Surrey County Council election, 2013, Guildford

In May 2013 elections were held for County Councils in England, including Surrey County Council.^[1] Shown below are the results for the Guildford electoral divisions of Surrey County Council.

The boundaries of the electoral divisions in Guildford were slightly altered in the run to the 2013 elections to Surrey County Council. The main boundary changes were:^[2] a) East Clandon parish was moved from Shere electoral division to the Horsleys electoral division; b) the boundary between Ash electoral division and Shalford electoral division was moved slightly south, so that it now aligned with the Aldershot Road; c) the boundary between the Guildford West and the Guildford North electoral divisions was adjusted slightly northwards such that Guildford West now included a small area to the south west of Stoughton, near Rydes Hill. (The vast majority of Stoughton remained in the Guildford North electoral division); and d) the boundary between Guildford West and Guildford South West was realigned such that it generally ran along the line of the A3 road. This meant that the Dennisville area was transferred to Guildford South West, it had previously been part of Guildford West.

In the 2013 election, the Conservatives did not contest the electoral division of Shalford as they, by mistake, failed to submit nomination papers by the deadline to contest that seat.^[3] The United Kingdom Independence Party candidate gained the Shalford electoral division. Shalford was the only electoral division, in the Guildford Borough Council area, to change hands in the 2013 Surrey County Council Elections.

Surrey County Council election results, 2013, Guildford
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	0	1	-1	60	40.9	13,090	-8.0%[4]
	Liberal Democrat	3	0	0	0	30	24.6	7,862	-11.9%
	UKIP	1	1	0	1	10	21.2	6,786	13.4%[5]
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	11.9	3,819	6.8%[6]
	Peace	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	222	0.6%

Ash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Marsha Molesey	1,312	46.9	-4.9
	UKIP	Mazhar Manzoor	573	20.5	4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Hilliar	568	20.3	-2.1
	Labour	Joan Anne May O'Bryne	329	11.8	11.8
Majority			739	26.4	-3.0
Turnout			2,798	28.2	-6.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.4[7]

Guildford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Graham Ellwood	1,874	49.7	2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Ted Mayne	931	24.7	-18.7
	UKIP	Colin James Reardon	568	15.1	8.4
	Labour	Malcom Piers Hill	384	10.2	7.7
Majority			943	25.0	21.6
Turnout			3,769	36.2	-14.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.8

Guildford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Ann Searle	1,115	34.7	-19.8
	Conservative	Sharon Stokes	775	24.1	-8.4
	UKIP	David Sheppard	659	20.5	20.5
	Labour	Michael Joseph Hassell	648	20.3	8.3
Majority			340	10.6	-11.4
Turnout			3,212	27.6	-6.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-5.7

Guildford South-East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mark Brett-Warburton	1,865	53.0	5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kelly-Maire Blundell	905	25.7	-19.2
	UKIP	Nyree Wadman	426	12.1	8.2
	Labour	Rajanathan Rajasingham	307	8.7	5.3
Majority			960	27.3	25.0
Turnout			3,522	33.7	-15.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.5

Guildford South-West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	David John Goodwin	1,189	37.4	-16.0
	Conservative	Nils Christiansen	1,039	32.7	-0.3
	Labour	Mary Alice Davies	411	12.9	6.7
	UKIP	Laura Elizabeth McEvoy	409	12.9	6.3
	Peace	Tom May	117	3.7	3.7
Majority			150	4.7	-15.7
Turnout			3,181	29.1	-7.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-7.9

Guildford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona White	732	34.8	-12.4
	Labour	Brian Stanley Walter	494	23.5	13.1
	UKIP	Laurence Dietrich Hodge	435	20.7	10.2
	Conservative	Chris Varveris	325	15.4	-8.6
	Peace	John Hugh Morris	105	5.0	2.7
Majority			238	11.3	-11.9
Turnout			2,106	20.1	-1.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-1.9[8]

Horsleys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bill Barker	2,177	60.0	-4.2
	UKIP	Garreth Peter Evans	750	20.7	10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Arnold George Pindar	429	11.8	-8.5
	Labour	Carolyn Fiddes	258	7.1	2.8
Majority			1,427	39.4	-4.6
Turnout			3,624	36.7	-10.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1[9]

Shalford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UKIP	George Johnson	1,411	48.9	34.7
	Liberal Democrat	George Matthews Potter	1,023	35.4	13.0
	Labour	Rose Seber	347	12.0	6.9
Majority			388	13.4	-21.8
Turnout			2,887	27.4	-10.7
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Shere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Keith Taylor	1,907	56.5	-12.9
	UKIP	Donna Walker	778	23.0	23.0
	Liberal Democrat	Marilyn Merryweather	361	10.7	-13.7
	Labour	Robin Clifford Woof	309	9.1	3.9
Majority			1,129	33.5	-11.5
Turnout			3,378	34.8	-11.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4[10]

Worplesdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Keith Witham	1,816	51.3	3.1
	UKIP	Terry Wadman	777	21.9	9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Ronald Cragg	609	17.2	-17.7
	Labour	Michael Stanley Jeram	332	9.4	5.3
Majority			1,039	29.3	16.0
Turnout			3,543	32.1	-11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.4[11]

References

1. http://www.surreycc.gov.uk
2. http://www.lgbce.org.uk/
3. http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2132399_admin_error_sees_tory_unable_to_stand_in_elections
4. For comparison purposes the Conservatives obtained 47.9% of the vote in the 9 electoral divisions in Guildford, excluding Shalford, in 2009. Whereas in those same 9 electoral divisions they obtained 44.9% of the vote in 2013.
5. UKIP contested all 10 electoral divisions, in 2013. In 2009, UKIP contested only 8 of those electoral divisions.
6. Labour contested all 10 electoral divisions, in 2013. In 2009, Labour contested only 9 of those electoral divisions.
7. Swing to the Conservatives from the Liberal Democrats as the Liberal Democrats finished second in 2009. Swing to the Conservatives from UKIP is -4.5%
8. Swing to the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives, as the Conservatives finished second in 2009. The swing to the Liberal Democrats from Labour is -12.8%.
9. Swing to the Conservatives from the Liberal Democrats, as the Liberal Democrats finished second in 2009. The swing to the Conservatives from UKIP swing is -7.1%.
10. Swing to the Conservatives from the Liberal Democrats, as the Liberal Democrats finished second in 2009. There was no UKIP candidate for this electoral division in 2009.
11. Swing to the Conservatives from the Liberal Democrats, as the Liberal Democrats finished second in 2009. The swing to the Conservatives from UKIP is -3.4%.