1995 Guildford Borough Council election

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.

Ward results

Ash (top 3 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ades	1199
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Hilliar	1140
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona White	1119
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Talman	1085
	Conservative	Jennifer Cassar	903
	Conservative	Nicolas Sutcliffe	844
	Labour	Gwyneth Grout	393
	Labour	Royston Hayward	387
	Labour	William Street	366
Majority			34
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ash Vale (top 2 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Putting Ash Vale First	David Evans [3]	842
	Independent Putting Ash Vale First	Jonathan Maugham	794
	Liberal Democrats	Olwen Hooker	691
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Taylor	546
	Conservative	Charles Grattan	332
	Conservative	Stuart Page	281
	Green	Angeline Bail	62
	Green	Stephen Flinn	48
Majority			103
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Christchurch (top 2 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Johnson	1135
	Conservative	Andrew Hodges	1095
	Liberal Democrats	George Mowat	953
	Conservative	David Hunter	866
	Labour	William Scott	135
	Labour	Tim Wolfenden	122
Majority			142
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clandon & Horsley (top 3 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Powell	1802
	Conservative	Andrew French	1708
	Conservative	Jennifer Wicks	1656
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Burnham	719
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Oxford	694
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Morales	649
	Labour	Meriel Beynon	385
	Labour	Neil Cameron	294
Majority			937
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Effingham (only 1 candidate elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessica Page	523
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Thorne	476
	Labour	Ruth Cameron	59
Majority			47
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Friary & St. Nicolas (top 3 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Marks	1545
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Sharp	1514
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Blundell	1464
	Conservative	Phillip Hooper	502
	Labour	Gary Hills	465
	Conservative	Harold Webb	448
	Labour	Stephen Walsh	441
	Labour	Douglas Pym,	428
Majority			962
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holy Trinity (top 2 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tamsy Baker	1007
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Bridger	982
	Conservative	Veronica Stiastny	620
	Conservative	Lee Arnold	586
	Labour	Julie Hall	168
	Labour	Stephen Chapman	167
Majority			362
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lovelace (only 1 candidate elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Greenleaf	652
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Hartley	430
Majority			222
	Conservative hold		Swing

Merrow & Burpham ^[4] (top 3 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Biggs	2337
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Shepperd	2005
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Allan	1979
	Conservative	Jennifer Jordan	1472
	Conservative	David Carpenter	1402
	Conservative	Nick Brogham	1346
	Labour	Edward Allford	601
	Labour	Michael Hornsby-Smith	584
	Labour	Malcolm Hill	555
Majority			507
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Normandy (only 1 candidate elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Newman	670
	Conservative	Ann Seymour	461
	Labour	John Barbour	66
Majority			209
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Onslow (top 3 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Phillips	1230
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Strudwick	1224
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Biggs	1143
	Conservative	Bernard Parke	771
	Labour	Florence Flynn	498
	Labour	Keith Parfitt	470
	Labour	Muhammed Islam	454
Majority			372
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pilgrims (top 2 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rolfe	691
	Conservative	Alan Dewhurst	659
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Merryweather	301
	Liberal Democrats	Lavinia Wright	282
	Labour	Elizabeth Bullock	157
	Labour	Margaret Kennedy	159
Majority			358
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pirbright (only 1 candidate elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Cobley	519
	Liberal Democrats	Terrence King	188
	Labour	Norma Hedger	47
Majority			331
	Conservative hold		Swing

Send (top 2 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Taylor	617
	Conservative	Michael Cave	578
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Hogger	436
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Palmer	417
	Labour	Sheila Bean	197
	Labour	Keith Longhurst	197
Majority			142
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shalford (only 1 candidate elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Stewart	739
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Grugeon	725
	Labour	Michael Jeram	184
Majority			14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stoke (top 3 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sallie Thorneberry	1349
	Labour	Angela Gunning	1258
	Labour	Heather Tipton	1253
	Liberal Democrats	John Chapman	380
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Jenkins	360
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Lawrence	322
	Conservative	Herbert Warwick	251
	Conservative	Steven Meager	218
	Conservative	David Quelch	201
Majority			873
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stoughton (top 3 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Fox	1329
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Fox	1306
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Marke	1217
	Labour	Alexander Macdonald	430
	Labour	Susan Gomm	407
	Labour	Lynne Macdonald	403
	Conservative	Christine Stacy	300
	Conservative	Aidan Langley	285
	Conservative	Dennis Wilde	258
	Independent Green	Michael Belford	124
Majority			787
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tillingbourne (top 2 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keith Childs	1309
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Gumbrell	757
	Conservative	David Davis	702
	Conservative	David Fleming	683
Majority			55
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Tongham (only 1 candidate elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Pooley	439
	Conservative	James Amos	203
	Labour	Frank Gunning	102
Majority			236
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Westborough (top 3 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Woodhatch	1319
	Labour	Keith Horne	1241
	Labour	Peter Jennings	1149
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Briggs	567
	Liberal Democrats	Jeannie Batchelor	518
	Liberal Democrats	Malcom Johnson	441
	Conservative	Geoffrey Greave	201
	Conservative	Mary Johns	201
	Conservative	Pamela Parke	194
Majority			582
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Worplesdon (top 3 candidates elected)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Auriol Earle	1462
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Sutcliffe	1436
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Wade	1428
	Conservative	David Elms	1029
	Conservative	Robert McShee	975
	Conservative	Kenneth Johns	950
	Labour	Alan Ritchie	326
	Labour	Kathleen Parfitt	323
	Labour	Harold Richards	293
Majority			399
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

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.