1979 Guildford Borough Council election

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The third Guildford Borough Council full-council elections were held on 3 May 1979, the same day as the General Election. The Conservatives retained control over the council winning 34 of the 45 seats. This represented a net loss of one seat from the 1976 elections. Labour retained all 6 councillors in its two strongholds Stoke and Westborough. The Liberals won 3 seats, a net gain of one seat from the 1976 elections. The Independents won 2 seats.


Measured from a party point of view, four wards changed hands partly or wholly in 1979, compared to the previous full-council elections in 1976. In two of those wards the councillors stayed the same but fought under a different party label. In Tongham a councillor who had been elected as an Independent Conservative in 1976 was reelected as a Conservative in 1979. The reverse occurred in Lovelace where a councillor who had been elected as a Conservative in 1976 was reelected as an Independent in 1979.

The Liberals lost their only seat in Holy Trinity ward to the Conservatives, but gained two of the three seats in Stoughton ward from the Conservatives.

Results

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Ash (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative JG Ades3157
Conservative Mrs RC Hall2957
Conservative RK Arnett2864
Labour Mrs J Curwell1849
Labour PD Green1669
Labour AR Roberts1627
Majority1015
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ash Vale (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs JB Golding1830
Conservative Mrs MJ Lloyd-Jones1748
Labour ML Hawkins743
Labour BJK Thompson695
Majority1005
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Christchurch (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J Twining2429
Conservative A Hodges2428
Labour Ms S Arber455
Majority1973
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Clandon & Horsley (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M Whittingdale3448
Conservative G Greenhead3281
Conservative D May3237
Liberal F Oxford1760
Labour Ms D Dyer604
Labour H Richards523
Majority1477
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Effingham (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P Tyrwhitt-Drake1075
Liberal P McCarthy338
Labour Miss F Lines157
Majority737
Conservative hold Swing
Friary & St. Nicolas (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal RE Blundell1854
Conservative Mrs J Harris1775
Conservative DS Cobbet1736
Conservative SE Moss1592
Liberal RJ Marks1564
Liberal Mrs B O'Hara1438
Labour BK Chesterton731
Labour DG Hopkins687
Labour AF Daborn659
Majority144
Liberal hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Holy Trinity [2] (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J Boyce1845
Conservative Mrs E Cobbett1693
Liberal G Maynard1197
Liberal D O'Donghue1049
Labour J Dale282
Labour Mrs J Daborn231
Majority496
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Lovelace (only 1 candidate elected) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent R Amis1040
Independent L Donoghue355
Majority685
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Merrow & Burpham (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative RHG Beatrip2694
Conservative SR Brearley2542
Conservative Mrs MO Uniacke2385
Liberal AR Dakers1340
Liberal CJ Oliver1320
Labour G Hall1088
Labour MP Hill1078
Labour MP Hornsby-Smith1066
Majority1045
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Normandy (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative AA Cook1080
Labour PJ Dyson647
Majority433
Conservative hold Swing
Onslow (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs B Woodhatch1660
Conservative K Johns1625
Conservative B Parke1607
Liberal Mrs L Strudwick1049
Liberal S Hemelryk1010
Liberal K Borthwick1008
Labour J Cox844
Labour Mrs C Rogers805
Labour Mrs L Harper754
Majority558
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Pilgrims (top 2 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative JP Moore1668
Conservative MAHM Williamson1596
Labour Mrs JL Godward432
Labour GE Dinnage384
Majority1164
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Pirbright (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs CF Cobley819
Labour MC Yates214
Majority605
Conservative hold Swing
Send (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S Robertsreturned unopposed
Conservative G Smithreturned unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Shalford (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs ECS Stewart1067
Independent GA Goulty533
Liberal L Grugeon330
Labour GH Herrington304
Majority534
Conservative hold Swing
Stoke (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour GR Bellerby [4] 3062
Labour R Burgess2429
Labour Mrs E Pullan2263
Conservative R Gregory919
Conservative H Harris888
Conservative P Hooper762
Liberal Mrs M Goldstone649
Majority1344
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Stoughton (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal CJ Fox1650
Conservative WR Jordan1595
Liberal Mrs S Holroyd1591
Liberal PJ Goldstone1542
Conservative LJ May1513
Conservative RE Price1441
Labour Mrs LA Dollery786
Labour PV Cole733
Labour C Pitt708
Majority49
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Tillingbourne (top 2 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mrs MR Elston2084
Conservative Miss BA Pattman1915
Liberal TN Wills1288
Majority627
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Tongham [5] (only 1 candidate elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative PM Davies431
Independent AP Cross239
Labour WR Owen234
BHF Cobb107
RT Oliver68
Majority192
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Westborough (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs D Bellerby2601
Labour J Dale2189
Labour J Patrick2141
Conservative G Scott1212
Conservative R Majoribanks1187
Conservative R Shorto1092
Liberal K Briggs868
Liberal J West685
Liberal Mrs D Nithsdale672
Majority929
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Worplesdon (top 3 candidates elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G Hellicar2615
Conservative F Ross-Symons2547
Conservative Ms C Griffin2222
Liberal P Stokoe1589
Independent H Cater1426
Labour Ms P Yates978
Labour R Shred893
Majority633
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. Surrey Advertiser May 1979
  2. Gains and losses are shown relative to the May 1976 council elections.
  3. Although this is described as a gain, the same candidate retained his seat. In 1976 he had stood as a Conservative but in 1979 he stood as an independent, unopposed by any official Conservative candidate.
  4. GR Bellerby was more commonly known as Bill Bellerby. He appears in every Surrey Advertiser summary of Guildford BC election results from 1973 to 1991 as either B Bellerby or Bill Bellerby. For example both the 1973 and 1976 results list all other candidates in all the wards in Guildford by initials except one who they list as 'Bill Bellerby'. "Guildford Borough Council - A Compendium of Municipal Election results 1835 to 1974" by Roger Ottewill repeated lists his initials as 'GR Bellerby' and that form is used herein.
  5. Although this is described as a gain, the same candidate retained his seat. In 1976 he had stood as an Independent Conservative but in 1979 he stood as an official Conservative candidate.