1983 Guildford Borough Council election

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The fourth full elections for Guildford Borough Council took place on 5 May 1983. The Conservatives retained control of the council winning 31 of the 45 seats on the council, this represented a net loss of three seats compared to the 1979 elections. The SDP-Liberal Alliance won 7 seats, a net gain of 4 seats compared to the 1979 council elections. Labour retained its 6 seats. Only 1 Independent was elected, one fewer than 1979.


If one disregards any change of seats from the Liberal Party to the SDP-Liberal Alliance, three wards wholly or partly changed party allegiance in the 1983 council election relative to the 1979 council election.

The SDP-Liberal Alliance gained a total of four councillors over two wards. They gained two councillors from the Conservatives in Friary & St Nicolas ward and gained a further two councillors from the Conservatives in Onslow ward.

The Conservatives gained one councillor from an independent in Lovelace ward.

Results

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Ash (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ades1720
Conservative Rosemary Hall1601
Conservative Roy Arnett1401
Labour Jean Curwell705
Labour Peter Green671
Labour Robert Knight621
Alliance Jean Wickens571
Alliance Daphne Dutton544
Alliance Rosaleen Morgan521
Majority696
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ash Vale (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Golding966
Conservative Mary Lloyd-Jones922
Alliance Richard Elder477
Alliance Gilbert Molkenthin465
Labour Andrew Winterbottom182
Labour Cecil Philips175
Majority445
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Christchurch (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Hodges1325
Conservative Roger Majoribanks1277
Alliance David Brown525
Alliance Timothy Francis399
Labour Margaret Rogers152
Labour Malcolm Hill184
Majority752
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Clandon & Horsley (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Greenhead2070
Conservative Douglas May2017
Conservative Lewis Short1962
Alliance Alan Ridler668
Alliance Reginal Allen586
Alliance Christopher Richards580
Labour Terry Haines225
Labour Alan Norman190
Labour John Neate184
Majority1294
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Effingham (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Page622
Alliance Peter McCarthy289
Labour Leslie McLaughlin52
Majority333
Conservative hold Swing
Friary & St. Nicolas [2] (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Blundell [3] 1744
Alliance Charles St George1663
Alliance Richard Marks1653
Conservative Jean Harris1197
Conservative Stanley Cobbett1116
Conservative Leonard Boxall1098
Labour Jill Chesterton405
Labour Graham Walker375
Labour Keith Horne343
Majority456
Liberal hold Swing
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing
Holy Trinity (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Cobbett1230
Conservative Anthony Allenby1211
Alliance David Stokes1019
Alliance Gorden Bridger992
Labour Malcolm Corbett173
Labour Susan Walker150
Majority192
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Lovelace (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Kennedy-Hawkes415
Alliance Robert Parker248
Labour Sydney Boulton102
Majority167
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Merrow & Burpham (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reg Beatrip1996
Conservative Paul Johnson1764
Conservative Marion Uniacke1630
Alliance Gordon Hall934
Alliance Susan Gross910
Alliance Frank Kraus799
Labour Michael Hornsby-Smith545
Labour Cynthia Matthews526
Labour Carole Sawyers463
Majority696
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Normandy (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lockyer-Nibbs445
Independent Doug Blackhurst262
Pauline Hall148
Labour Brian Mountain104
Majority183
Conservative hold Swing
Onslow (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Lynda Strudwick1348
Alliance Antony Phillips1201
Conservative Bernard Parke1060
Alliance David Hopkins1022
Conservative Kenneth Johns1021
Conservative Brenda Woodhatch984
Labour Jack Cox444
Labour Carmel Rogers410
Labour Graham Dinnage357
Majority38
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Pilgrims (top 2 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Pinks941
Conservative Malcolm Williamson929
Alliance Joceleyne Leppard259
Labour Joseph Bullock131
Labour Elizabeth Bullock123
Majority670
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Pirbright (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine Cobley451
Alliance Halcyon Broadwood173
Labour Susan Caroll46
Majority278
Conservative hold Swing
Send (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Smith980
Conservative Keith Taylor970
Liberal Anne Lambe474
Liberal Leslie McCarthy361
Labour Mel Beynon143
Majority496
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Shalford (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Stewart901
Liberal Len Grugeon395
Labour Harold Richards154
Majority506
Conservative hold Swing
Stoke (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Bellerby2246
Labour Ron Burgess1743
Labour Sallie Thornberry1502
Conservative Robert Gregory572
Conservative Amelia Harris489
Conservative Philip Hooper465
Liberal Margaret Goldstone446
Alliance Graham Maynard220
Alliance John Leppard197
Majority930
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Stoughton (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Chris Fox1628
Liberal Patrick Goldstone1415
Conservative Ralph Jordan1211
Alliance David Newman1128
Conservative Leslie Max1056
Conservative Roy Proce980
Labour Philip Cole471
Labour Jeremy Dale408
Labour Norma Hedger386
Majority83
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Tillingbourne (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Pattman998
Independent Margaret Elston971
Conservative Heidi Macnair690
John Elinger589
Alliance Diane Donne571
Labour Hilary Cole91
Labour Janet Daburn82
Majority281
Conservative hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Tongham (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Percy Davies396
Labour William Owen223
Majority173
Conservative hold Swing
Westborough (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doreen Bellerby1622
Labour Jack Patrick1391
Labour John Woodhatch1288
Alliance Deborah Boyd669
Conservative Frank Wood650
Alliance Pamela Palmer649
Conservative Jonathan Hallet-Lukes646
Alliance Kenneth Briggs640
Majority619
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Worplesdon (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clare Griffin1431
Conservative Peter Hodgkins1408
Conservative Bernard Williams1306
Alliance Arthur Croker866
Liberal Peter Stokoe830
Alliance John Hutt742
Labour Florence Flynn235
Labour Joan O'Bryne232
Labour Michael O'Bryne212
Majority440
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. Surrey Advertiser 13 May 1983
  2. Gains and losses are shown relative to the May 1979 council elections.
  3. The results page of the Surrey Advertiser, for these council elections, published on 13 May 1983 specifically refers to some candidates as "Lib" rather than "SDP/Lib. Alliance". This distinction is maintained in this Wikipedia page.