1991 Guildford Borough Council election

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The sixth full elections for Guildford Borough Council took place on 2 May 1991. [1] The Conservatives lost control of Guildford Borough Council for the first time since the council was created in the early 1970s. Overall the election resulted in a hung council with 19 Conservative councillors, 19 Liberal Democrats, 6 Labour and 1 independent.

Relative to the 1987 elections the Conservatives lost 11 seats, the Liberal Democrats gained 10 and one gain was made by an independent.

The Liberal Democrats gained all six seats in the Ash and Tongham area from the Conservatives consisting of the following wards Ash, Ash Vale and Tongham.

Additionally the Liberal Democrats gained four seats in the town of Guildford from the Conservatives. These 4 gains were as follows - the remaining Conservative councillor for Onslow ward; both Conservative councillors for Holy Trinity and one of the two Conservatives councillors for Christchurch.

An independent captured a seat from the Conservatives in the rural Tillingbourne ward to the south west of the borough.

Results

Ash (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mrs R Davies1564
Liberal Democrats A Hillier1563
Liberal Democrats Ms F White1501
Conservative J Ades1479
Conservative M Cole1382
Conservative R Ratcliffe1151
Labour M Gallagher281
Labour Mrs N Gallagher269
Labour K Jasinski234
Majority22
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Ash Vale (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats D Evans1216
Liberal Democrats Ms O Hooker1208
Conservative Mrs M Lloyd-Jones854
Conservative M Measures794
Labour N David152
Labour D Enright146
Majority354
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Christchurch (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A Hodges995
Liberal Democrats Mrs V Johnson943
Conservative R Majoribanks887
Liberal Democrats R Ashworth879
Labour M Hill102
Labour Ms A Pringle89
All NightMs D Hughes20
Majority56
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Clandon & Horsley (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs J Powell2031
Conservative D May1988
Conservative Miss G Drakeford1951
Liberal Democrats F Oxford699
Liberal Democrats I Main666
Liberal Democrats Mrs R Steele660
Labour Ms M Beynon283
Labour Ms R Cameron221
Labour Ms T Haimes219
Majority1252
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Effingham (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T Page598
Liberal Democrats R Parker199
Labour D Sims71
Majority399
Conservative hold Swing
Friary & St. Nicolas (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats R Marks1802
Liberal Democrats R Blundell1765
Liberal Democrats T Sharp1745
Conservative P Hooper690
Conservative P Thomas671
Conservative A Alisha658
Labour R Body339
Labour Dr A Gunning335
Labour S Islam260
All NightG Clutterbuck65
Majority1055
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holy Trinity (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats G Bridger1106
Liberal Democrats Mrs T Baker1105
Conservative A Allenby885
Conservative A Dewhurst867
Labour Ms A Dale134
Labour P Newmark105
All NightT Fuller28
Majority220
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Lovelace (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs Greenleaf487
Liberal Democrats J Hartley475
Majority12
Conservative hold Swing
Merrow & Burpham (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T Hargrave2037
Conservative Mrs J Jordan2012
Conservative P Johnson1993
Liberal Democrats Miss S Jenkins1364
Liberal Democrats Mrs J Thomas1262
Liberal Democrats A Sutcliffe1209
Labour E Allford622
Labour J Carney593
Labour Ms M Wu539
All NightMs D Gomez96
Majority629
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Normandy (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats G Taylor682
Conservative Mrs J Drage535
Labour N Cridland61
Majority147
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Onslow (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mrs L Strudwick1361
Liberal Democrats T Phillips1329
Liberal Democrats Mrs J Biggs1095
Conservative B Parke1055
Conservative Mrs P Parke801 [2]
Conservative K Johns773
Labour J Bullock481
Labour Mrs F Flynn365
Labour K Parfitt347
All NightK Chanot60
Majority40
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Pilgrims (top 2 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M Williamson859
Conservative R Rolfe826
Liberal Democrats P Mellor363
Liberal Democrats P Dyer323
Labour F Gunning150
Majority463
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Pirbright (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs C Cobley536
Liberal Democrats A Woodbine244
Majority292
Conservative hold Swing
Send (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative K Taylor767
Conservative D Wilde631
Liberal Democrats Mrs A Lambe399
Independent J Hill206
Labour Mrs H Thompson195
Labour N Cameron156
Majority232
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Shalford (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs S Stewart682
Liberal Democrats L Grugeon658
Labour C Barber156
All NightS Webster20
Majority24
Conservative hold Swing
Stoke (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour GR Bellerby [3] 2112
Labour Mrs S Thornberry1699
Labour Mrs H Tipton1592
Conservative R Gregory413
Conservative H Warwick367
Conservative D Quelch350
Liberal Democrats Mrs V Biggs269
Liberal Democrats Ms L Jacobs252
Liberal Democrats W Plaskett244
All NightMrs H Goldsmoth79
Majority1179
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Stoughton (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats C Fox1859
Liberal Democrats Mrs S Fox1788
Liberal Democrats Mrs J Marks1618
Conservative Mrs S Knight567
Conservative M Crosson559
Conservative N Daniels530
Labour J Barbour376
Labour B Hall371
Labour R Medlow342
All NightK Hills48
Majority1051
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tillingbourne (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs A List1091
Independent K Childs1049
Conservative N Brougham1023
Liberal Democrats J Wild389
Labour P Dowden363
Majority26
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Tongham (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats M Pooley574
Conservative M Naylor339
Labour Ms K Parfitt40
Majority175
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Westborough (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs D Bellerby1551
Labour J Patrick1318
Labour J Woodhatch1284
Liberal Democrats K Briggs545
Liberal Democrats P Anderson497
Liberal Democrats W Morris443
Conservative Mrs M Johns371
Conservative D Knight354
All NightK Goldsmith77
Majority739
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Worplesdon (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs S Lloyd1390
Conservative Mrs C Griffin1389
Conservative R Price1369
Liberal Democrats M Johnson1183
Liberal Democrats J Heath1173
Liberal Democrats W Palmer1116
Labour K Horne364
Labour W Lock164
All NightA Webster88
Majority186
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Results were published in the Surrey Advertiser 9 May 1991 edition.
  2. ↑ The Surrey Advertiser published on 9 May 1991 omitted the vote figure for Mrs P Parke. The "801" vote figure included on this Wikipedia page is from http://www.dennispaul.org/Politics/roll_-_onslow.htm. This webpage also gave vote figures for B Parke of 1055 and K Johns of 773 both of which matched those in the Surrey Advertiser for this 1991 election. However the webpage wrongly stated that B Parke was elected in this 1991 election.
  3. ↑ GR Bellerby was more commonly known as Bill Bellerby. He appears in every Surrey Advertiser summary of Guildford BC election results from 1973 to 1991 as either B Bellerby or Bill Bellerby. For example both the 1973 and 1976 results list all other candidates in all the wards in Guildford by initials except one who they list as 'Bill Bellerby'. "Guildford Borough Council - A Compendium of Municipal Election results 1835 to 1974" by Roger Ottewill repeated lists his initials as 'GR Bellerby' and that form is used herein.
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