Guildford Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · South East · 48 seats in 21 wards

Liberal Democrats have a majority on Guildford Council. The council has 48 councillors in 21 wards. Seats by party: Lib Dem 25, Other 10, Conservative 10, Labour 3.

Guildford Council will be abolished on 1 April 2027 under local government reorganisation, and will hold no further elections. Its area now elects West Surrey, a new council elected in May 2026. See West Surrey

Control

Seats by party

Liberal Democrats (Majority)

48 seats - 25 for a majority

Labour 3Conservative 10Lib Dem 25Other 10

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election No change since the election.

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (48 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Lib Dem32.1%25

Conservative26.7%10

Other25.5%10

Labour13.2%3

Green2.4%0

Largest party

Lib Dem 25

majority of 2; 25 needed

Closest result

Ash South

Residents for Guildford and Villages won the last seat by 1 vote over Lib Dem, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Tillingbourne

Lib Dem gain from Conservative, 20 October 2022 (1 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

44%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeLib DemIndependent

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 21 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Ash South Sue Wyeth-Price, David Shaw	4 May 2023 Residents for Guildford and Villages 47.7% lead 13.1 pts
Ash Vale Carla Morson, Richard Lucas	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 67.4% lead 34.8 pts
Ash Wharf Phil Bellamy, Fiona White	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 41.1% lead 13.2 pts
Bellfields & Slyfield Amanda Creese, James Walsh	4 May 2023 Labour 35.2% lead 9.1 pts
Burpham George Potter, Jane Tyson	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 41.3% lead 15.3 pts
Castle Maddy Redpath, Richard Mills, Geoff Davis	4 May 2023 Residents for Guildford and Villages 29.7% lead 0.8 pts
Clandon & Horsley Ruth Brothwell, Catherine Young, Dawn Bennett	4 May 2023 Residents for Guildford and Villages 58.6% lead 38.5 pts
Effingham Merel Rehorst-Smith	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 64.8% lead 34.9 pts
Merrow Yves de Contades, Joss Bigmore, Joanne Shaw	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 29.9% lead 7.3 pts
Normandy & Pirbright Keith Witham, David Bilbe	4 May 2023 Conservative 47.7% lead 30.3 pts
Onslow James Steel, Steven Lee, Angela Goodwin	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 51.5% lead 32.1 pts
Pilgrims Matt Furniss, Sallie Barker	4 May 2023 Conservative 52.9% lead 30.2 pts
Send & Lovelace James Brooker, Jason Fenwick, Patrick Oven	4 May 2023 Guildford Greenbelt Group 41.7% lead 19.8 pts
Shalford Dominique Williams, Catherine Houston	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 47.1% lead 23.4 pts
St Nicolas Tom Hunt	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 46.2% lead 23.7 pts
Stoke Cait Taylor, Vanessa King, Stephen Hives	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 27.9% lead 5.2 pts
Stoughton North Gillian Harwood, Lizzie Griffiths	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 46.3% lead 20.2 pts
Stoughton South Katie Steel, Masuk Miah	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 39.9% lead 14.5 pts
Tillingbourne Bob Hughes, Danielle Newson	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 40.2% lead 1.0 pts
Westborough Sandy Lowry, Howard Smith, Julia McShane	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 37.5% lead 5.7 pts
Worplesdon Bilal Akhtar, Philip Brooker, Honor Brooker	4 May 2023 Conservative 39.0% lead 8.4 pts

Ash South

David Shaw IndependentSue Wyeth-Price Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Residents for Guildford and Villages47.7%

Lib Dem34.6%

Conservative17.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sue Wyeth-Price Elected	Residents for Guildford and Villages	737
David Shaw Elected	Residents for Guildford and Villages	535
Martin Elburn	Lib Dem	534
Philip John Buckley	Lib Dem	387
Carl Kevin Flynn	Conservative	274
George Edward Wrycroft	Conservative	244

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Ash Vale

Carla Morson Lib DemRichard Lucas Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem67.4%

Conservative32.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Carla Jane Morson Elected	Lib Dem	1,183
Richard Charles Lucas Elected	Lib Dem	1,070
Nigel Manning	Conservative	571
Marsha Moseley	Conservative	498

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Ash Wharf

Fiona White Lib DemPhil Bellamy Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem41.1%

Conservative27.9%

Labour16.5%

Green14.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Fiona Jean White Elected	Lib Dem	699
Philip Edward Bellamy Elected	Lib Dem	617
John Tonks	Conservative	475
Wendy Felicity Pritchard	Conservative	379
Mick Gallagher	Labour	280
Claire Whitehouse	Green	246

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bellfields & Slyfield

Amanda Creese LabourJames Walsh Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour35.2%

Conservative26.1%

Lib Dem25.4%

Residents for Guildford and Villages13.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Amanda Creese Elected	Labour	453
James Walsh Elected	Labour	419
Philip Matthew Hooper	Conservative	336
Wendy Dawn Wakeling	Lib Dem	327
Suleman Miah	Conservative	288
Nicholas David Strugnell	Lib Dem	257
Steve Isaacs	Residents for Guildford and Villages	172
Linda Christina Serena Tillett	Residents for Guildford and Villages	163

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Burpham

George Potter Lib DemJane Tyson Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem41.3%

Conservative26.0%

Residents for Guildford and Villages18.0%

Labour14.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
George Potter Elected	Lib Dem	1,065
Jane Tyson Elected	Lib Dem	839
Christian Holliday	Conservative	669
Adam Stewart Heilbron	Conservative	668
Liz Hyland	Residents for Guildford and Villages	465
Ian Michael Creese	Labour	378
Charles Alistair Wilce	Residents for Guildford and Villages	358

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Castle

Geoff Davis ConservativeMaddy Redpath IndependentRichard Mills Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Residents for Guildford and Villages29.7%

Conservative28.9%

Lib Dem23.3%

Labour11.3%

Independent6.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Maddy Redpath Elected	Residents for Guildford and Villages	1,159
Richard Allen Mills Elected	Conservative	1,128
Geoff Davis Elected	Conservative	1,091
John Willem Edwin Redpath	Residents for Guildford and Villages	1,074
Alex Fiuza	Conservative	964
Ciarán Pól Doran	Lib Dem	910
John Rigg	Residents for Guildford and Villages	909
Sara Caroline Gillingham	Lib Dem	779
Joan Anne May O'Byrne	Labour	439
Sean Paul Sussex	Labour	325
Matthew Philip Smith	Labour	303
Paul Canning	Independent	263

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Clandon & Horsley

Catherine Young IndependentDawn Bennett IndependentRuth Brothwell Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Residents for Guildford and Villages58.6%

Conservative20.1%

Lib Dem12.0%

Labour9.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Catherine Young Elected	Residents for Guildford and Villages	1,949
Dawn Bennett Elected	Residents for Guildford and Villages	1,859
Ruth Brothwell Elected	Residents for Guildford and Villages	1,804
Stephen James Cullens	Conservative	667
Ian Douglas Bond	Conservative	641
Toni Hourahane	Conservative	595
Wendy Anne Ross	Lib Dem	400
David William Roe	Lib Dem	360
Liam Francis O'Keeffe	Lib Dem	334
Dan Symonds	Labour	309

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Effingham

Merel Rehorst-Smith Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem64.8%

Conservative29.9%

Labour5.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Merel Astrid Rehorst-Smith Elected	Lib Dem	521	64.8%
Lulu Boder	Conservative	240	29.9%
Shek Shahanoor Rahman	Labour	43	5.3%

Merrow

Joanne Shaw Lib DemJoss Bigmore IndependentYves de Contades Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem29.9%

Residents for Guildford and Villages22.6%

Conservative21.7%

Labour14.7%

Independent11.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Joanne Helen Shaw Elected	Lib Dem	1,315
Yves De Contades Elected	Lib Dem	1,094
Joss Bigmore Elected	Residents for Guildford and Villages	995
David Ian Humphries	Conservative	954
Dennis George William Booth	Residents for Guildford and Villages	866
Katie Jane Lotte Lam	Conservative	861
Christopher Howard Jay	Conservative	815
Stuart Raymond Zane Brown	Residents for Guildford and Villages	736
Nathan Cassidy	Labour	648
Graham Ellwood	Independent	487

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Normandy & Pirbright

David Bilbe ConservativeKeith Witham Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative47.7%

Lib Dem17.4%

Residents for Guildford and Villages16.5%

Labour14.4%

Independent4.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Keith Witham Elected	Conservative	938
David Bilbé Elected	Conservative	840
Ken Howard	Lib Dem	341
Geoff Doven	Residents for Guildford and Villages	324
Simon Schofield	Labour	282
Gina Redpath	Residents for Guildford and Villages	213
Jane Rosemary Hill	Independent	80

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Onslow

Angela Goodwin Lib DemJames Steel Lib DemSteven Lee Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem51.5%

Conservative19.4%

Residents for Guildford and Villages16.0%

Labour11.7%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Angela Marie Goodwin Elected	Lib Dem	1,272
James Owen Ashton Jones Elected	Lib Dem	933
Steven Lee Elected	Lib Dem	908
Adrian Stuart Chandler	Conservative	479
Shamsul Alam	Conservative	425
Howard Moss	Residents for Guildford and Villages	395
Adam Goktug Ekinci	Conservative	391
James Heaphy	Residents for Guildford and Villages	389
Lynsey Marie Brown	Residents for Guildford and Villages	317
Hannah Mary Elizabeth Rich	Labour	289
Nick Bragger	Labour	273
Vlad Stoiana-Mois	Labour	193
Sam Church	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	36
James Albert Josef Lewis	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	35

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem49.4%

Green24.3%

Conservative12.1%

Reform10.4%

Labour3.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James Harry Alfred Steel Elected	Lib Dem	1,145	49.4%
Claire Whitehouse	Green	563	24.3%
André Stuart Hester	Conservative	281	12.1%
Adam Farkas	Reform	242	10.4%
Hannah Mary Elizabeth Rich	Labour	86	3.7%

Pilgrims

Matt Furniss ConservativeSallie Barker Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative52.9%

Residents for Guildford and Villages22.7%

Lib Dem14.8%

Labour9.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Matt Furniss Elected	Conservative	835
Sallie Barker Elected	Conservative	749
Toni Belcher	Residents for Guildford and Villages	358
John Richard Price	Residents for Guildford and Villages	238
Stephen Philip Mallet	Lib Dem	234
Amy Maude Rogers	Lib Dem	196
Malcolm Piers Hill	Labour	150

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Send & Lovelace

James Brooker IndependentJason Fenwick IndependentPatrick Oven Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Guildford Greenbelt Group41.7%

Residents for Guildford and Villages21.9%

Conservative20.1%

Lib Dem8.2%

Labour8.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Pat Oven Elected	Guildford Greenbelt Group	980
James Anthony Brooker Elected	Guildford Greenbelt Group	960
Jason Michael Fenwick Elected	Guildford Greenbelt Group	855
Pete Bennett	Residents for Guildford and Villages	515
Geraldine Lindsay Powell	Residents for Guildford and Villages	506
Anna Elizabeth Griffiths	Conservative	473
Alexander Stewart-Clark	Conservative	425
Justin Phillip Andrew Offord	Conservative	379
Basil Kais Bahrani	Lib Dem	192
Duncan Stevenson McMillan	Lib Dem	189
Jordan James Baker	Labour	188
Rob Woof	Labour	186
Dale Margaret Miller	Lib Dem	181

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Shalford

Catherine Houston Lib DemDominique Williams Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem47.1%

Conservative23.7%

Guildford Greenbelt Group20.2%

Labour9.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Catherine Susan Houston Elected	Lib Dem	947
Dominique Louise Williams Elected	Lib Dem	760
Jonathan Fremaux	Conservative	476
Nicholas James Watts	Conservative	470
Ramsey Nagaty	Guildford Greenbelt Group	407
Nigel Roy Keane	Guildford Greenbelt Group	333
Peter Lockhart	Labour	182

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

St Nicolas

Tom Hunt Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem46.2%

Conservative22.5%

Residents for Guildford and Villages22.3%

Labour9.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tom Hunt Elected	Lib Dem	518	46.2%
Marisa Roxanne Goldsborough	Conservative	252	22.5%
Nikki Ackerley	Residents for Guildford and Villages	250	22.3%
Chris Pegman	Labour	101	9.0%

Stoke

Cait Taylor Lib DemStephen Hives Lib DemVanessa King Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem27.9%

Green22.7%

Labour20.5%

Residents for Guildford and Villages14.9%

Conservative14.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Cait Taylor Elected	Lib Dem	634
Vanessa King Elected	Lib Dem	629
Steve Hives Elected	Lib Dem	578
Sam Peters	Green	516
Harriet Jane Kittermaster	Labour	467
Sue Hackman	Labour	460
Brian Jeffrey Creese	Labour	431
Arjun Raj Lakhani	Residents for Guildford and Villages	340
Sam Tough	Conservative	319
Annelize Kidd	Residents for Guildford and Villages	318
Brett Eamonn Edward Vorley	Conservative	290
Stuart Zissman	Conservative	283
Julian David Sinclair Lyon	Residents for Guildford and Villages	256

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Stoughton North

Gillian Harwood Lib DemLizzie Griffiths Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem46.3%

Conservative26.1%

Labour17.5%

Residents for Guildford and Villages10.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gillian Michelle Harwood Elected	Lib Dem	750
Lizzie Griffiths Elected	Lib Dem	684
David James Quelch	Conservative	423
Andy Giess	Labour	284
Shelley Grainger	Labour	252
Stephen Charles Rowden	Conservative	226
Neda Moghaddam	Residents for Guildford and Villages	164
Bill Stokoe	Residents for Guildford and Villages	162

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Stoughton South

Katie Steel Lib DemMasuk Miah Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem39.9%

Labour25.4%

Conservative17.8%

Residents for Guildford and Villages11.5%

The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment5.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Katie Steel Elected	Lib Dem	660
Masuk Miah Elected	Lib Dem	653
Anne Catherine Rouse	Labour	420
George Dokimakis	Labour	407
Alex Dinc	Conservative	294
André Stuart Hester	Conservative	243
Zoë Nash-Williams	Residents for Guildford and Villages	190
Tom Kenneth Johnston	Residents for Guildford and Villages	155
John Hugh Morris	The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment	92

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Tillingbourne

Bob Hughes ConservativeDanielle Newson Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem40.2%

Conservative39.2%

Green14.7%

Labour5.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Danielle Newson Elected	Lib Dem	801
Bob Hughes Elected	Conservative	781
Lynette Nusbacher	Conservative	667
Paul Abbey	Lib Dem	630
Lucy Emma Howard	Green	294
Jim Wynn	Labour	118
John Edward Marsh	Labour	111

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Westborough

Howard Smith LabourJulia McShane Lib DemSandy Lowry Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem37.5%

Labour31.8%

Conservative18.2%

Residents for Guildford and Villages12.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Julia Maureen McShane Elected	Lib Dem	599
Sandy Lowry Elected	Lib Dem	570
Howard Daniel Smith Elected	Labour	508
James Harry Alfred Steel	Lib Dem	450
Syed Fozlul Houque Selim	Conservative	290
Mike Parsons	Conservative	263
Paul Spooner	Conservative	249
Shailja Lal	Residents for Guildford and Villages	199
Shivendra Lal	Residents for Guildford and Villages	180

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Worplesdon

Bilal Akhtar ConservativeHonor Brooker ConservativePhilip Brooker Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative39.0%

Residents for Guildford and Villages30.6%

Lib Dem16.6%

Labour13.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Honor Jean Brooker Elected	Conservative	1,087
Bilal Hassan Akhtar Elected	Conservative	1,071
Philip Naylor Brooker Elected	Conservative	1,052
Bob McShee	Residents for Guildford and Villages	855
Brigitte Valerie Ahier	Residents for Guildford and Villages	721
Robert Frederick Pidgeon	Residents for Guildford and Villages	630
Jon Edwards	Lib Dem	463
Marilyn Merryweather	Lib Dem	462
John Paul Damien Hawthorne	Labour	385
Nick Trier	Labour	382
Sinclair Aubrey Webster	Lib Dem	352

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

1 by-election since July 2021, 1 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
20 October 2022	Tillingbourne	Lib Dem gain from Conservative

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Guildford	70%	Lib Dem	Lib Dem 46%
Godalming and Ash	25%	Conservative	Conservative 42%
Surrey Heath	5%	Lib Dem	Conservative 35%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Guildford

143,652 residents in 55,757 households

Voted Leave in 2016

44% 8 below GB

Degree or higher

44% 10 above GB

No qualifications

11% 7 below GB

Own their home

66% 5 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

13% 4 below GB

Rent privately

20% same as GB

Aged 15 to 34

34% 3 above GB

Aged 65 and over

21% 1 below GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.