2019 Guildford Borough Council election

2019 Guildford Borough Council election
2 May 2019

All 48 seats to Guildford Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Caroline Reeves Joss Bigmore Paul Spooner
Party Liberal Democrats R4GV Conservative
Leader's seat Friary & St Nicolas Christchurch Ash South & Tongham
Last election 9 seats, 22.32% New party 35 seats, 46.77%
Seats won 17 15 9
Seat change 8 15 26
Popular vote 24,786 20,488 26,047
Percentage 28.1% 23.2% 29.6%
Swing 5.8% New party 17.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Susan Parker Angela Gunning Diana Jones
Party GGG Labour Green
Leader's seat Send Stoke Tillingbourne
Last election 3 seats, 13.02% 1 seats, 11.08% 0 seats, 2.83%
Seats won 4 2 1
Seat change 1 1 1
Popular vote 6,917 8,713 1,229
Percentage 7.8% 9.9% 1.4%
Swing 5.2% 1.2% 1.4%

Map showing the results of the 2019 Guildford Borough Council elections. Numbers indicate the number of councillors elected by each ward. Yellow showing Liberal Democrats, Magenta showing R4GV, blue showing Conservative, dark green showing Guildford Greenbelt Group, red showing Labour and light green showing Green. Striped wards have mixed representation.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

No Overall Control

The 2019 Guildford Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2019, to elect all 48 seats to the Guildford Borough Council in Surrey, England as part of the 2019 local elections.

The Liberal Democrats won the most seats (17), the Residents for Guildford and Villages, a new political party formed in early 2019, came second with 15 seats, while the ruling Conservatives lost their majority, coming third with 9 seats. Other parties such as the Guildford Greenbelt Group (4), the Labour Party (2) and the Green Party (1) won seats.