1983 UK local government election
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
[1]
Ash (top 3 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Ades | 1720 | | |
| Conservative | Rosemary Hall | 1601 | | |
| Conservative | Roy Arnett | 1401 | | |
| Labour | Jean Curwell | 705 | | |
| Labour | Peter Green | 671 | | |
| Labour | Robert Knight | 621 | | |
| Alliance | Jean Wickens | 571 | | |
| Alliance | Daphne Dutton | 544 | | |
| Alliance | Rosaleen Morgan | 521 | | |
Majority | 696 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ash Vale (top 2 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Joan Golding | 966 | | |
| Conservative | Mary Lloyd-Jones | 922 | | |
| Alliance | Richard Elder | 477 | | |
| Alliance | Gilbert Molkenthin | 465 | | |
| Labour | Andrew Winterbottom | 182 | | |
| Labour | Cecil Philips | 175 | | |
Majority | 445 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Christchurch (top 2 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Andrew Hodges | 1325 | | |
| Conservative | Roger Majoribanks | 1277 | | |
| Alliance | David Brown | 525 | | |
| Alliance | Timothy Francis | 399 | | |
| Labour | Margaret Rogers | 152 | | |
| Labour | Malcolm Hill | 184 | | |
Majority | 752 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Clandon & Horsley (top 3 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | George Greenhead | 2070 | | |
| Conservative | Douglas May | 2017 | | |
| Conservative | Lewis Short | 1962 | | |
| Alliance | Alan Ridler | 668 | | |
| Alliance | Reginal Allen | 586 | | |
| Alliance | Christopher Richards | 580 | | |
| Labour | Terry Haines | 225 | | |
| Labour | Alan Norman | 190 | | |
| Labour | John Neate | 184 | | |
Majority | 1294 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Effingham (only 1 candidate elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Anthony Page | 622 | | |
| Alliance | Peter McCarthy | 289 | | |
| Labour | Leslie McLaughlin | 52 | | |
Majority | 333 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Friary & St. Nicolas[2] (top 3 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Robert Blundell[3] | 1744 | | |
| Alliance | Charles St George | 1663 | | |
| Alliance | Richard Marks | 1653 | | |
| Conservative | Jean Harris | 1197 | | |
| Conservative | Stanley Cobbett | 1116 | | |
| Conservative | Leonard Boxall | 1098 | | |
| Labour | Jill Chesterton | 405 | | |
| Labour | Graham Walker | 375 | | |
| Labour | Keith Horne | 343 | | |
Majority | 456 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
| Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Holy Trinity (top 2 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Cobbett | 1230 | | |
| Conservative | Anthony Allenby | 1211 | | |
| Alliance | David Stokes | 1019 | | |
| Alliance | Gorden Bridger | 992 | | |
| Labour | Malcolm Corbett | 173 | | |
| Labour | Susan Walker | 150 | | |
Majority | 192 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Lovelace (only 1 candidate elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jim Kennedy-Hawkes | 415 | | |
| Alliance | Robert Parker | 248 | | |
| Labour | Sydney Boulton | 102 | | |
Majority | 167 | | |
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Merrow & Burpham (top 3 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Reg Beatrip | 1996 | | |
| Conservative | Paul Johnson | 1764 | | |
| Conservative | Marion Uniacke | 1630 | | |
| Alliance | Gordon Hall | 934 | | |
| Alliance | Susan Gross | 910 | | |
| Alliance | Frank Kraus | 799 | | |
| Labour | Michael Hornsby-Smith | 545 | | |
| Labour | Cynthia Matthews | 526 | | |
| Labour | Carole Sawyers | 463 | | |
Majority | 696 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Normandy (only 1 candidate elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Lockyer-Nibbs | 445 | | |
| Independent | Doug Blackhurst | 262 | | |
| | Pauline Hall | 148 | | |
| Labour | Brian Mountain | 104 | | |
Majority | 183 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Onslow (top 3 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Alliance | Lynda Strudwick | 1348 | | |
| Alliance | Antony Phillips | 1201 | | |
| Conservative | Bernard Parke | 1060 | | |
| Alliance | David Hopkins | 1022 | | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Johns | 1021 | | |
| Conservative | Brenda Woodhatch | 984 | | |
| Labour | Jack Cox | 444 | | |
| Labour | Carmel Rogers | 410 | | |
| Labour | Graham Dinnage | 357 | | |
Majority | 38 | | |
| Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pilgrims (top 2 candidate elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Derek Pinks | 941 | | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Williamson | 929 | | |
| Alliance | Joceleyne Leppard | 259 | | |
| Labour | Joseph Bullock | 131 | | |
| Labour | Elizabeth Bullock | 123 | | |
Majority | 670 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pirbright (only 1 candidate elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Catherine Cobley | 451 | | |
| Alliance | Halcyon Broadwood | 173 | | |
| Labour | Susan Caroll | 46 | | |
Majority | 278 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Send (top 2 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Smith | 980 | | |
| Conservative | Keith Taylor | 970 | | |
| Liberal | Anne Lambe | 474 | | |
| Liberal | Leslie McCarthy | 361 | | |
| Labour | Mel Beynon | 143 | | |
Majority | 496 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Shalford (only 1 candidate elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Sarah Stewart | 901 | | |
| Liberal | Len Grugeon | 395 | | |
| Labour | Harold Richards | 154 | | |
Majority | 506 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Stoke (top 3 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Bill Bellerby | 2246 | | |
| Labour | Ron Burgess | 1743 | | |
| Labour | Sallie Thornberry | 1502 | | |
| Conservative | Robert Gregory | 572 | | |
| Conservative | Amelia Harris | 489 | | |
| Conservative | Philip Hooper | 465 | | |
| Liberal | Margaret Goldstone | 446 | | |
| Alliance | Graham Maynard | 220 | | |
| Alliance | John Leppard | 197 | | |
Majority | 930 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Stoughton (top 3 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Chris Fox | 1628 | | |
| Liberal | Patrick Goldstone | 1415 | | |
| Conservative | Ralph Jordan | 1211 | | |
| Alliance | David Newman | 1128 | | |
| Conservative | Leslie Max | 1056 | | |
| Conservative | Roy Proce | 980 | | |
| Labour | Philip Cole | 471 | | |
| Labour | Jeremy Dale | 408 | | |
| Labour | Norma Hedger | 386 | | |
Majority | 83 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Tillingbourne (top 2 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Barbara Pattman | 998 | | |
| Independent | Margaret Elston | 971 | | |
| Conservative | Heidi Macnair | 690 | | |
| | John Elinger | 589 | | |
| Alliance | Diane Donne | 571 | | |
| Labour | Hilary Cole | 91 | | |
| Labour | Janet Daburn | 82 | | |
Majority | 281 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Tongham (only 1 candidate elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Percy Davies | 396 | | |
| Labour | William Owen | 223 | | |
Majority | 173 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Westborough (top 3 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Doreen Bellerby | 1622 | | |
| Labour | Jack Patrick | 1391 | | |
| Labour | John Woodhatch | 1288 | | |
| Alliance | Deborah Boyd | 669 | | |
| Conservative | Frank Wood | 650 | | |
| Alliance | Pamela Palmer | 649 | | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Hallet-Lukes | 646 | | |
| Alliance | Kenneth Briggs | 640 | | |
Majority | 619 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Worplesdon (top 3 candidates elected) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Clare Griffin | 1431 | | |
| Conservative | Peter Hodgkins | 1408 | | |
| Conservative | Bernard Williams | 1306 | | |
| Alliance | Arthur Croker | 866 | | |
| Liberal | Peter Stokoe | 830 | | |
| Alliance | John Hutt | 742 | | |
| Labour | Florence Flynn | 235 | | |
| Labour | Joan O'Bryne | 232 | | |
| Labour | Michael O'Bryne | 212 | | |
Majority | 440 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ Surrey Advertiser 13 May 1983
- ^ Gains and losses are shown relative to the May 1979 council elections.
- ^ 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.