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
Preceded by
Surrey County Council election, 2001, Guildford
Guildford local elections Succeeded by
Surrey County Council election, 2009, Guildford
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