Surrey County Council election, 1973, Guildford

In April 1973 elections were held for County Councils in England, including Surrey County Council.

Nine of the electoral divisions in Surrey, in the 1973 County Council elections, were within the Guildford Borough Council area. The five rural Guildford wards all returned Conservative candidates. By contrast, the town of Guildford itself was split - two Labour, one Conservative, one Liberal.

The Conservatives contested all nine electoral divisions, Labour contested six and the Liberals three. One electoral division, Ash, was contested by an independent candidate. Two of the rural electoral divisions; Shalford and Horselys, returned members unopposed.

Two seats changed hands in the 1973 election. Labour gained Guildford North from the Conservatives. The Liberals gained Guildford South from the Conservatives.

Surrey County Council election results, 1973, Guildford[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	0	2	-2	67	51.3	13,277	-4.2
	Labour	2	1	0	1	22	29.6	7,652	-2.6
	Liberal	1	1	0	1	11	18.0	4,669	12.5
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	273	-5.7

Ash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	RF Tolley	1,242	55.8
	Labour	PA Hawthorne	709	31.9
	Independent	PH Cody	273	12.3
Majority			533	24.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Guildford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	AMC Williams	2,036	53.5
	Liberal	Mrs MA Walton	1,236	32.4
	Labour	Mrs JM Haimes	537	14.1
Majority			800	21.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Guildford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J Fahy	2,520	51.1
	Conservative	FH Nicolson	2,409	48.9
Majority			111	2.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Guildford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	GD Floyd	1,900	44.6
	Conservative	Mrs SM Crabtree	1,869	43.9
	Labour	Mrs LM Harper	487	11.4
Majority			31	0.7
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Guildford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mrs DW Bellerby	2,741	56.9
	Conservative	BJ Gibbs	2,074	43.1
Majority			667	13.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Horsleys

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

Shalford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	AJ Brigstocke	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	W Whiting	1,927	55.7
	Liberal	Mrs GM Blundell	1,533	44.3
Majority			394	11.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Worplesdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	DT Bastin	1,720	72.3
	Labour	JR Foster	658	27.7
Majority			1,062	44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. Surrey Advertiser 13 April 1973