1987 Guildford Borough Council election

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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.

Results

Ash [3] (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ades1699
Conservative Rosemary Hall1524
Conservative Michael Cole1518
Alliance Alan Hillier1459
Alliance George Dowdell1318
Alliance Angela Pink1228
Labour Kevin Jenkinson281
Labour Peter Green279
Labour Geoffery Smith276
Majority59
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ash Vale (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Golding1166
Conservative Kary Lloyd-Jones1114
Alliance Janet Dallison981
Alliance George Walsh980
Labour Brian Mountain175
Labour Bryan Rogers133
Majority133
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Christchurch (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Hodges1444
Conservative Rodger Marjoribanks1384
Alliance Gordon Hall531
Alliance Kate Mercer529
Labour Peter Waterhouse88
Labour Mary Wu81
Majority853
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Clandon & Horsley (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jennifer Powell2474
Conservative Douglas May2453
Conservative Gillian Drakeford2349
Alliance Peter Webb789
Alliance Alan Ridler750
Alliance Roland Boissevain701
Labour Meriel Beynon190
Labour Joan Haimes176
Labour Keith Parfitt140
Majority1560
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Effingham (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony Page673
Alliance Frank Oxford205
Labour John Rowley55
Majority468
Conservative hold Swing
Friary & St. Nicolas (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Richard Marks1788
Alliance Robert Blundell1773
Alliance Jay Mercer1645
Conservative Leonard Boxall972
Conservative Philip Hooper957
Conservative Lewis Short933
Labour Sheila Barbour311
Labour Angela Gunning305
Labour Brenda Ecclestone301
Majority673
Alliance hold Swing
Alliance hold Swing
Alliance hold Swing
Holy Trinity (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Cobbett1196
Conservative Tony Allenby1147
Alliance Gordon Bridger1079
Alliance Graham Maynard965
Labour Martin Ecclestone115
Labour Diane O'Keefe112
Majority68
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Lovelace (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jon Catten521
Alliance John Hartley426
Labour June Shepperd65
Majority95
Conservative hold Swing
Merrow & Burpham (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Johnson2409
Conservative Timothy Hargrave2379
Conservative Jennifer Jordan2345
Alliance Paul Green1535
Alliance Margaret Fricker1504
Alliance Julie Schoefield1433
Labour Michael Hornsby-Smith437
Labour Malcolm Hill413
Labour Margaret Rogers367
Majority810
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Normandy (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Wendy Gardiner630
Conservative John Lockyer-Nibbs618
Labour Phelim Brady59
Majority12
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing
Onslow (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Lynda Strudwick1356
Alliance Tony Philips1295
Conservative Bernard Parke1151
Alliance Braith Harris1113
Conservative Kenneth Johns954
Conservative Mary Johns896
Labour Carmel Rodgers410
Labour Joseph Bullock385
Labour Florence Flynn377
Majority38
Alliance hold Swing
Alliance hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Pilgrims (top 2 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Pinks1031
Conservative Malcolm Williamson1006
Alliance Nicolette Clark373
Alliance Evelyn Mellor341
Labour Estelle Margereson104
Labour Richard Rogers95
Majority633
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Pirbright (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine Cobley520
Alliance Mary Laker362
Labour Cecilia Brindle21
Majority158
Conservative hold Swing
Send (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Taylor910
Conservative Geoffrey Smith888
Alliance Gloria Henson499
Alliance Anne Lambe483
Labour Alan Barnes110
Labour Barbara Dinnage87
Majority389
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Shalford (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Stewart922
Alliance Leonard Grugeon712
Majority210
Conservative hold Swing
Stoke (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Bellerby2039
Labour Sallie Thornberry1471
Labour Heather Tipton1320
Conservative Robert Gregory555
Conservative Paul Fleming476
Conservative Amelia Harris470
Alliance David Hopkins359
Alliance Brian Johnston317
Alliance John Hutt289
Majority765
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Stoughton (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Christopher Fox1552
Alliance Sue Fox1401
Alliance Jayne Holder1386
Conservative Ralph Jordan1086
Conservative Shelia Knight943
Conservative Rosemary Safford901
Labour Michael Belford373
Labour Michael Gunn366
Labour William Saunders352
Majority300
Alliance hold Swing
Alliance hold Swing
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing
Tillingbourne (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Pattman1498
Conservative Nicholas Brougham1295
Labour Prosper Dowden516
Majority779
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Tongham (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Percy Davies316
Alliance Gilbert Molkenthin237
Labour Elizabeth Bullock64
Majority79
Conservative hold Swing
Westborough (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doreen Bellerby1491
Labour Jack Patrick1344
Labour John Woodhatch1202
Alliance Peter Anderson586
Alliance Norman Needham580
Conservative Michael Fisher565
Conservative Anthony Horne562
Alliance Helen Beckett538
Majority616
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Worplesdon (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clare Griffin1862
Conservative Shirley Lloyd1730
Conservative Roy Price1723
Alliance Arthur Crocker1562
Alliance Margaret Scott1557
Alliance Trevor Stables1327
Independent Bill Williams606
Labour Jeffrey Brindle162
Labour Harold Richards128
Labour Thomas Walder127
Majority161
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. Results were published in the Surrey Advertiser 8 May 1987 edition.
  2. See p22 Local Government Commission for England Final Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Guildford in Surrey, September 1998
  3. Gains and losses are shown here relative to the 1983 election. Alan Hillier, the SDP-Liberal Alliance candidate, held one of these Ash seats going into the election following an earlier by election victory. If gains and losses were displayed relative to the position entering the election this seat would show a gain for the Conservative , plus 2 Conservative holds, rather than the 3 Conservative holds shown here. Ash is the only ward, in the 1987 elections, where the gain, loss and hold figures differ depending on whether you measure them from the previous full council election in 1983 or from the parties position going into the election.