Guildford is located in the county of Surrey. The number of seats (or electoral divisions) on Surrey County Council was increased from 76 to 80, in time for the 2005 election. This resulted in an increase of one in the number of those seats located in the borough of Guildford; from 9 to 10 seats. A summary of the number of seats won by each political party, within the borough of Guildford, is shown below for the County Council elections from 1965 onwards.
Seats changing hands in 1965 The
Conservatives gained the electoral division of Guildford East from an
Independent.
Labour gained the electoral divisions of Guildford North and Guildford West from the Conservatives. The Conservatives won Ash, Guildford East, Guildford South, Horsleys, Shalford, Shere and Worplesdon. Labour won Guildford North and Guildford West.
Seats changing hands in 1967 The
Conservatives gained the electoral divisions of Guildford North and Guildford West from
Labour. The Conservatives consequently won all nine of the electoral divisions in Guildford namely Ash, Guildford East, Guildford North, Guildford South, Guildford West, Horsleys, Shalford, Shere and Worplesdon.
Seats changing hands in 1970 Labour gained the electoral division of Guildford West from the
Conservatives. The Conservatives won Ash, Guildford East, Guildford North, Guildford South, Horsleys, Shalford, Shere and Worplesdon. Labour won Guildford West.
Seats changing hands in 1973 Labour gained the electoral division of Guildford North from the
Conservatives. The
Liberals gained the electoral division of Guildford South from the Conservatives. The Conservatives won Ash, Guildford East, Horsleys, Shalford, Shere and Worplesdon. Labour won Guildford North and Guildford West. The Liberals won Guildford South.
Seats changing hands in 1977 The
Conservatives gained the electoral divisions of Guildford North and Guildford West from
Labour, and gained the electoral division of Guildford South from the
Liberals. The Conservatives consequently won all nine of the electoral divisions in Guildford namely Ash, Guildford East, Guildford North, Guildford South, Guildford West, Horsleys, Shalford, Shere and Worplesdon.
Seats changing hands in 1981 Labour gained the electoral divisions of Guildford North and Guildford West from the
Conservatives. The
Conservatives won Ash, Guildford East, Guildford South, Horsleys, Shalford, Shere and Worplesdon.
Labour won Guildford North and Guildford West.
Seats changing hands in 1985 The
SDP-Liberal Alliance gained the electoral division of Guildford South from the
Conservatives. The SDP-Liberal Alliance retained the electoral division of Worplesdon which they had gained from the Conservatives in a by-election, in November 1984. The
Conservatives won Ash, Guildford East, Horsleys, Shalford and Shere. The
SDP-Liberal Alliance won Guildford South and Worplesdon.
Labour won Guildford North and Guildford West.
Seats changing hands in 1989 The
Conservatives gained the electoral division of Worplesdon from the
Social and Liberal Democrats. The
Conservatives won Ash, Guildford East, Horsleys, Shalford, Shere and Worplesdon. The
Social and Liberal Democrats won Guildford South.
Labour won Guildford North and Guildford West.
Seats changing hands in 1993 The
Liberal Democrats gained the electoral division of Guildford North from
Labour and the electoral division of Worplesdon from the
Conservatives. The
Liberal Democrats retained the electoral division of Ash which they had gained from the
Conservatives in a by-election, in 1990. The
Conservatives won Guildford East, Horsleys, Shalford, and Shere. The
Liberal Democrats won Ash, Guildford North, Guildford South and Worplesdon.
Labour won Guildford West.
Seats changing hands in 1997 The
Conservatives gained the electoral division of Ash from the
Liberal Democrats. The
Conservatives won Ash, Guildford East, Horsleys, Shalford, and Shere. The
Liberal Democrats won Guildford North, Guildford South and Worplesdon.
Labour won Guildford West.
Seats changing hands in 2001 None – all seats were retained by the party which held that seat going into the election. The
Conservatives retained Ash, Guildford East, Horsleys, Shalford, and Shere. The
Liberal Democrats retained Guildford North, Guildford South and Worplesdon.
Labour retained Guildford West.
Seats changing hands in 2005 The
Liberal Democrats gained the electoral division of Guildford West from
Labour and the electoral division Guildford East from the
Conservatives. The
Conservatives gained the electoral division of Worplesdon from the
Liberal Democrats. In the 2005 election, the number of County Council electoral divisions in the borough of Guildford was increased from 9 to 10. This saw the disappearance of the division known as Guildford South and the creation of two new electoral divisions known as Guildford South East and Guildford South West. The
Liberal Democrats, who prior to this election had held the old division of Guildford South, won both of the new divisions Guildford South East and Guildford South West. The
Conservatives won Ash, Horsleys, Shalford, Shere and Worplesdon. The
Liberal Democrats won Guildford East, Guildford North, Guildford South East, Guildford South West and Guildford West.
Seats changing hands in 2009 The
Conservatives gained two electoral divisions, Guildford East and Guildford South East, from the
Liberal Democrats. The
Conservatives won Ash, Guildford East, Guildford South East, Horsleys, Shalford, Shere and Worplesdon. The
Liberal Democrats won Guildford North, Guildford South West and Guildford West.
Seats changing hands in 2013 The
Conservatives did not contest the electoral division of Shalford as they failed to submit candidate nomination papers by the deadline. The
United Kingdom Independence Party gained the electoral division of Shalford from the Conservatives. The Conservatives retained Ash, Guildford East, Guildford South East, Horsleys, Shere and Worplesdon. The
Liberal Democrats retained Guildford North, Guildford South West and Guildford West. UKIP won Shalford.
Seats changing hands in 2017 The
Conservatives regained the electoral division of Shalford from the
United Kingdom Independence Party. No other seats changed hands in the Guildford area in the 2017 Surrey County Council elections. The Conservatives retained Ash, Guildford East, Guildford South East, Horsleys, Shere and Worplesdon; and they gained Shalford. The
Liberal Democrats retained Guildford North, Guildford South West and Guildford West.
Seats changing hands in 2021 In the
2021 Surrey County Council election the
Liberal Democrats gained the electoral divisions of Ash and Guildford East from the
Conservatives who also lost the electoral divisions of Guildford South East and Horsleys to
Residents for Guildford and Villages (R4GV). The election saw an agreement between the
Green Party and the Liberal Democrats where they did not stand against each other, resulting in the Green Party standing a candidate in the Shere division only, while the Liberal Democrats contested only the other nine divisions within Guildford borough. The Conservatives Shalford, Shere and Worplesdon. The Liberal Democrats retained Guildford North, Guildford South West and Guildford West; they gained Ash and Guildford East. R4GV, standing in the county council elections for the first time, gained Guildford South East and Horsleys. ==Notes==