	1	13	2		No overall control

Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	685	50.8
	Liberal Democrats	550	40.8
	Labour	113	8.4
Majority		135	10.0
Turnout		1,348
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	587	53.9	+25.3
	Liberal Democrats	460	42.2	−29.2
	Labour	42	3.9	+3.9
Majority		127	11.7
Turnout		1,089	36.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	670	57.9	+12.0
	Conservative	428	37.0	−4.3
	Labour	60	5.2	−7.7
Majority		242	20.9
Turnout		1,158	28.6
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,660	50.0	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	1,471	44.3	+6.6
	Labour	191	5.8	+5.8
Majority		189	5.7
Turnout		3,322
	Conservative hold	Swing

Council elections

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	507	49.3	+2.2
	Conservative	478	46.5	+26.4
	Labour	43	4.2	−5.0
Majority		29	2.8
Turnout		1,028	29.3
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Frost	693	47.0	+14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Clark	668	45.3	−12.6
	UKIP	Alastair Murdoch	80	5.4	−4.5
	Labour	Andrew Jones	34	2.3	+2.3
Majority			25	1.7
Turnout			1,475	46.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Reed	936	48.1	+0.7
	Conservative		855	43.9	+1.8
	Labour		156	8.0	−2.5
Majority			81	4.2
Turnout			1,947	39.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Martin	833	58.9	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cordon	555	39.2	−8.9
	Labour		27	1.9	+1.9
Majority			278	19.7
Turnout			1,415	44.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Diane James	372	38.4	+38.4
	Conservative	Richard Cleaves	360	37.2	−16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Reed	230	23.8	−22.9
	Labour	Richard Chaundy	6	0.6	+0.6
Majority			12	1.2
Turnout			968	58.6
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		429	64.3	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Cole^[11]	238	35.7	+13.5
Majority			191	28.6
Turnout			667
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wyatt Ramsdale	545	46.1	−15.0
	Independent	David Beaman	294	24.9	+24.9
	UKIP	Richard Dancy	252	21.3	+21.3
	Labour	Andrew Jones	91	7.7	−8.0
Majority			251	21.2
Turnout			1,182
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Farnham Residents	Jerry Hyman	386	40.6	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Edge	292	30.7	+6.3
	Conservative	Nicholas Le Gal	229	24.1	−2.3
	UKIP	George Hesse	43	4.5	N/A
Majority			94	9.9
Turnout			953	30.17
	Farnham Residents gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Farnham Residents	John Ward	356	47.6	+7.0
	Conservative	Donal O'Neill	233	31.1	−14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Jacobs	90	12.0	N/A
	Independent	Andrew Jones	43	3.4	N/A
	UKIP	Jim Burroughs	26	3.5	N/A
Majority			123	16.5
Turnout			753	23.01
	Farnham Residents gain from Conservative		Swing

Cranleigh West By-Election 21 December 2016^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Townsend	377	58.7	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Cole	187	29.1	−1.0
	UKIP	Rosaleen Egan	78	12.1	+12.1
Majority			190	29.6
Turnout			642
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godalming Central and Ockford By-Election 13 December 2017^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Follows	266	37.8	+37.8
	Conservative	Stella Andersen-Payne	246	35.0	−6.5
	Labour	Richard Ashworth	151	21.5	−4.6
	Green	Susan Ryland	40	5.7	+5.7
Majority			20	2.8
Turnout			703
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Milford By-Election 13 February 2020^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Maxine Gale	452	50.6	+50.6
	Conservative	Carmel Oates	328	36.7	+17.3
	Independent	Rosaleen Egan	113	12.7	+12.7
Majority			124	13.9
Turnout			893
	Independent hold		Swing

Frensham, Dockenfield and Tilford By-Election 12 May 2022^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Munro	492	42.1	+42.1
	Green	Susan Ryland	354	30.3	−3.0
	Conservative	Nabeel Nasir	323	27.6	−22.4
Majority			138	11.8
Turnout			1,169
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Farnham Residents	David Beaman	354	37.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Aylwin	338	36.1	+11.7
	Conservative	Rashida Nasir	175	18.7	−7.7
	Labour	Rebecca Kaye	42	4.5	−10.0
	Independent	Mark Westcott	26	2.8	+2.8
Majority			16	1.7
Turnout			935
	Farnham Residents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Townsend	903	56.8	+12.0
	Conservative	Rosemary Burbridge	686	43.2	+4.2
Majority			217	13.7
Turnout			1,589
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Spence	537	54.6	+7.9
	Conservative	Ged Hall	446	45.4	−1.1
Majority			91	9.3
Turnout			983
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Busby	652	66.6	+43.5
	Conservative	Ian Mitchell	297	30.3	−11.2
	Labour	Rebecca Aitken	30	3.1	−5.0
Majority			355	36.3
Turnout			979
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Cavaliere	1,152	44.7
	Conservative	Gary Hudson	902	35.0
	Independent	Tony Sollars	526	20.4
Majority			250	9.9
Turnout			2,580
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daniel Husseini	725	40.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Barratt	714	40.0
	Green	David Faraday	195	10.9
	Labour	Ben Knight	151	8.5
Majority			11	0.6
Turnout			1,785
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing