WOKING BOROUGH COUNCIL: ELECTIONS 2006
Joint statement by Woking Borough Council Liberal Democrat Group Leader Cllr Sue Smith and Deputy Leader Philip Goldenberg
6 May 2006
Fraser visits Parklife celebration
City Centre & West End LibDem Councillor Fraser Macpherson today (Saturday 6th May) paid a visit to Dundee's Dudhope Park which was the venue for the Parklife Launch Event - a picnic of action and music.
6 May 2006
Tories crash to 3rd place in Park Ward
The Liberal Democrats said all along that the Tories couldn't win in Park Ward but when the votes were finally counted they were in 3rd place. Voting Conservative actually let Labour win as they had just 128 votes more than the Liberal Democrats.
6 May 2006
Robin Lawrence says "Thank you"
With turnout up this year, possibly due to the large number of postal voters, Robin Lawrence came within 128 votes of winning Park Ward at his first attempt. The election was hard fought and resulted in a larger than ever share of the votes for the Liberal Democrats.
6 May 2006
Matthews Becomes Mayor of Hythe
Councillor Neil Matthews has become the new Mayor of Hythe. Neil was unanimously elected at the Annual Council Meeting on Thursday, 4th May 2006. Congratulations to Neil from all at Shepway Liberal Democrats.
6 May 2006
Liberal Democrats win a greater share of the vote than Labour in local elections
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell has said the local elections represented "consolidation" as the Lib Dems won a greater share of the vote than Labour. Sir Menzies said the elections had not been a "test" of his leadership but of the party in general.
6 May 2006