2016 Woking Borough Council election
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The 2016 Woking Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other elections across the UK and the Police and Crime Commissioner election for Surrey Police.
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Boundary changes had included a shrinking of the council from 36 councillors to 30 councillors, and all 30 council seats in the 10 new wards were up for election. In each ward, 3 candidates were elected, with the leading candidate in each ward being elected for 4 years, the second-placed candidate being elected for 3 years and the third-placed candidate being elected for 2 years. As a result, there will be no borough elections in 2017, but a third of the council will be due for re-election in each of 2018, 2019 and 2020.