Surrey County Council election, 1985, Guildford

In May 1985 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]

Two electoral divisions changed hands in these elections relative to 1981. The SDP-Liberal Alliance gained Guildford South from the Conservatives. The SDP-Liberal Alliance also held on to the electoral division of Worplesdon which it had gained from the Conservatives in a by-election in November 1984.

The Conservatives contested all nine electoral divisions, as they had done in 1981. Labour contested all nine electoral divisions, one more than they did in 1981. The SDP-Liberal Alliance also contested all nine seats, one more than the Liberals had contested in 1981. Two seats were contested by Ecology Party candidates.

The table below shows gains and losses relative to 1981.

Surrey County Council election results, 1985, Guildford
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	5	0	2	-2	56	41.6	17,181	-4.5%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	2	2	0	2	22	37.1	15,306	9.8%
	Labour	2	0	0	0	22	20.9	8,627	-5.0%
	Ecology	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	180	0.4%

Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mrs A Cook	1,703	43.6	-13.3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	C Fox	1393	35.7	35.7
	Labour	P Green	811	20.8	-22.3
Majority			310	7.9	-5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Guildford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	RHG Beatrip	2,312	49.0	-8.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	G Hall	1,830	38.8	15.4
	Labour	P Cole	577	12.2	-6.5
Majority			482	10.2	-23.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Guildford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	GR Bellerby^[2]	3,122	50.1	5.0
	Conservative	WR Jordan	1,574	25.3	-2.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	P Goldstone	1,531	24.6	-1.2
Majority			1,548	24.9	7.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Guildford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	D Stokes	2,906	55.0	14.9
	Conservative	SM Tye	1,775	33.6	-7.9
	Labour	R Burgess	607	11.5	-5.5
Majority			1,131	21.4
	SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Guildford West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mrs D Bellerby	2,257	42.4	-3.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	J Holder	1,790	33.6	5.6
	Conservative	A Allenby	1,163	21.8	-3.5
	Ecology	R Stevens	116	2.2	2.2
Majority			467	8.8	-8.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Horsleys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A Page	2,543	61.5	1.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	J Hartley	1,299	31.4	-0.2
	Labour	S Boulton	294	7.1	-1.5
Majority			1,244	30.1	2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shalford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A Brigstocke	1,757	56.8	-2.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	P Mellor	975	31.5	10.0
	Labour	R Knight	361	11.7	-7.2
Majority			782	25.3	-12.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Miss B Pattman	2,164	63.0	5.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	A McAllister	932	27.1	-15.6
	Labour	Mrs D Joseph	340	9.9	9.9
Majority			1,232	35.9	21.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Worplesdon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	P Hemmingway	2,650	51.3	22.9
	Conservative	L May	2,190	42.4	-11.2
	Labour	J Bullock	258	5.0	-11.5
	Ecology	N Kollerstrom	64	1.2	1.2
Majority			460	8.9	-16.3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance hold		Swing

References

↑ Surrey Advertiser 10 May 1985
↑ Listed in the 10 May 1985 Surrey Advertiser election results section as "Bill Bellerby". "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.
↑ Seat gained by the SDP-Liberal Alliance in a by-election from the Conservatives in November 1984. Therefore described as an Alliance hold. However the percentage change shown are those relative to the May 1981 election, not the November 1984 by-election.

Preceded by Surrey County Council election, 1981, Guildford	Guildford local elections	Succeeded by Surrey County Council election, 1989, Guildford

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