Surrey County Council election, 1977, Guildford

In May 1977 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 1977 Surrey County Council elections saw the Conservatives gain three electoral divisions in the Guildford Borough Council area. Labour lost both Guildford North and Guildford West. The Liberals lost Guildford South. The Conservatives won all nine of the Guildford seats.

The Conservatives contested all nine electoral divisions. Labour contested six, the same number they contested in 1973. The Liberals contested five seats, two more than in 1973.

There was only one candidate in the Horsleys electoral division and one candidate in the Shere electoral division, who were consequently both elected unopposed.

Surrey County Council election results, 1977, Guildford
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	3	0	3	100	64.7	18,273	13.4%
	Labour	0	0	2	-2	0	22.9	6,473	-6.7%
	Liberal	0	0	1	-1	0	12.4	3,513	-5.6%

Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Holden	2,775	77.8	22.0
	Labour	SF Robinson	792	22.2	-9.7
Majority			1983	55.6	31.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Guildford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	RHG Beatrip	2,782	74.2	20.7
	Labour	Mrs EC Matthews	499	13.3	-0.8
	Liberal	Mrs MJ Goldstone	468	12.5	-19.9
Majority			2283	60.9	39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Guildford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	WR Jordan	3,154	55.5	6.6
	Labour	WJ Fahy	1,804	31.8	-19.3
	Liberal	PJ Goldstone	721	12.7	12.7
Majority			1,350	23.8	21.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Guildford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	SM Tye	2,620	56.2	12.3
	Liberal	GD Floyd	1,442	30.9	-13.7
	Labour	B Roost	604	12.9	1.5
Majority			1,178	25.2	24.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Guildford West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	FR Ross-Symons	2,276	46.2	3.1
	Labour	Mrs DW Bellerby	2,238	45.4	-11.5
	Liberal	R Payne	414	8.4	8.4
Majority			38	0.8	-13.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Horsleys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	JHS Eve	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shalford[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	AJ Brigstocke	2,212	82.5
	Liberal	L Grugeon	468	17.5
Majority			1,744	65.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W Whiting	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Worplesdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	DT Bastin	2,454	82.1	9.8
	Labour	PD Green	536	17.9	-9.8
Majority			1918	64.1	19.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. Surrey Advertiser 9-10 May 1977
2. The 1973 Shalford electoral district result was "returned unopposed". There are therefore no percentage change figures for this electoral district.