1995 Guildford Borough Council election

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The seventh full elections for Guildford Borough Council took place on 4 May 1995. [1] The results saw the Liberal Democrats win majority control of the council for the first time winning 23 of the 45 seats. The Conservatives won 13 seats. Labour retained 6 seats and 3 independents were elected. [2]

Compared to the 1991 council elections, the Liberal Democrats gained 4 net seats, gaining 7 and losing 3. Compared to the 1991 council elections the Conservatives lost 6 net seats, losing 7 and gaining 1. Compared to the 1991 council elections there were 2 more independents on the council.

The Liberal Democrats gained Merrow and Burpham ward, with 3 councillors, from the Conservatives and Worplesdon ward, also with three councillors, from the Conservatives. The Conservatives additionally lost their one councillor on Tillingbourne ward to the Liberal Democrats.

To the west of the borough the Liberal Democrats lost 3 councillors. The Liberal Democrats lost both Ash Vale councillors to the Putting Ash Vale First group and the Liberal Democrats also lost one of their three councillors in the neighbouring Ash ward to the Conservatives.

Results

Ash (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ades1199
Liberal Democrats Alan Hilliar1140
Liberal Democrats Fiona White1119
Liberal Democrats Barry Talman1085
Conservative Jennifer Cassar903
Conservative Nicolas Sutcliffe844
Labour Gwyneth Grout393
Labour Royston Hayward387
Labour William Street366
Majority34
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ash Vale (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Putting Ash Vale FirstDavid Evans [3] 842
Independent Putting Ash Vale FirstJonathan Maugham794
Liberal Democrats Olwen Hooker691
Liberal Democrats Gerald Taylor546
Conservative Charles Grattan332
Conservative Stuart Page281
Green Angeline Bail62
Green Stephen Flinn48
Majority103
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Christchurch (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Johnson1135
Conservative Andrew Hodges1095
Liberal Democrats George Mowat953
Conservative David Hunter866
Labour William Scott135
Labour Tim Wolfenden122
Majority142
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Clandon & Horsley (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jennifer Powell1802
Conservative Andrew French1708
Conservative Jennifer Wicks1656
Liberal Democrats Margaret Burnham719
Liberal Democrats Ian Oxford694
Liberal Democrats Louise Morales649
Labour Meriel Beynon385
Labour Neil Cameron294
Majority937
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Effingham (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jessica Page523
Liberal Democrats Charles Thorne476
Labour Ruth Cameron59
Majority47
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Friary & St. Nicolas (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Marks1545
Liberal Democrats Tom Sharp1514
Liberal Democrats Robert Blundell1464
Conservative Phillip Hooper502
Labour Gary Hills465
Conservative Harold Webb448
Labour Stephen Walsh441
Labour Douglas Pym,428
Majority962
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holy Trinity (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tamsy Baker1007
Liberal Democrats Gordon Bridger982
Conservative Veronica Stiastny620
Conservative Lee Arnold586
Labour Julie Hall168
Labour Stephen Chapman167
Majority362
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Lovelace (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Greenleaf652
Liberal Democrats Joan Hartley430
Majority222
Conservative hold Swing
Merrow & Burpham [4] (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vivien Biggs2337
Liberal Democrats Charles Shepperd2005
Liberal Democrats Andrew Allan1979
Conservative Jennifer Jordan1472
Conservative David Carpenter1402
Conservative Nick Brogham1346
Labour Edward Allford601
Labour Michael Hornsby-Smith584
Labour Malcolm Hill555
Majority507
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Normandy (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Newman670
Conservative Ann Seymour461
Labour John Barbour66
Majority209
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Onslow (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Phillips1230
Liberal Democrats Lynda Strudwick1224
Liberal Democrats Jackie Biggs1143
Conservative Bernard Parke771
Labour Florence Flynn498
Labour Keith Parfitt470
Labour Muhammed Islam454
Majority372
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Pilgrims (top 2 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Rolfe691
Conservative Alan Dewhurst659
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Merryweather301
Liberal Democrats Lavinia Wright282
Labour Elizabeth Bullock157
Labour Margaret Kennedy159
Majority358
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Pirbright (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine Cobley519
Liberal Democrats Terrence King188
Labour Norma Hedger47
Majority331
Conservative hold Swing
Send (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Taylor617
Conservative Michael Cave578
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Hogger436
Liberal Democrats Philip Palmer417
Labour Sheila Bean197
Labour Keith Longhurst197
Majority142
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Shalford (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Stewart739
Liberal Democrats Leonard Grugeon725
Labour Michael Jeram184
Majority14
Conservative hold Swing
Stoke (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sallie Thorneberry1349
Labour Angela Gunning1258
Labour Heather Tipton1253
Liberal Democrats John Chapman380
Liberal Democrats Sian Jenkins360
Liberal Democrats Alan Lawrence322
Conservative Herbert Warwick251
Conservative Steven Meager218
Conservative David Quelch201
Majority873
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Stoughton (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Fox1329
Liberal Democrats Sue Fox1306
Liberal Democrats Jayne Marke1217
Labour Alexander Macdonald430
Labour Susan Gomm407
Labour Lynne Macdonald403
Conservative Christtine Stacy300
Conservative Aidan Langley285
Conservative Dennis Wilde258
Independent GreenMichael Belford124
Majority787
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tillingbourne (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Keith Childs1309
Liberal Democrats Patricia Gumbrell757
Conservative David Davis702
Conservative David Fleming683
Majority55
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Tongham (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Pooley439
Conservative James Amos203
Labour Frank Gunning102
Majority236
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Westborough (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Woodhatch1319
Labour Keith Horne1241
Labour Peter Jennings1149
Liberal Democrats Keith Briggs567
Liberal Democrats Jeannie Batchelor518
Liberal Democrats Malcom Johnson441
Conservative Geoffrey Greave201
Conservative Mary Johns201
Conservative Pamela Parke194
Majority582
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Worplesdon (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Auriol Earle1462
Liberal Democrats Alexander Sutcliffe1436
Liberal Democrats Gregory Wade1428
Conservative David Elms1029
Conservative Robert McShee975
Conservative Kenneth Johns950
Labour Alan Ritchie326
Labour Kathleen Parfitt323
Labour Harold Richards293
Majority399
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Results were published in the Surrey Advertiser 11 May 1995 edition.
  2. ↑ The reference to independents here includes those fighting under the title "Putting Ash Vale First"
  3. ↑ David Evans had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 1991, however by 1995, he had resigned and been reclassified as an independent. Therefore relative to the position going into the election this is a hold for the independents, relative to the 1991 election it is a gain.
  4. ↑ Gains and losses are shown relative to the 1991 election. In fact the Liberal Democrat Vivien Biggs had been elected to the council in a by election during the 1991-95 term.
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