1983 Guildford Borough Council election

1983 UK local government election May 2015 May 2015 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 by ward Surrey Advertiser 13 May 1983 Ash (top 3 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) John Ades 1720 Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary Hall 1601 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Arnett 1401 Labour Party (UK) Jean Curwell 705 Labour Party (UK) Peter Green 671 Labour Party (UK) Robert Knight 621 SDP-Liberal Alliance Jean Wickens 571 SDP-Liberal Alliance Daphne Dutton 544 SDP-Liberal Alliance Rosaleen Morgan 521 696 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Ash Vale (top 2 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Joan Golding 966 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Lloyd-Jones 922 SDP-Liberal Alliance Richard Elder 477 SDP-Liberal Alliance Gilbert Molkenthin 465 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Winterbottom 182 Labour Party (UK) Cecil Philips 175 445 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Christchurch (top 2 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Hodges 1325 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Majoribanks 1277 SDP-Liberal Alliance David Brown 525 SDP-Liberal Alliance Timothy Francis 399 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Rogers 152 Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Hill 184 752 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Clandon & Horsley (top 3 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) George Greenhead 2070 Conservative Party (UK) Douglas May 2017 Conservative Party (UK) Lewis Short 1962 SDP-Liberal Alliance Alan Ridler 668 SDP-Liberal Alliance Reginal Allen 586 SDP-Liberal Alliance Christopher Richards 580 Labour Party (UK) Terry Haines 225 Labour Party (UK) Alan Norman 190 Labour Party (UK) John Neate 184 1294 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Effingham (only 1 candidate elected) Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Page 622 SDP-Liberal Alliance Peter McCarthy 289 Labour Party (UK) Leslie McLaughlin 52 333 Conservative Party (UK) Friary & St. NicolasGains and losses are shown relative to the May 1979 council elections. (top 3 candidates elected) Liberal Party (UK) Robert BlundellThe 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. 1744 SDP-Liberal Alliance Charles St George 1663 SDP-Liberal Alliance Richard Marks 1653 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Harris 1197 Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Cobbett 1116 Conservative Party (UK) Leonard Boxall 1098 Labour Party (UK) Jill Chesterton 405 Labour Party (UK) Graham Walker 375 Labour Party (UK) Keith Horne 343 456 Liberal Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) Holy Trinity (top 2 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Cobbett 1230 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Allenby 1211 SDP-Liberal Alliance David Stokes 1019 SDP-Liberal Alliance Gorden Bridger 992 Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Corbett 173 Labour Party (UK) Susan Walker 150 192 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Lovelace (only 1 candidate elected) Conservative Party (UK) Jim Kennedy-Hawkes 415 SDP-Liberal Alliance Robert Parker 248 Labour Party (UK) Sydney Boulton 102 167 Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) Merrow & Burpham (top 3 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Reg Beatrip 1996 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Johnson 1764 Conservative Party (UK) Marion Uniacke 1630 SDP-Liberal Alliance Gordon Hall 934 SDP-Liberal Alliance Susan Gross 910 SDP-Liberal Alliance Frank Kraus 799 Labour Party (UK) Michael Hornsby-Smith 545 Labour Party (UK) Cynthia Matthews 526 Labour Party (UK) Carole Sawyers 463 696 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Normandy (only 1 candidate elected) Conservative Party (UK) John Lockyer-Nibbs 445 Independent (politician) Doug Blackhurst 262 Pauline Hall 148 Labour Party (UK) Brian Mountain 104 183 Conservative Party (UK) Onslow (top 3 candidates elected) SDP-Liberal Alliance Lynda Strudwick 1348 SDP-Liberal Alliance Antony Phillips 1201 Conservative Party (UK) Bernard Parke 1060 SDP-Liberal Alliance David Hopkins 1022 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Johns 1021 Conservative Party (UK) Brenda Woodhatch 984 Labour Party (UK) Jack Cox 444 Labour Party (UK) Carmel Rogers 410 Labour Party (UK) Graham Dinnage 357 38 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Pilgrims (top 2 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Derek Pinks 941 Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm Williamson 929 SDP-Liberal Alliance Joceleyne Leppard 259 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Bullock 131 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Bullock 123 670 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Pirbright (only 1 candidate elected) Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Cobley 451 SDP-Liberal Alliance Halcyon Broadwood 173 Labour Party (UK) Susan Caroll 46 278 Conservative Party (UK) Send (top 2 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Smith 980 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Taylor 970 Liberal Party (UK) Anne Lambe 474 Liberal Party (UK) Leslie McCarthy 361 Labour Party (UK) Mel Beynon 143 496 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Shalford (only 1 candidate elected) Conservative Party (UK) Sarah Stewart 901 Liberal Party (UK) Len Grugeon 395 Labour Party (UK) Harold Richards 154 506 Conservative Party (UK) Stoke (top 3 candidates elected) Labour Party (UK) Bill Bellerby 2246 Labour Party (UK) Ron Burgess 1743 Labour Party (UK) Sallie Thornberry 1502 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Gregory 572 Conservative Party (UK) Amelia Harris 489 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Hooper 465 Liberal Party (UK) Margaret Goldstone 446 SDP-Liberal Alliance Graham Maynard 220 SDP-Liberal Alliance John Leppard 197 930 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Stoughton (top 3 candidates elected) Liberal Party (UK) Chris Fox 1628 Liberal Party (UK) Patrick Goldstone 1415 Conservative Party (UK) Ralph Jordan 1211 SDP-Liberal Alliance David Newman 1128 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Max 1056 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Proce 980 Labour Party (UK) Philip Cole 471 Labour Party (UK) Jeremy Dale 408 Labour Party (UK) Norma Hedger 386 83 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Tillingbourne (top 2 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Pattman 998 Independent (politician) Margaret Elston 971 Conservative Party (UK) Heidi Macnair 690 John Elinger 589 SDP-Liberal Alliance Diane Donne 571 Labour Party (UK) Hilary Cole 91 Labour Party (UK) Janet Daburn 82 281 Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) Tongham (only 1 candidate elected) Conservative Party (UK) Percy Davies 396 Labour Party (UK) William Owen 223 173 Conservative Party (UK) Westborough (top 3 candidates elected) Labour Party (UK) Doreen Bellerby 1622 Labour Party (UK) Jack Patrick 1391 Labour Party (UK) John Woodhatch 1288 SDP-Liberal Alliance Deborah Boyd 669 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Wood 650 SDP-Liberal Alliance Pamela Palmer 649 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Hallet-Lukes 646 SDP-Liberal Alliance Kenneth Briggs 640 619 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Worplesdon (top 3 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Clare Griffin 1431 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Hodgkins 1408 Conservative Party (UK) Bernard Williams 1306 SDP-Liberal Alliance Arthur Croker 866 Liberal Party (UK) Peter Stokoe 830 SDP-Liberal Alliance John Hutt 742 Labour Party (UK) Florence Flynn 235 Labour Party (UK) Joan O'Bryne 232 Labour Party (UK) Michael O'Bryne 212 440 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References 1983 Category:1983 English local elections Category:1980s in Surrey