Surrey County Council election, 1981, Guildford

In May 1981 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]

The 1981 Surrey County Council election saw the number of electoral districts in Surrey increase from 73 to 76. The three extra seats were allocated to other parts of Surrey, and the Guildford Borough Council area kept the same allocation of nine seats, on Surrey County Council, which it had in the previous election, in 1977.

Two electoral divisions changed hands in these elections. Labour recaptured both Guildford North and Guildford West from the Conservatives - electoral divisions which it had lost to the Conservatives in the 1977 County Council elections.

The Conservatives contested all nine electoral divisions. Labour contested eight electoral division, two more than in 1977. The Liberals also contested eight seats, three more than in 1977.

Surrey County Council election results, 1981, Guildford
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	0	2	-2	78	46.1	18,403	-18.6%
	Labour	2	2	0	2	22	25.9	10,350	3.0%
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	27.3	10,913	14.9%
	Others	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	285	0.7%

Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mrs AA Cook	2,253	56.9	-20.9
	Labour	PD Green	1,710	43.1	20.9
Majority			543	13.7	-41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Guildford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	RHG Beatrip	2,157	57.1	-17.1
	Liberal	CJ Oliver	882	23.4	10.9
	Labour	BK Chesterton	705	18.7	5.4
	ANP	N Collier	32	0.8	0.8
Majority			1,275	33.8	-27.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Guildford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	GR Bellerby^[2]	3,082	45.1	13.3
	Conservative	WR Jordan	1,923	28.1	-27.4
	Liberal	GW Maynard	1,764	25.8	13.1
	ANP	GP Clutterbuck	65	1.0	1.0
Majority			1,159	17.0	-6.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Guildford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	SM Tye	2,058	41.5	-14.7
	Liberal	RG Barks	1,993	40.1	9.2
	Labour	RG Burgess	846	17.0	4.1
	ANP	Mrs DN Carroll	67	1.3	1.3
Majority			65	1.3	-23.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Guildford West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mrs D Bellerby	2,457	45.5	0.1
	Liberal	CJ Fox	1,510	28.0	19.6
	Conservative	WP Hancock	1,368	25.3	-20.9
	ANP	P Norsworthy	67	1.2	1.2
Majority			947	17.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Horsleys^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G Greenhead	2,619	59.7
	Liberal	WH Pearson	1,388	31.6
	Labour	Ms F Lines	379	8.6
Majority			1,231	28.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shalford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A Brigstocke	1,845	59.6	-22.9
	Liberal	L Grugeon	664	21.5	4.0
	Labour	JW Dale	586	18.9	18.9
Majority			1,181	38.2	-26.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shere^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Miss B Pattman	2,288	57.3
	Liberal	PC McCarthy	1,708	42.7
Majority			580	14.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Worplesdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	FR Ross-Symons	1,897	53.6	-28.5
	Liberal	KE Turner	1,004	28.4	28.4
	Labour	BW Mountain	585	16.5	-1.4
	ANP	MC Whiteman	54	1.5	1.5
Majority			893	25.2	-38.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ Full results published in the Surrey Advertiser newspaper 15 May 1981 edition. Comparison to 1977 results is based on results for equivalent 1977 elections published in the Surrey Advertiser newspaper 9-10 May 1977 edition.
↑ Listed in the 15 May 1981 Surrey Advertiser election results section as "B Bellerby" and as "Bill Bellerby" in the article alongside the results section. "Guildford Borough Council - A Compendium of Municipal Election results 1835 to 1974" by Roger Ottewill repeatedly lists his initials as "GR Bellerby" and that form is used herein.
↑ The 1977 Horselys electoral district result was "returned unopposed". There are therefore no percentage change figures for this electoral district.
↑ The 1977 Shere electoral district result was "returned unopposed". There are therefore no percentage change figures for this electoral district.

Preceded by Surrey County Council election, 1977, Guildford	Guildford local elections	Succeeded by Surrey County Council election, 1985, Guildford

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