Surrey County Council election, 2005, Guildford

In May 2005 elections were held for County Councils in England, including Surrey County Council. Shown below are the results for the Guildford electoral divisions of Surrey County Council.^[1] In the run up to the 2005 elections the boundaries for the electoral divisions in Surrey were redrawn. This increased the number of electoral divisions in Surrey, as a whole, from 76 to 80. Within the Guildford area the number of electoral divisions increased from 9 to 10.^[2]

Surrey County Council election results, 2005, Guildford
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	5	1	1	0	50	44.6	28727	1.7%
	Liberal Democrat	5	3[3]	1	2	50	40.9	26317	1.3%
	Labour	0	0	1	-1	0	13.4	8618	-4.0%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	395	0.6%
	Peace	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	282	0.4%

Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ades	2736	51.0
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Rosewell	1795	33.1
	Labour	Barry Hall	846	15.6
Majority			941	17.4
Turnout			5421[4]	60.7

Guildford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eddie Owen	3330	46.8
	Conservative	Nick Brougham	3099	43.5
	Labour	Carole Barber	659	9.3
Majority			231	3.2
Turnout			7117	72.5

Guildford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Searle	3267	48.9
	Conservative	Christine Stacy	1948	29.2
	Labour	Angela Gunning	1434	21.5
Majority			1319	19.8
Turnout			6675	60.8

Guildford South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah DiCaprio	2971	45.4
	Conservative	Maurice Byham	2892	44.2
	Labour	Michael Hassell	640	9.8
Majority			79	1.2
Turnout			6547	70.3

Guildford South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David John Goodwin	3291	53.7
	Conservative	Waqas Kamran Ahmad	1791	29.2
	Labour	James Heaphy	868	14.2
	Peace	Keith Scott	145	2.4
Majority			1500	24.5
Turnout			6134	64.2

Guildford West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jean White	2248	45.3
	Conservative	Dennis Paul	1413	28.5
	Labour	Joan O’Byrne	1138	22.9
	Peace	John Morris	137	2.8
Majority			835	16.8
Turnout			4961	51.2

Horsleys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Barker	4000	60.1
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Hogger	2003	30.1
	Labour	Julie Roxburgh	603	9.1
Majority			1997	30.0
Turnout			6652	72.7

Shalford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Rooth	3808	51.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Orchard	2217	29.7
	Labour	Michael Jeram	1006	13.5
	Independent	Veronica Stiastny	395	5.3
Majority			1591	21.3
Turnout			7454	67.5

Shere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Davis	3863	57.8
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Palmer	2069	30.9
	Labour	Sheila Bean	725	10.8
Majority			1794	26.8
Turnout			6688	72.6

Worplesdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Nevins	3150	45.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Laker	3126	44.7
	Labour	Martin Phillips	699	10.0
Majority			24	0.3
Turnout			7001	66.6

References

1. Sources: candidate names and number of votes from http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/95232_county_council_election_results . Turnout figures and percentages from http://www1.surreycc.gov.uk/election2005/page1.cfm (available for viewing November 2008)
2. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/england/4520703.stm
3. In 2005, the electoral division known as Guildford South was abolished and two new electoral divisions created: Guildford South East and Guildford South West. In 2001, the Liberal Democrats won Guildford South. In the 2005 election they won both Guildford South East and Guildford South West. This is represented in the election summary table as a gain of 1 seat and a loss of 0 seats for the Liberal Democrats. The other gains and losses were as follows - Guildford West gained by the Liberal Democrats from Labour; Guildford East gained by the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives; and Worplesdon gained by the Conservatives from the Liberal Democrats.
4. The total of votes cast includes spoilt ballot papers