# 1983 Guildford Borough Council 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

Ash (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 696 |
| | 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 | 966 |
| | Conservative | Mary Lloyd-Jones | 922 |
| | Alliance | Richard Elder | 477 |
| | Alliance | Gilbert Molkenthin | 465 |
| | Labour | Andrew Winterbottom | 182 |
| | Labour | Cecil Philips | 175 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 445 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Christchurch (top 2 candidates elected) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 752 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Clandon & Horsley (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1294 |
| | 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 | Anthony Page | 622 |
| | Alliance | Peter McCarthy | 289 |
| | Labour | Leslie McLaughlin | 52 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 333 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Friary & St. Nicolas (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Robert Blundell | 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 | Majority | Majority | 456 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
Holy Trinity (top 2 candidates elected) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 192 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Lovelace (only 1 candidate elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Jim Kennedy-Hawkes | 415 |
| | Alliance | Robert Parker | 248 |
| | Labour | Sydney Boulton | 102 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 167 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Merrow & Burpham (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 696 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Normandy (only 1 candidate elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Lockyer-Nibbs | 445 |
| | Independent | Doug Blackhurst | 262 |
| | | Pauline Hall | 148 |
| | Labour | Brian Mountain | 104 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 183 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Onslow (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 38 |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Pilgrims (top 2 candidate elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Derek Pinks | 941 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Williamson | 929 |
| | Alliance | Joceleyne Leppard | 259 |
| | Labour | Joseph Bullock | 131 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Bullock | 123 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 670 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Pirbright (only 1 candidate elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Catherine Cobley | 451 |
| | Alliance | Halcyon Broadwood | 173 |
| | Labour | Susan Caroll | 46 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 278 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Send (top 2 candidates elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Smith | 980 |
| | Conservative | Keith Taylor | 970 |
| | Liberal | Anne Lambe | 474 |
| | Liberal | Leslie McCarthy | 361 |
| | Labour | Mel Beynon | 143 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 496 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Shalford (only 1 candidate elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Sarah Stewart | 901 |
| | Liberal | Len Grugeon | 395 |
| | Labour | Harold Richards | 154 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 506 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Stoke (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 930 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Stoughton (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 83 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Tillingbourne (top 2 candidates elected) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 281 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
Tongham (only 1 candidate elected) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Percy Davies | 396 |
| | Labour | William Owen | 223 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 173 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Westborough (top 3 candidates elected) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 619 |
| | 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 | 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 | Majority | Majority | 440 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |