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Welcome to the Woking Conservative Association web site

The Conservative Party looks forward to the next election; whenever that is. But we do know that Brown cannot delay beyond June next year which is why we have prepared a clock to countdown the dying minutes of this failing administration.

We have tried consulting Stephen Hawking to see if time can speeded up but sadly we'll have to put up with waiting for Brown to decide when he goes, since he is surrounded by supine individuals who cannot make a decision and are frightened little people who cannot do what it is right for the people of the UK.

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The Conservative candidates have done well in the County election by continuing to hold the lead position, with 44.1% of votes cast.Horsell was gained by Ben Carasco with 51% of votes and a majority of 759.

Pyrford was held by Elizabeth Bowes with 62% of votes and a massive majority of 1,760.

St. John’s & Brookwood, and The Byfleets were held with similar results to the last election in 2005.

Sadly we lost in Woking Central, and in Woking South.

In Knaphill we did not improve the share of votes enough to gain that seat. But we will be back stronger than ever, working with the local communities to do what is right for them.

It is no surprise that the Labour vote has collapsed leaving them trailing in fourth position with just 5% of all votes.

In the European Election Conservatives led with 37% of the vote, an increase on the last European election in 2004, while Lib Dems trailed in second with 22.5%

The results for the South East, of which Woking is part, were similar except that Lib Dems were driven into third place.

We are very pleased to be represented in Brussels by Daniel Hannan, who visited Woking recently to speak at a dinner organised by the Knaphill ward. He is one of the few MEPs who is energetic, has vision, and has policies for change that would benefit us all.

Overall we feel the results show the voters of Woking still have confidence in the Conservatives. This is in spite of a personal smear campaign against Conservative councillors led by a few notable Lib Dem politicians who have been rewarded for their distasteful behaviour by being rejected in the polling booth. Mind you, you have to ask yourself why the Liberal Democrat Party puts up with such people?

Putting this unsavoury episode to one side, we can see there are areas that we need to improve on, which is why we will be building on the successful programmes, adding others, as well as improving those that have been less successful in meeting our community's ever changing needs.

Please feel free to contact your local councillor, MP, or Conservative officers at Churchill House to make your feelings known. We are listening.

A copy of members' In Touch newsletter for June 2009 with more information is available page 1 here and page 2 here.

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Another First For Woking Conservatives

The Conservatives continue to put their faith in the youth of Woking with the appointment of Ashley Bowes who at the age of 22 is the youngest ever Chairman of the Woking Council Planning Committee.

For more details see the news section or read the press release here.

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Putting The Record Straight

April 2009 - Special Bulletin From Geoff Marlow, Surrey Country Councillor:

Have you seen something called the Woking Journal? I have read it and discovered it to be a scurrilous rag masquerading as a newspaper. It is actually published by the Liberal Democrats but they must be so ashamed of it because you have to use a magnifying glass to find this out. Having read the paper I thought the people of Woking might like to read a few things they had left out. I will not be wasting time on the half truths and over the top nonsense, in which this “newspaper” indulges.

Childrens’ Service.

It is true that Surrey’s Childrens’ Service was criticised by Ofsted last year for unsatisfactory practices concerning children in care. Steps have already been taken to rectify this regrettable problem, as a result the officers responsible have already resigned. However this department is only one of many providing services for children and the results for the other departments were:

Education: Our schools’ performances for all Key Stages and GCSE’s are substantially above the national averages.

Fostering: Our fostering service has been rated by Ofsted as good, approaching excellent.

Adoption: Our adoption service has been rated as good or excellent in all areas.

Residential Special Schools: Seven out of eight residential special schools have been judged outstanding or good by inspectors.

Nurseries: More than three quarters of nurseries inspected in the county between April 2005 and June 2008 have been found to be providing good or excellent education.

These rankings put Surrey in the forefront of care in the UK and are something we are very proud of.

What this rag did not include is that Ofsted also states “outcomes for children and young people in Surrey with regard to universal services are generally good” and “overall the county council provides value for money”.

Of course the County Council does more than providing services for children and the following shows how the Audit Commission has assessed our other services:

Adult Social Care 2 stars Adequate performance.

Culture (libraries, night school, etc.) 3 stars Performing well.

Environment (highways, transport, waste, etc.) 4 stars Performing strongly.

Fire and Rescue 2 stars Adequate performance

Use of Resources 3 stars Performing well.

Corporate Assessment (how the council is run) 3 stars Performing well.

Residents' Satisfaction.
The most important people in the county are the residents, and their views matter more to the County Council than any government inspired bureaucratic assessments. The County Council's latest independent survey shows residents' satisfaction with its services has increased from 51% in 2003 to 73% now, which suggests that we are concentrating on the issues that matter most to the people of Surrey. However, we are not complacent.

Geoff Marlow

This foot note from Alice Miles in The Times is very telling:- "Occasionally I entertain myself by saving Liberal Democrat press releases. It's an odd thing to do, I admit, but there's something reassuring about knowing that no matter how existentially confused one might feel, someone else once spent an hour issuing an urgent statement into the ether, along the lines of: “Tories cannot be trusted on the environment - Clegg”, or “Government failing to take tough decisions on Digital Britain - Foster.”

The Woking Borough achievements for 2008 and plans for 2009 have been updated and can be read on the 'About Us' page of this site.

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