The fourth full elections for Guildford Borough Council took place on 5 May 1983. The Conservatives retained control of the council winning 31 of the 45 seats on the council, this represented a net loss of three seats compared to the 1979 elections. The SDP-Liberal Alliance won 7 seats, a net gain of 4 seats compared to the 1979 council elections. Labour retained its 6 seats. Only 1 Independent was elected, one fewer than 1979.
If one disregards any change of seats from the Liberal Party to the SDP-Liberal Alliance, three wards wholly or partly changed party allegiance in the 1983 council election relative to the 1979 council election.
The SDP-Liberal Alliance gained a total of four councillors over two wards. They gained two councillors from the Conservatives in Friary & St Nicolas ward and gained a further two councillors from the Conservatives in Onslow ward.
The Conservatives gained one councillor from an independent in Lovelace ward.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ades | 1720 | |||
Conservative | Rosemary Hall | 1601 | |||
Conservative | Roy Arnett | 1401 | |||
Labour | Jean Curwell | 705 | |||
Labour | Peter Green | 671 | |||
Labour | Robert Knight | 621 | |||
Alliance | Jean Wickens | 571 | |||
Alliance | Daphne Dutton | 544 | |||
Alliance | Rosaleen Morgan | 521 | |||
Majority | 696 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joan Golding | 966 | |||
Conservative | Mary Lloyd-Jones | 922 | |||
Alliance | Richard Elder | 477 | |||
Alliance | Gilbert Molkenthin | 465 | |||
Labour | Andrew Winterbottom | 182 | |||
Labour | Cecil Philips | 175 | |||
Majority | 445 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hodges | 1325 | |||
Conservative | Roger Majoribanks | 1277 | |||
Alliance | David Brown | 525 | |||
Alliance | Timothy Francis | 399 | |||
Labour | Margaret Rogers | 152 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Hill | 184 | |||
Majority | 752 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Greenhead | 2070 | |||
Conservative | Douglas May | 2017 | |||
Conservative | Lewis Short | 1962 | |||
Alliance | Alan Ridler | 668 | |||
Alliance | Reginal Allen | 586 | |||
Alliance | Christopher Richards | 580 | |||
Labour | Terry Haines | 225 | |||
Labour | Alan Norman | 190 | |||
Labour | John Neate | 184 | |||
Majority | 1294 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Page | 622 | |||
Alliance | Peter McCarthy | 289 | |||
Labour | Leslie McLaughlin | 52 | |||
Majority | 333 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Blundell [3] | 1744 | |||
Alliance | Charles St George | 1663 | |||
Alliance | Richard Marks | 1653 | |||
Conservative | Jean Harris | 1197 | |||
Conservative | Stanley Cobbett | 1116 | |||
Conservative | Leonard Boxall | 1098 | |||
Labour | Jill Chesterton | 405 | |||
Labour | Graham Walker | 375 | |||
Labour | Keith Horne | 343 | |||
Majority | 456 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Cobbett | 1230 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Allenby | 1211 | |||
Alliance | David Stokes | 1019 | |||
Alliance | Gorden Bridger | 992 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Corbett | 173 | |||
Labour | Susan Walker | 150 | |||
Majority | 192 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Kennedy-Hawkes | 415 | |||
Alliance | Robert Parker | 248 | |||
Labour | Sydney Boulton | 102 | |||
Majority | 167 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Reg Beatrip | 1996 | |||
Conservative | Paul Johnson | 1764 | |||
Conservative | Marion Uniacke | 1630 | |||
Alliance | Gordon Hall | 934 | |||
Alliance | Susan Gross | 910 | |||
Alliance | Frank Kraus | 799 | |||
Labour | Michael Hornsby-Smith | 545 | |||
Labour | Cynthia Matthews | 526 | |||
Labour | Carole Sawyers | 463 | |||
Majority | 696 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lockyer-Nibbs | 445 | |||
Independent | Doug Blackhurst | 262 | |||
Pauline Hall | 148 | ||||
Labour | Brian Mountain | 104 | |||
Majority | 183 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Lynda Strudwick | 1348 | |||
Alliance | Antony Phillips | 1201 | |||
Conservative | Bernard Parke | 1060 | |||
Alliance | David Hopkins | 1022 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Johns | 1021 | |||
Conservative | Brenda Woodhatch | 984 | |||
Labour | Jack Cox | 444 | |||
Labour | Carmel Rogers | 410 | |||
Labour | Graham Dinnage | 357 | |||
Majority | 38 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Pinks | 941 | |||
Conservative | Malcolm Williamson | 929 | |||
Alliance | Joceleyne Leppard | 259 | |||
Labour | Joseph Bullock | 131 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Bullock | 123 | |||
Majority | 670 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Catherine Cobley | 451 | |||
Alliance | Halcyon Broadwood | 173 | |||
Labour | Susan Caroll | 46 | |||
Majority | 278 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Smith | 980 | |||
Conservative | Keith Taylor | 970 | |||
Liberal | Anne Lambe | 474 | |||
Liberal | Leslie McCarthy | 361 | |||
Labour | Mel Beynon | 143 | |||
Majority | 496 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Stewart | 901 | |||
Liberal | Len Grugeon | 395 | |||
Labour | Harold Richards | 154 | |||
Majority | 506 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Bellerby | 2246 | |||
Labour | Ron Burgess | 1743 | |||
Labour | Sallie Thornberry | 1502 | |||
Conservative | Robert Gregory | 572 | |||
Conservative | Amelia Harris | 489 | |||
Conservative | Philip Hooper | 465 | |||
Liberal | Margaret Goldstone | 446 | |||
Alliance | Graham Maynard | 220 | |||
Alliance | John Leppard | 197 | |||
Majority | 930 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Chris Fox | 1628 | |||
Liberal | Patrick Goldstone | 1415 | |||
Conservative | Ralph Jordan | 1211 | |||
Alliance | David Newman | 1128 | |||
Conservative | Leslie Max | 1056 | |||
Conservative | Roy Proce | 980 | |||
Labour | Philip Cole | 471 | |||
Labour | Jeremy Dale | 408 | |||
Labour | Norma Hedger | 386 | |||
Majority | 83 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barbara Pattman | 998 | |||
Independent | Margaret Elston | 971 | |||
Conservative | Heidi Macnair | 690 | |||
John Elinger | 589 | ||||
Alliance | Diane Donne | 571 | |||
Labour | Hilary Cole | 91 | |||
Labour | Janet Daburn | 82 | |||
Majority | 281 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Percy Davies | 396 | |||
Labour | William Owen | 223 | |||
Majority | 173 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Bellerby | 1622 | |||
Labour | Jack Patrick | 1391 | |||
Labour | John Woodhatch | 1288 | |||
Alliance | Deborah Boyd | 669 | |||
Conservative | Frank Wood | 650 | |||
Alliance | Pamela Palmer | 649 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Hallet-Lukes | 646 | |||
Alliance | Kenneth Briggs | 640 | |||
Majority | 619 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clare Griffin | 1431 | |||
Conservative | Peter Hodgkins | 1408 | |||
Conservative | Bernard Williams | 1306 | |||
Alliance | Arthur Croker | 866 | |||
Liberal | Peter Stokoe | 830 | |||
Alliance | John Hutt | 742 | |||
Labour | Florence Flynn | 235 | |||
Labour | Joan O'Bryne | 232 | |||
Labour | Michael O'Bryne | 212 | |||
Majority | 440 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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