2019 Guildford Borough Council election

The 2019 Guildford Borough Council election were 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.[1]

2019 Guildford Borough Council election
2 May 2019
All 48 seats on the Guildford Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
LD
R4GV
Con
Party Liberal Democrats R4GV Conservative
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%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
GGG
Lab
GPEW
Party GGG Labour Green
Last election 3 seats, 13.02% 1 seat, 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%
Map showing the results of the election in each ward
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

NOC

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.[2][3]

Summary
Guildford Borough Council Election, 2019
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 17 9 1 +8 35.4 28.1 24,786
  R4GV 15 15 0 +15 31.3 23.2 20,488
  Conservative 9 0 26 -26 18.8 29.6 26,047
  GGG 4 1 0 +1 8.3 7.8 6,917
  Labour 2 1 0 +1 4.2 9.9 8,713
  Green 1 1 0 +1 2.1 1.4 1,229
  Peace 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 459
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 128

Number of councillors per ward is shown in brackets after the ward name.

Wards won solely by the Liberal Democrats – Burpham (2); Friary & St Nicolas (3); Effingham (1); Onslow (3); Stoughton (3); Westborough (3)

Wards won solely by Residents for Guildford and Villages (R4GV) – Christchurch (3); Lovelace (1); Pilgrims (1); Worplesdon (3)

Wards won solely by the Conservatives – Ash Vale (2); Ash Wharf (2); Pirbright (1); Normandy (1)

Wards won solely by Guildford Greenbelt Group – Send (2)

Wards won solely by Labour – Stoke (2)

Wards electing councillors of more than one party – Ash South & Tongham (3 – 2 Con, 1 R4GV); Clandon & Horsley (3 – 2 R4GV, 1 Guildford Greenbelt); Merrow (3 - 1 R4GV, 2 Lib Dem); Shalford (2 - 1 R4GV, 1 Guildford Greenbelt), Tillingbourne (2 - 1 Con, 1 Green)

The results saw the Conservatives lose control of Guildford Borough Council, falling from 31 seats to 9, making the Liberal Democrats the largest party on 17 seats.

Prior to the election, 3 councillors had defected from the Conservatives and 1 had defected from the Liberal Democrats to form the Independent Alliance on the council. The Independent Alliance registered Residents for Guildford and Villages as a political party to contest the 2019 elections and proceeded to win 15 seats.

The Guildford Greenbelt Group increased their representation to 4 seats whilst Labour maintained a by-election gain from the Conservatives to emerge with 2 seats.

The Green party also won their first seat on Guildford Borough Council in Tillingbourne ward.

Ward by Ward

In each of the wards indicated with an *, one of the R4GV gains is a notional one due to one councillor elected in the ward in 2015 having already defected to R4GV prior to the 2019 election being called. In all wards a 'gain' is defined as a seat gained from the party who won it at the most recent election even if the party who won it in 2015 no longer held it going in to the 2019 election.

Ash South & Tongham (top 3 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Eyre 973 51.6
R4GV Paul Abbey 961 51.0
Conservative Paul Spooner 853 45.3
Conservative Nigel Kearse 817 43.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Buckley 519 27.5
Liberal Democrats Sinclair Webster 484 25.7
Turnout 1,885 30.45
Conservative hold Swing
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ash Vale (top 2 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Manning 631 57.9
Conservative Marsha Moseley 619 56.8
Liberal Democrats Miranda Hoegen 477 43.8
Turnout 1,089 25.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ash Wharf (top 2 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jo Randall 763 58.4
Conservative Andrew Gomm 756 57.9
Green Sam Richards 484 37.1
Liberal Democrats Roslyn McMillan 294 22.5
Turnout 1,306 28.34
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Burpham (top 2 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ted Mayne 972 53.8
Liberal Democrats George Potter 922 51.0
Conservative Christian Holliday 610 33.7
Conservative Mike Piper 568 31.4
Labour Sue Hackman 242 13.4
Labour Poppy Ni Bhroithe-Barnett 180 10.0
Majority
Turnout 1,808 42.67
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Christchurch (top 2 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4GV Joss Bigmore 1,042 50.5
R4GV Dennis Booth 845 40.9
Conservative Matt Furniss 673 32.6
Conservative Nikki Nelson-Smith 608 29.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Hienkens 450 21.8
Labour Joan O'Byrne 193 9.3
Labour Mark Redhead 143 6.9
Majority
Turnout 2,065 47.86
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
Clandon & Horsley (top 3 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
GGG Catherine-Anne Young 2,907 76.7
R4GV Tim Anderson 2,726 71.9
R4GV Christopher Barrass 2,666 70.3
Conservative Jonathan Rogerson 947 25.0
Conservative Caroline Heath-Taylor 704 18.6
Conservative Alex Fiuza 532 14.0
Majority
Turnout 3,790 55
GGG hold Swing
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
Effingham (top 1 candidate elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Hogger 529 56.8
GGG Ben Paton 245 26.3
Conservative Christopher Jay 147 15.8
Majority 284 30.5
Turnout 931 44.93
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Friary & St Nicolas (top 3 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Reeves 1,371 58.9
Liberal Democrats Angela Goodwin 1,332 52.4
Liberal Democrats Tom Hunt 1,134 44.6
R4GV Fiona Davidson 907 35.7
Conservative John De Wit 409 16.1
Conservative Bill Stokoe 405 15.9
Labour Elizabeth Mpyisi 381 15.0
Labour Brian Creese 336 13.2
Conservative Vaibhav Pant 331 13.0
Labour Chris Pegman 311 12.2
Majority
Turnout 2,541 37.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holy Trinity Ward (top 3 candidates elected) *
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4GV Maddy Redpath 968 37.9
R4GV John Redpath 932 36.5
R4GV John Rigg 911 35.7
Liberal Democrats Ciarán Doran 860 33.7
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Gale 834 32.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Mallet 644 25.2
Conservative Alexandra Chesterfield 617 24.2
Conservative Geoff Davis 615 24.1
Conservative Gerry Lytle 559 21.9
Labour Gregory Clack 211 8.3
Labour Chris Pegman 184 7.2
Labour Alexander Scott 154 6.0
Majority
Turnout 2,551 42.04
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
Lovelace (top 1 candidate elected) *
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4GV Colin Cross 789 90.5
Conservative Julie Iles 83 9.5
Majority 707
Turnout 882 45.56
R4GV gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Merrow (top 3 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4GV Deborah Seabrook 1,731 62.9
Liberal Democrats Steven Lee 1,047 38.1
Liberal Democrats Jan Harwood 976 35.5
Conservative Jennifer Jordan 856 31.1
Conservative Philip Brooker 789 28.7
Conservative Graham Ellwood 656 23.9
Labour John Hawthorne 345 12.5
Labour Michael Hill 327 11.9
Labour Michael Hassell 294 10.7
Majority
Turnout 2,750 45.9
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Normandy (top 1 candidate elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Bilbé 451 41.7
Liberal Democrats Henry Kay 382 35.3
GGG Peter Elliott 248 22.9
Majority
Turnout 1094 44.4
Conservative hold Swing
Onslow (top 3 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Goodwin 891 47.5
Liberal Democrats Jon Askew 819 43.6
Liberal Democrats Will Salmon 815 43.4
R4GV Howard Moss 775 41.3
Conservative Adrian Chandler 419 22.3
Conservative Helen Harris 399 21.3
Labour Jacob Allen 336 17.9
Labour Richard Mithen 301 16.0
Conservative Neil Ward 187 10.0
Majority
Turnout 1,877 34.93
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Pilgrims (top 1 candidate elected) *
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4GV Tony Rooth 507 65.0
Conservative Sallie Barker 370 35.0
Majority
Turnout 890 52.46
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
Pirbright (top 1 candidate elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Jackson 392 67.4
Liberal Democrats Russel Sherrard-Smith 127 21.8
Labour Akanshya Gurung 63 10.8
Majority
Turnout 587 29.31
Conservative hold Swing
Send (top 2 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
GGG Patrick Sheard 1,217 75.5
GGG Susan Parker 1,150 71.3
Conservative Julia Osborn 357 22.1
Conservative Alexander Stewart-Clark 234 14.5
Labour Rob Woof 139 8.6
Majority
Turnout 1,612 47.56
GGG hold Swing
GGG hold Swing
Shalford (top 2 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4GV Chris Blow 825 46.1
GGG Ramsey Nagaty 637 35.6
Conservative Michael Parsons 489 27.3
Conservative Bob Hughes 431 24.1
Liberal Democrats Jillian Doran 336 18.8
Liberal Democrats Vanessa King 294 16.4
Labour Tim Wolfenden 181 10.1
Independent Mark Taylor 128 7.1
Majority
Turnout 1,791 42.92
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
GGG gain from Conservative Swing
Stoke (top 2 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Gunning 648 52.1
Labour James Walsh 496 39.9
Liberal Democrats Lizzie Griffiths 424 34.1
Conservative Paul Mackie 338 27.2
Conservative Tay-Jarl Andessen 295 23.7
Majority
Turnout 1,244 28.11
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Stoughton (top 3 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Searle 1,476 61.1
Liberal Democrats Gillian Harwood 1,431 59.2
Liberal Democrats Masuk Miah 1,317 54.5
Conservative David Quelch 574 23.7
Conservative Philip Hooper 513 21.2
Labour Anne Rouse 430 17.8
Labour Shelley Grainger 399 16.5
Conservative Malachy Ujam 377 15.6
Labour Nick Trier 337 13.9
Majority
Turnout 2,417 35.01
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tillingbourne (top 2 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Billington 825 49.8
Green Diana Jones 745 45.0
Conservative David Wright 734 44.3
Liberal Democrats Liam O'Keefe 679 41.0
Majority
Turnout 1,656 41.71
Conservative hold Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Westborough (top 3 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Julia McShane 898 47.7
Liberal Democrats Fiona White 801 42.6
Liberal Democrats James Steel 779 41.4
Labour Amanda Creese 519 27.6
Labour George Dokimakis 493 26.2
Labour Howard Smith 468 24.9
Conservative Liz Hooper 311 16.5
Conservative Sheila Kirkland 311 16.5
Conservative Alastair Knowles 306 16.3
Peace John Morris 190 10.1
Peace Valerie Drummond 153 8.1
Peace Frances Worpe 116 6.2
Majority
Turnout 1,881 29.91
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Worplesdon (top 3 candidates elected) *
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4GV Bob McShee 1,308 54.3
R4GV Elizabeth McShee 1,160 48.2
R4GV Ruth Brothwell 1,003 41.6
Conservative David Elms 803 33.3
Conservative Keith Witham 762 31.6
Conservative Dennis Paul 675 28.0
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Edwards 472 19.6
Labour Ali Mirmak 307 12.7
Labour Dominic Stone 295 12.2
Majority
Turnout 2,409 37.99
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing

See also

References
  1. Elections - May 2019 Guildford Borough Council
  2. "Borough election results 2019". Guildford Borough Council.
  3. "Tories Lose Overall Control of GBC – Election Results As They Were Announced". The Guildford Dragon. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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