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.
The Liberal Democrats won the most seats, 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, the Labour Party and the Green Party won seats.

Summary

Number of councillors per ward is shown in brackets after the ward name.
Wards won solely by the Liberal Democrats – Burpham ; Friary & St Nicolas ; Effingham ; Onslow ; Stoughton ; Westborough
Wards won solely by Residents for Guildford and Villages – Christchurch ; Lovelace ; Pilgrims ; Worplesdon
Wards won solely by the Conservatives – Ash Vale ; Ash Wharf ; Pirbright ; Normandy
Wards won solely by Guildford Greenbelt Group – Send
Wards won solely by Labour – Stoke
Wards electing councillors of more than one party – Ash South & Tongham ; Clandon & Horsley ; Merrow ; Shalford, Tillingbourne
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.