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Woking Borough Council is the local authority for Woking in Surrey, England. The council consists of 30 councillors, three for each of the 10 wards in the town. [3] It is currently controlled by the Liberal Democrats, led by Ann-Marie Barker. [4] The borough council is based at Woking Civic Offices. [5]
In the 1930s, with the increasing responsibilities of the council, the council leaders acquired a series of large houses in Guildford Road, Mount Herman Road and York Road to accommodate the extra staff. [4] As part of the reorganisation of local government in 1974, Woking became a borough for the first time. [5]
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Despite it no longer being in their administrative area, the council continued to be based at County Hall for another 56 years. In November 2019 Surrey County Council planned it would relocate to Woking. [32] The move to Woking was scrapped in 2020; [33] a move to Reigate was announced instead. [34]
The UDC was granted a coat of arms in 1930 and Woking gained borough status in the 1974 reorganisation of local government. In 2022, a total of 30 elected representatives serves on the council, each with a term length of four years. The Borough of Woking covers 64 km 2 (25 sq mi) and had a population of 103,900 in 2021. [2]
Mayors of Woking Borough Council. Source: Woking Council # Year Name 1 1974 Christopher Mitchell 2 1975 Terry Molloy 3 1976 Ian McCallum 4 1977 Anthony Allenby 5
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A borough called Woking had existed since 1974 and was controlled by the Conservative Party until the local elections in 1986. The partisan control of the borough has been as follows, with each poll electing one third of the seats, except where noted.