The fifth full elections for Guildford Borough Council took place on 1 May 1987. [1] The Conservatives retained control of the council winning 30 of the 45 seats on the council. This represented one net loss for the Conservatives, relative to the 1983 council elections. Labour retained its 6 councillors. The SDP-Liberal Alliance won 9 seats, a net gain of two seats on the 1983 council elections. No independents were elected to the council, one had been elected in 1983.
Three wards partly or wholly changed hands in the 1987 council elections relative to the 1983 council elections. The SDP-Liberal Alliance gained one councillor from the Conservatives in Stoughton and gained a further councillor from the Conservatives in Normandy.
The Conservatives gained one councillor in Tillingbourne from an independent.
In 1982, the Local Government Boundary Commission recommended the transfer of the southern part of Send parish to West Clandon parish. [2] This measure was implemented by Statutory Instrument 1984 No 411 known as the Guildford Parishes Order, which adjusted the ward boundaries at the same time. That Order also produced a number of minor changes to other Guildford parish boundaries the most significant of which, other than the Send-Clandon boundary change, was the transfer of the easterly part of Shalford parish to St Martha's parish in Tillingbourne ward.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ades | 1699 | |||
Conservative | Rosemary Hall | 1524 | |||
Conservative | Michael Cole | 1518 | |||
Alliance | Alan Hillier | 1459 | |||
Alliance | George Dowdell | 1318 | |||
Alliance | Angela Pink | 1228 | |||
Labour | Kevin Jenkinson | 281 | |||
Labour | Peter Green | 279 | |||
Labour | Geoffery Smith | 276 | |||
Majority | 59 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joan Golding | 1166 | |||
Conservative | Kary Lloyd-Jones | 1114 | |||
Alliance | Janet Dallison | 981 | |||
Alliance | George Walsh | 980 | |||
Labour | Brian Mountain | 175 | |||
Labour | Bryan Rogers | 133 | |||
Majority | 133 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hodges | 1444 | |||
Conservative | Rodger Marjoribanks | 1384 | |||
Alliance | Gordon Hall | 531 | |||
Alliance | Kate Mercer | 529 | |||
Labour | Peter Waterhouse | 88 | |||
Labour | Mary Wu | 81 | |||
Majority | 853 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jennifer Powell | 2474 | |||
Conservative | Douglas May | 2453 | |||
Conservative | Gillian Drakeford | 2349 | |||
Alliance | Peter Webb | 789 | |||
Alliance | Alan Ridler | 750 | |||
Alliance | Roland Boissevain | 701 | |||
Labour | Meriel Beynon | 190 | |||
Labour | Joan Haimes | 176 | |||
Labour | Keith Parfitt | 140 | |||
Majority | 1560 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Antony Page | 673 | |||
Alliance | Frank Oxford | 205 | |||
Labour | John Rowley | 55 | |||
Majority | 468 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Richard Marks | 1788 | |||
Alliance | Robert Blundell | 1773 | |||
Alliance | Jay Mercer | 1645 | |||
Conservative | Leonard Boxall | 972 | |||
Conservative | Philip Hooper | 957 | |||
Conservative | Lewis Short | 933 | |||
Labour | Sheila Barbour | 311 | |||
Labour | Angela Gunning | 305 | |||
Labour | Brenda Ecclestone | 301 | |||
Majority | 673 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Cobbett | 1196 | |||
Conservative | Tony Allenby | 1147 | |||
Alliance | Gordon Bridger | 1079 | |||
Alliance | Graham Maynard | 965 | |||
Labour | Martin Ecclestone | 115 | |||
Labour | Diane O'Keefe | 112 | |||
Majority | 68 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jon Catten | 521 | |||
Alliance | John Hartley | 426 | |||
Labour | June Shepperd | 65 | |||
Majority | 95 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Johnson | 2409 | |||
Conservative | Timothy Hargrave | 2379 | |||
Conservative | Jennifer Jordan | 2345 | |||
Alliance | Paul Green | 1535 | |||
Alliance | Margaret Fricker | 1504 | |||
Alliance | Julie Schoefield | 1433 | |||
Labour | Michael Hornsby-Smith | 437 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Hill | 413 | |||
Labour | Margaret Rogers | 367 | |||
Majority | 810 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Wendy Gardiner | 630 | |||
Conservative | John Lockyer-Nibbs | 618 | |||
Labour | Phelim Brady | 59 | |||
Majority | 12 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Lynda Strudwick | 1356 | |||
Alliance | Tony Philips | 1295 | |||
Conservative | Bernard Parke | 1151 | |||
Alliance | Braith Harris | 1113 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Johns | 954 | |||
Conservative | Mary Johns | 896 | |||
Labour | Carmel Rodgers | 410 | |||
Labour | Joseph Bullock | 385 | |||
Labour | Florence Flynn | 377 | |||
Majority | 38 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Pinks | 1031 | |||
Conservative | Malcolm Williamson | 1006 | |||
Alliance | Nicolette Clark | 373 | |||
Alliance | Evelyn Mellor | 341 | |||
Labour | Estelle Margereson | 104 | |||
Labour | Richard Rogers | 95 | |||
Majority | 633 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Catherine Cobley | 520 | |||
Alliance | Mary Laker | 362 | |||
Labour | Cecilia Brindle | 21 | |||
Majority | 158 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Taylor | 910 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Smith | 888 | |||
Alliance | Gloria Henson | 499 | |||
Alliance | Anne Lambe | 483 | |||
Labour | Alan Barnes | 110 | |||
Labour | Barbara Dinnage | 87 | |||
Majority | 389 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Stewart | 922 | |||
Alliance | Leonard Grugeon | 712 | |||
Majority | 210 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Bellerby | 2039 | |||
Labour | Sallie Thornberry | 1471 | |||
Labour | Heather Tipton | 1320 | |||
Conservative | Robert Gregory | 555 | |||
Conservative | Paul Fleming | 476 | |||
Conservative | Amelia Harris | 470 | |||
Alliance | David Hopkins | 359 | |||
Alliance | Brian Johnston | 317 | |||
Alliance | John Hutt | 289 | |||
Majority | 765 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Christopher Fox | 1552 | |||
Alliance | Sue Fox | 1401 | |||
Alliance | Jayne Holder | 1386 | |||
Conservative | Ralph Jordan | 1086 | |||
Conservative | Shelia Knight | 943 | |||
Conservative | Rosemary Safford | 901 | |||
Labour | Michael Belford | 373 | |||
Labour | Michael Gunn | 366 | |||
Labour | William Saunders | 352 | |||
Majority | 300 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barbara Pattman | 1498 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Brougham | 1295 | |||
Labour | Prosper Dowden | 516 | |||
Majority | 779 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Percy Davies | 316 | |||
Alliance | Gilbert Molkenthin | 237 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Bullock | 64 | |||
Majority | 79 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Bellerby | 1491 | |||
Labour | Jack Patrick | 1344 | |||
Labour | John Woodhatch | 1202 | |||
Alliance | Peter Anderson | 586 | |||
Alliance | Norman Needham | 580 | |||
Conservative | Michael Fisher | 565 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Horne | 562 | |||
Alliance | Helen Beckett | 538 | |||
Majority | 616 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clare Griffin | 1862 | |||
Conservative | Shirley Lloyd | 1730 | |||
Conservative | Roy Price | 1723 | |||
Alliance | Arthur Crocker | 1562 | |||
Alliance | Margaret Scott | 1557 | |||
Alliance | Trevor Stables | 1327 | |||
Independent | Bill Williams | 606 | |||
Labour | Jeffrey Brindle | 162 | |||
Labour | Harold Richards | 128 | |||
Labour | Thomas Walder | 127 | |||
Majority | 161 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The Borough of Guildford is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. With around half of the borough's population, Guildford is its largest settlement and only town, and is where the council is based.
Guildford is a constituency in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Angela Richardson, a Conservative.
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