Surrey County Council election, 1989, Guildford

In May 1989 county council elections were held in England, including those for Surrey County Council. Shown below are the results for the Guildford electoral districts on Surrey County Council.^[1]

One electoral division changed hands in these elections. The Conservatives gained Worplesdon from the Social and Liberal Democrats.

The Conservatives, Labour and the Social and Liberal Democrats each contested all nine of the electoral divisions in the Guildford area. The four electoral divisions in the town of Guildford itself (as opposed to the surrounding countryside) were contested by Green Party candidates. The predecessors to the Greens, the Ecology Party had contested two electoral divisions, in the Guildford area, in 1985. The four Green candidates appeared on the ballot without their party tag, due to the way in which their nomination papers had been filled out.

Surrey County Council election results, 1989, Guildford
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	1	0	1	67	47.6	16,824	6.0%
	Labour	2	0	0	0	22	19.2	6,795	-1.7%
	Social and Liberal Democrats	1	0	1	-1	11	31.2	11,046	-5.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	702	1.6%

Ash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A Cook	1,728	45.1	1.5
	Social and Liberal Democrats	J Dallison	1,639	42.8	7.1
	Labour	B Mountain	461	12.0	-8.8
Majority			89	2.3	-5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Guildford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	RHG Beatrip	2,241	54.9	5.9
	Social and Liberal Democrats	V Johnson	1,075	26.3	-12.5
	Labour	E Allford	611	15.0	2.8
	Green	N Kollerstrom	156	3.8	3.8
Majority			1,166	28.6	18.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Guildford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	BK Chesterton[2]	2,036	36.3	-13.8
	Social and Liberal Democrats	C Fox	1,915	34.2	9.6
	Conservative	WR Jordan	1,582	28.2	2.9
	Green	I Cotton	74	1.3	1.3
Majority			121	2.2	-22.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Guildford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Social and Liberal Democrats	T Sharp	1,936	43.5	-11.5
	Conservative	A Dewhurst	1,725	38.8	5.2
	Labour	A Gunning	485	10.9	-0.6
	Green	P Whitehead	302	6.8	6.8
Majority			211	4.7	-16.7
	Social and Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Guildford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J Bullock	1,887	46.4	4.0
	Conservative	B Prideaux	1,049	25.8	4.0
	Social and Liberal Democrats	G Bridger	965	23.7	-9.9
	Green	J Jones	170	4.2	2.0
Majority			838	20.6	11.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Horsleys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A Page	2,359	73.7	12.2
	Social and Liberal Democrats	R Parker	517	16.2	-15.2
	Labour	P Brown	324	10.1	3.0
Majority			1,842	57.6	27.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shalford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A Brigstocke	1,798	66.4	9.6
	Social and Liberal Democrats	P Mellor	639	23.6	-7.9
	Labour	S Hagan	272	10.0	-1.7
Majority			1,159	42.8	17.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Miss B Pattman	2,115	71.0	8.0
	Labour	P Dowden	452	15.2	5.3
	Social and Liberal Democrats	A Bull	413	13.9	-13.2
Majority			1,663	55.8	19.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Worplesdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H Pickup	2,227	50.1	7.7
	Social and Liberal Democrats	M Laker	1,947	43.8	-7,5
	Labour	N Cridland	267	6.0	1.0
Majority			280	6.3	-2.6
	Conservative gain from Social and Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

1. Surrey Advertiser 12 May 1989
2. Listed in the 12 May 1989 Surrey Advertiser election results section wrongly as "N Chesterton", but in the accompanying article correctly as Keith Chesterton.