2006 Woking Borough Council election

Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats fought the election on a platform of opposing overdevelopment and protecting the green belt.

[5][6] These included claims of multiple voter registrations at 6 addresses in Maybury and Sheerwater, intimidation and that blank postal votes had been given community leaders.

[7] The results saw the Liberal Democrats become the largest party on the council with 18 seats as compared to 15 for the Conservatives.

[8][9] Despite this the Conservatives took more votes across the council than the Liberal Democrats and made a gain from Labour in Maybury and Sheerwater.

[8] Labour was reduced to only 3 seats on the council after losing in Maybury and Sheerwater, which was the only ward where they won more than 200 votes.

Map of the results of the 2006 Woking council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006.