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] 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
2019 election Guildford Borough Council
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 62.1 -
R4GV Paul Abbey 961 61.4 -
Conservative Paul Spooner 853 54.5 -
Conservative Nigel Kearse 817 52.2 -
Liberal Democrats Philip Buckley 519 33.1 -
Liberal Democrats Sinclair Webster 484 30.9 -
Turnout 4637 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
Conservative Marsha Moseley 619
Liberal Democrats Miranda Hoegen 477
Turnout 1757 25.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Ash Wharf (top 2 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jo Randall 763
Conservative Andrew Gomm 756
Green Sam Richards 484
Liberal Democrats Roslyn McMillan 294
Turnout 2321 28.34
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Burpham (top 2 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Ted Mayne 972
Liberal Democrats George Potter 922
Conservative Christian Holliday 610
Conservative Mike Piper 568
Labour Sue Hackman 242
Labour Poppy Ni Bhroithe-Barnett 180
Majority
Turnout 3523 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 1042
R4GV Dennis Booth 845
Conservative Matt Furniss 673
Conservative Nikki Nelson-Smith 608
Liberal Democrats Paul Hienkens 450
Labour Joan O'Byrne 193
Labour Mark Redhead 143
Majority
Turnout 3960 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 2907
R4GV Tim Anderson 2726
R4GV Christopher Barrass 2666
Conservative Jonathan Rogerson 947
Conservative Caroline Heath-Taylor 704
Conservative Alex Fiuza 532
Majority
Turnout 10498 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 1371 58.9
Liberal Democrats Angela Goodwin 1332 57.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Hunt 1134 48.8
R4GV Fiona Davidson 907 40.3
Conservative John De Wit 409 17.6
Conservative Bill Stokoe 405 17.4
Labour Elizabeth Mpyisi 381 16.4
Labour Brian Creese 336 14.4
Conservative Vaibhav Pant 331 14.2
Labour Chris Pegman 311 13.4
Majority
Turnout 6959 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
R4GV John Redpath 932
R4GV John Rigg 911
Liberal Democrats Ciarán Doran 860
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Gale 834
Liberal Democrats Stephen Mallet 644
Conservative Alexandra Chesterfield 617
Conservative Geoff Davis 615
Conservative Gerry Lytle 559
Labour Gregory Clack 211
Labour Chris Pegman 184
Labour Alexander Scott 154
Majority
Turnout 7498 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
Conservative Julie Iles 83
Majority 707
Turnout 882 45.56
R4GV gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Merrow Ward (top 3 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
R4GV Deborah Seabrook 1731
Liberal Democrats Steven Lee 1047
Liberal Democrats Jan Harwood 976
Conservative Jennifer Jordan 856
Conservative Philip Brooker 789
Conservative Graham Ellwood 656
Labour John Hawthorne 345
Labour Michael Hill 327
Labour Michael Hassell 294
Majority
Turnout 7027 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
Liberal Democrats Henry Kay 382
GGG Peter Elliott 248
Majority
Turnout 1094 44.4
Conservative hold Swing
Onslow (top 3 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats David Goodwin 891
Liberal Democrats Jon Askew 819
Liberal Democrats Will Salmon 815
R4GV Howard Moss 775
Conservative Adrian Chandler 419
Conservative Helen Harris 399
Labour Jacob Allen 336
Labour Richard Mithen 301
Conservative Neil Ward 187
Majority
Turnout 4945 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
Conservative Sallie Barker 370
Majority
Turnout 890 52.46
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
Pirbright (top 1 candidate elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Gordon Jackson 392
Liberal Democrats Russel Sherrard-Smith 127
Labour Akanshya Gurung 63
Majority
Turnout 587 29.31
Conservative hold Swing
Send (top 2 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
GGG Patrick Sheard 1217
GGG Susan Parker 1150
Conservative Julia Osborn 357
Conservative Alexander Stewart-Clark 234
Labour Rob Woof 139
Majority
Turnout 3103 47.56
GGG hold Swing
GGG hold Swing
Shalford (top 2 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
R4GV Chris Blow 825
GGG Ramsey Nagaty 637
Conservative Michael Parsons 489
Conservative Bob Hughes 431
Liberal Democrats Jillian Doran 336
Liberal Democrats Vanessa King 294
Labour Tim Wolfenden 181
Independent Mark Taylor 128
Majority
Turnout 3327 42.92
R4GV gain from Conservative Swing
GGG gain from Conservative Swing
Stoke (top 2 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Angela Gunning 648
Labour James Walsh 496
Liberal Democrats Lizzie Griffiths 424
Conservative Paul Mackie 338
Conservative Tay-Jarl Andessen 295
Majority
Turnout 2224 28.11
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Stoughton (top 3 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Pauline Searle 1476
Liberal Democrats Gillian Harwood 1431
Liberal Democrats Masuk Miah 1317
Conservative David Quelch 574
Conservative Philip Hooper 513
Labour Anne Rouse 430
Labour Shelley Grainger 399
Conservative Malachy Ujam 377
Labour Nick Trier 337
Majority
Turnout 6886 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
Green Diana Jones 745
Conservative David Wright 734
Liberal Democrats Liam O'Keefe 679
Majority
Turnout 3012 41.71
Conservative hold Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Westborough (top 3 candidates elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Julia McShane 898
Liberal Democrats Fiona White 801
Liberal Democrats James Steel 779
Labour Amanda Creese 519
Labour George Dokimakis 493
Labour Howard Smith 468
Conservative Liz Hooper 311
Conservative Sheila Kirkland 311
Conservative Alastair Knowles 306
Peace John Morris 190
Peace Valerie Drummond 153
Peace Frances Worpe 116
Majority
Turnout 5365 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 1308
R4GV Elizabeth McShee 1160
R4GV Ruth Brothwell 1003
Conservative David Elms 803
Conservative Keith Witham 762
Conservative Dennis Paul 675
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Edwards 472
Labour Ali Mirmak 307
Labour Dominic Stone 295
Majority
Turnout 6792 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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