Surrey County Council election, 1993, Guildford

In May 1993 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]

Three electoral division changed hands in these elections relative to the 1989 elections. The Liberal Democrats gained Worplesdon from the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats retained the electoral division of Ash which they had captured, from the Conservatives, in a by-election, in 1990. The Liberal Democrats captured the electoral division of Guildford North from Labour.

The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats each contested all nine electoral divisions. Labour contested eight electoral divisions, one fewer than in 1989. There were no other candidates.

In the table immediately below gains and loss are shown relative to the 1989 elections.

Surrey County Council election results, 1993, Guildford
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	4	3	0	3	44	46.7	16,948	15.5%
	Conservative	4	0	2	-2	44	37.0	13,423	-10.6%
	Labour	1	0	1	-1	11	16.3	5,909	-2.9%

Ash[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Elizabeth Dallison	2,176	52.1	9.3
	Conservative	Lesley Anne Grattan	1,652	39.6	-5.5
	Labour	Kazimierz Jasinski	348	8.3	-3.7
Majority			524	12.5	10.2
Turnout				35.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Guildford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Andrew Bruton	2,124	45.6	-9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Vivien Caroline Biggs	1,985	42.6	16.3
	Labour	Edward Alford	549	11.8	-3.2
Majority			139	3.0	-25.6
Turnout				37.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Guildford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Francis Heath	2,367	45.0	10.8
	Labour	Brain Keith Chesterton	1,911	36.4	0.1
	Conservative	William Ralph Jordan	977	18.6	-9.6
Majority			456	8.7	6.5
Turnout				40.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Guildford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Sharp	2,721	63.0	19.5
	Conservative	Anthony Roger Henniker-Gotley	1,183	27.4	-11.4
	Labour	Angela Jane Gunning	416	9.6	-1.3
Majority			1,538	35.6	30.9
Turnout				39.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Guildford West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Ian Bullock	1,763	43.9	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Richard George Marks	1,381	34.4	10.7
	Conservative	Theodore Michael Goldberg	869	21.7	-4.1
Majority			382	9.5	-11.1
Turnout				33.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Horsleys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Donald Page	2,056	58.1	-15.6
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Arthur Julian Thorne	1,235	34.9	18.7
	Labour	Ruth Janet Cameron	245	6.9	-3.2
Majority			821	23.2	-34.4
Turnout				39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shalford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Arthur Henry Mansell Williamson	1,257	45.1	-21.3
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Scott Mellor	1,207	43.3	19.7
	Labour	Frank Gunning	323	11.6	1.6
Majority			50	1.8	-41.0
Turnout				36.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Michael Davis	1,435	47.9	-23.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Williams	1,209	40.3	-26.4
	Labour	Neil Andrew Cameron	354	11.8	-3.4
Majority			226	7.5	-48.3
Turnout				35.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Worplesdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Laker	2,667	58.8	15.0
	Conservative	Roger James Marjoribanks	1,870	41.2	-8.9
Majority			797	17.6	11.3
Turnout				42.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. Surrey Advertiser 14 May 1993
2. The Ash electoral district result is shown as a Liberal Democrat hold, as it was gained by Liberal Democrat Janet Dallison in a by-election in 1990, however the percentage gains and losses shown are relative to the 1989 election results, rather than the by-election.