# 1987 Guildford Borough Council election

The fifth full elections for Guildford Borough Council took place on 1 May 1987. The Conservatives retained control of the council winning 30 of the 45 seats on the council. This represented one net loss for the Conservatives, relative to the 1983 council elections. Labour retained its 6 councillors. The SDP-Liberal Alliance won 9 seats, a net gain of two seats on the 1983 council elections. No independents were elected to the council, one had been elected in 1983.
Three wards partly or wholly changed hands in the 1987 council elections relative to the 1983 council elections. The SDP-Liberal Alliance gained one councillor from the Conservatives in Stoughton and gained a further councillor from the Conservatives in Normandy.
The Conservatives gained one councillor in Tillingbourne from an independent.
In 1982, the Local Government Boundary Commission recommended the transfer of the southern part of Send parish to West Clandon parish. This measure was implemented by Statutory Instrument 1984 No 411 known as the Guildford Parishes Order, which adjusted the ward boundaries at the same time. That Order also produced a number of minor changes to other Guildford parish boundaries the most significant of which, other than the Send-Clandon boundary change, was the transfer of the easterly part of Shalford parish to St Martha's parish in Tillingbourne ward.

## Results

Ash (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Ades | 1699 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Hall | 1524 |
| | Conservative | Michael Cole | 1518 |
| | Alliance | Alan Hillier | 1459 |
| | Alliance | George Dowdell | 1318 |
| | Alliance | Angela Pink | 1228 |
| | Labour | Kevin Jenkinson | 281 |
| | Labour | Peter Green | 279 |
| | Labour | Geoffery Smith | 276 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Ash Vale (top 2 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Joan Golding | 1166 |
| | Conservative | Kary Lloyd-Jones | 1114 |
| | Alliance | Janet Dallison | 981 |
| | Alliance | George Walsh | 980 |
| | Labour | Brian Mountain | 175 |
| | Labour | Bryan Rogers | 133 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Christchurch (top 2 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Andrew Hodges | 1444 |
| | Conservative | Rodger Marjoribanks | 1384 |
| | Alliance | Gordon Hall | 531 |
| | Alliance | Kate Mercer | 529 |
| | Labour | Peter Waterhouse | 88 |
| | Labour | Mary Wu | 81 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 853 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Clandon & Horsley (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Powell | 2474 |
| | Conservative | Douglas May | 2453 |
| | Conservative | Gillian Drakeford | 2349 |
| | Alliance | Peter Webb | 789 |
| | Alliance | Alan Ridler | 750 |
| | Alliance | Roland Boissevain | 701 |
| | Labour | Meriel Beynon | 190 |
| | Labour | Joan Haimes | 176 |
| | Labour | Keith Parfitt | 140 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1560 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Effingham (only 1 candidate elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Antony Page | 673 |
| | Alliance | Frank Oxford | 205 |
| | Labour | John Rowley | 55 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 468 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Friary & St. Nicolas (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Alliance | Richard Marks | 1788 |
| | Alliance | Robert Blundell | 1773 |
| | Alliance | Jay Mercer | 1645 |
| | Conservative | Leonard Boxall | 972 |
| | Conservative | Philip Hooper | 957 |
| | Conservative | Lewis Short | 933 |
| | Labour | Sheila Barbour | 311 |
| | Labour | Angela Gunning | 305 |
| | Labour | Brenda Ecclestone | 301 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 673 |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing |
Holy Trinity (top 2 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Cobbett | 1196 |
| | Conservative | Tony Allenby | 1147 |
| | Alliance | Gordon Bridger | 1079 |
| | Alliance | Graham Maynard | 965 |
| | Labour | Martin Ecclestone | 115 |
| | Labour | Diane O'Keefe | 112 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 68 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Lovelace (only 1 candidate elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Jon Catten | 521 |
| | Alliance | John Hartley | 426 |
| | Labour | June Shepperd | 65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Merrow & Burpham (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Paul Johnson | 2409 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Hargrave | 2379 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Jordan | 2345 |
| | Alliance | Paul Green | 1535 |
| | Alliance | Margaret Fricker | 1504 |
| | Alliance | Julie Schoefield | 1433 |
| | Labour | Michael Hornsby-Smith | 437 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Hill | 413 |
| | Labour | Margaret Rogers | 367 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 810 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Normandy (only 1 candidate elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Alliance | Wendy Gardiner | 630 |
| | Conservative | John Lockyer-Nibbs | 618 |
| | Labour | Phelim Brady | 59 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12 |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
Onslow (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Alliance | Lynda Strudwick | 1356 |
| | Alliance | Tony Philips | 1295 |
| | Conservative | Bernard Parke | 1151 |
| | Alliance | Braith Harris | 1113 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Johns | 954 |
| | Conservative | Mary Johns | 896 |
| | Labour | Carmel Rodgers | 410 |
| | Labour | Joseph Bullock | 385 |
| | Labour | Florence Flynn | 377 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38 |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Pilgrims (top 2 candidate elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Derek Pinks | 1031 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Williamson | 1006 |
| | Alliance | Nicolette Clark | 373 |
| | Alliance | Evelyn Mellor | 341 |
| | Labour | Estelle Margereson | 104 |
| | Labour | Richard Rogers | 95 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 633 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Pirbright (only 1 candidate elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Catherine Cobley | 520 |
| | Alliance | Mary Laker | 362 |
| | Labour | Cecilia Brindle | 21 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 158 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Send (top 2 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Keith Taylor | 910 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Smith | 888 |
| | Alliance | Gloria Henson | 499 |
| | Alliance | Anne Lambe | 483 |
| | Labour | Alan Barnes | 110 |
| | Labour | Barbara Dinnage | 87 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 389 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Shalford (only 1 candidate elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Sarah Stewart | 922 |
| | Alliance | Leonard Grugeon | 712 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 210 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Stoke (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Bill Bellerby | 2039 |
| | Labour | Sallie Thornberry | 1471 |
| | Labour | Heather Tipton | 1320 |
| | Conservative | Robert Gregory | 555 |
| | Conservative | Paul Fleming | 476 |
| | Conservative | Amelia Harris | 470 |
| | Alliance | David Hopkins | 359 |
| | Alliance | Brian Johnston | 317 |
| | Alliance | John Hutt | 289 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 765 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Stoughton (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Alliance | Christopher Fox | 1552 |
| | Alliance | Sue Fox | 1401 |
| | Alliance | Jayne Holder | 1386 |
| | Conservative | Ralph Jordan | 1086 |
| | Conservative | Shelia Knight | 943 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Safford | 901 |
| | Labour | Michael Belford | 373 |
| | Labour | Michael Gunn | 366 |
| | Labour | William Saunders | 352 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 300 |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
Tillingbourne (top 2 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Barbara Pattman | 1498 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Brougham | 1295 |
| | Labour | Prosper Dowden | 516 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 779 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Tongham (only 1 candidate elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Percy Davies | 316 |
| | Alliance | Gilbert Molkenthin | 237 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Bullock | 64 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 79 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Westborough (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Doreen Bellerby | 1491 |
| | Labour | Jack Patrick | 1344 |
| | Labour | John Woodhatch | 1202 |
| | Alliance | Peter Anderson | 586 |
| | Alliance | Norman Needham | 580 |
| | Conservative | Michael Fisher | 565 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Horne | 562 |
| | Alliance | Helen Beckett | 538 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 616 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Worplesdon (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Clare Griffin | 1862 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Lloyd | 1730 |
| | Conservative | Roy Price | 1723 |
| | Alliance | Arthur Crocker | 1562 |
| | Alliance | Margaret Scott | 1557 |
| | Alliance | Trevor Stables | 1327 |
| | Independent | Bill Williams | 606 |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Brindle | 162 |
| | Labour | Harold Richards | 128 |
| | Labour | Thomas Walder | 127 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 161 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |