2023 Guildford Borough Council election

2023 Guildford Borough Council election
4 May 2023

All 48 seats to Guildford Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Julia McShane Paul Spooner Joss Bigmore
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative R4GV
Last election 28.1% 29.6% 23.2%
Seats before 17 9 15
Seats after 25 10 7
Seat change 8 1 8
Percentage 32.1% 26.7% 20.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader James Walsh Ramsey Nagaty
Party Labour GGG Green
Last election 9.9% 7.8% 1.4%
Seats before 2 4 1
Seats after 3 3 0
Seat change 1 1 1
Percentage 13.2% 3.1% 2.4%

Map showing the results of the 2023 Guildford Borough Council elections. Numbers indicate the number of councillors elected by each ward. Yellow showing Liberal Democrats, blue showing Conservative, Magenta showing R4GV, dark green showing Guildford Greenbelt Group and red showing Labour. Striped wards have mixed representation.

Leader before election

Julia McShane
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader after election

Julia McShane
Liberal Democrats

The 2023 Guildford Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023, to elect all 48 seats to the Guildford Borough Council in Surrey, England as part of the 2023 local elections. The results saw the Liberal Democrats take overall control of Guildford Borough Council.