In an election in which Boris Johnson's Conservatives secured an overall majority in Parliament, Jonathan Lord was re-elected as MP for Woking.  The full results were as follows:

Jonathan Lord (Conservative) - 26,396 votes

Will Forster (Liberal Democrats) - 16,629 votes

Jonathan Lord believes that the current strikes taking place on South Western Railway are completely unnecessary and a disgraceful disruption of services to all those train users who rely on them.

It has sometimes seemed over the past couple of years that Parliament has not wanted to discuss anything other than Brexit.

Following the local elections on Thursday 2 May, the Conservatives remain the largest party on Woking Borough Council, holding 14 out of 30 seats.  We were particularly pleased to see Ayesha Azad, Melanie Whitehand and Colin Kemp re-elected in Heathlands, Knaphill and Horsell respectively.

In the ‘Meaningful Vote’ on 15th January, Parliament made it absolutely clear that it was unwilling to support the Prime Minister’s EU deal as it stood.

Ahead of 2019 the local elections, Woking Conservatives have revealed our plan for Woking.  This is what we believe are the key issues for Woking going forwards but we also want to hear from you on what matters to you in our borough.

Woking Conservatives campaign for the 2019 Borough Council Elections is in full flow.  Currently the Conservatives have a majority on Woking Borough Council holding 16 of the 30 seats.  We are working hard to make sure we deliver as many Conservative councillors as possible in May.

Following the sad death of County Councillor Richard Wilson, a by-election will be held in The Byfleets for Surrey County Council.  

Woking Borough Council’s new Executive is ready for business as leader David Bittleston promises his administration will “talk less, listen more and explain better” at last night’s Council meeting.

The new Executive members are:

Voters across Woking Borough will need to show photographic identification before they can vote in person, at the polling station, at the local election on Thursday (3 May 2018).

Voters who do not produce valid identification will not be allowed to vote.