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Guildford — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Guildford was won by Liberal Democrat at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 8,429 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Guildford from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 James Mangles (Whig); Charles Baring Wall (Conservative) 180 48.5% (top seat) Charles Francis Norton (Whig) 42 (6.8 pts) 90.2%
1835 James Mangles (Whig); Charles Baring Wall (Conservative) 214 46.4% (top seat) Robert Alfred Cloyne Austen (Whig) 83 (12.9 pts) 60.0%
1837 Charles Baring Wall (Conservative); James Yorke Scarlett (Conservative) 188 42.1% (top seat) James Mangles (Whig) 29 (4.8 pts) 70.5%
1841 Ross Donnelly Mangles (Whig); Charles Baring Wall (Whig) 221 30.2% (top seat) James Yorke Scarlett (Conservative) 44 (5.5 pts) 82.4%
1847 Henry Currie (Conservative); Ross Donnelly Mangles (Whig) 242 44.1% (top seat) Thomas Lyon Thurlow (Conservative) 58 (7.6 pts) 65.1%
1852 Ross Donnelly Mangles (Whig); James Bell (Radical) 251 42.8% (top seat) Thomas Lyon Thurlow (Conservative) 7 (0.8 pts) 66.7%
1857 Ross Donnelly Mangles (Whig); William Bovill (Conservative) 338 40.9% (top seat) James Bell (Radical) 171 (20.0 pts) 64.1%
1859 Guildford James Hillier Onslow (Liberal); William Bovill (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 Guildford James Hillie Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow (Liberal); William Bovill (Conservative) 318 37.9% (top seat) William Wilmer Pocock (Liberal) 90 (10.2 pts) 65.9%
1868 Guildford James Hillier Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow (Liberal) 536 51.0% Richard Garth (Conservative) 21 (2.0 pts) 86.2%
1874 Denzil Roberts Onslow (Conservative) 673 61.0% Guildford James Hillier Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow (Liberal) 243 (22.0 pts) 84.5%
1880 Denzil Roberts Onslow (Conservative) 705 55.3% Thomas Read Kemp (Liberal) 134 (10.5 pts) 90.8%
1885 William St John Fremantle Brodrick (Conservative) 4,485 54.5% Ellis Dumcombe Gosling (Liberal) 735 (8.9 pts) 82.5%
1886 William St John Fremantle Brodrick (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 William St John Fremantle Brodrick (Conservative) 5,191 58.3% George Patrick Charles Lawrence (Liberal) 1,471 (16.5 pts) 79.2%
1895 William St John Fremantle Brodrick (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 William St John Fremantle Brodrick (Conservative) 5,816 61.7% Arthur Wakefield Chapman (Liberal) 2,207 (23.4 pts) 75.5%
1906 William Henry Cowan (Liberal) 6,430 53.3% William St John Fremantle Brodrick (Conservative) 800 (6.6 pts) 83.4%
Jan 1910 William Edgar Horne (Conservative) 9,264 64.8% Algernon Marshall Stedman Methuen (Liberal) 4,231 (29.6 pts) 89.2%
Dec 1910 William Edgar Horne (Conservative) 8,463 63.7% Arthur Jex Davey (Liberal) 3,631 (27.3 pts) 83.0%
1918 William Edgar Horne (Unionist) 13,149 72.1% William Bennett (Labour) 8,071 (44.3 pts) 50.0%
1922 Henry Cecil Buckingham (Unionist) 18,045 70.6% William Bennett (Labour) 10,531 (41.2 pts) 65.4%
1923 Henry Cecil Buckingham (Unionist) 14,117 52.3% Samuel Parnell Kerr (Liberal) 6,516 (24.1 pts) 67.6%
1924 Henry Cecil Buckingham (Unionist) 18,273 62.3% Sydney Frank Markham (Labour) 12,046 (41.0 pts) 71.3%
1929 Henry Cecil Buckingham (Unionist) 20,550 48.3% Somerset Stopford Brooke (Liberal) 4,566 (10.7 pts) 72.1%
1931 Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys (Conservative) 39,008 86.2% Sidney Peck (Labour) 32,766 (72.4 pts) 72.3%
1935 Joseph John Jarvis (Conservative) 35,384 74.9% Frederick Andrew Campbell (Labour) 23,551 (49.9 pts) 69.3%
1945 Joseph John Jarvis (Conservative) 33,091 50.0% Vernon George Wilkinson (Labour) 11,302 (17.1 pts) 74.8%
1950 George Richard Hodges Nugent (Conservative) 24,983 55.5% Vernon George Wilkinson (Labour) 9,540 (21.2 pts) 84.1%
1951 George Richard Hodges Nugent (Conservative) 27,604 63.2% Vernon George Wilkinson (Labour) 11,536 (26.4 pts) 79.6%
1955 George Richard Hodges Nugent (Conservative) 27,113 63.2% George R Bellerby (Labour) 11,328 (26.4 pts) 76.4%
1959 George Richard Hodges Nugent (Conservative) 27,198 57.5% George Reginald Bellerby (Labour) 13,442 (28.4 pts) 80.2%
1964 George Richard Hodges Nugent (Conservative) 24,277 50.9% Gwilym Emrys Hughes Griffith (Labour) 10,912 (22.9 pts) 78.6%
1966 David Howell (Conservative) 24,116 50.4% Cedric Thornberry (Labour) 8,345 (17.4 pts) 78.7%
1970 David Howell (Conservative) 27,203 55.4% Patton Smith (Labour) 14,095 (28.7 pts) 72.1%
Oct 1974 David Howell (Conservative) 25,564 49.2% Christopher Fox (Liberal) 10,904 (21.0 pts) 71.9%
Feb 1974 David Howell (Conservative) 28,152 48.9% Christopher Fox (Liberal) 9,891 (17.2 pts) 80.3%
1979 David Howell (Conservative) 31,595 57.2% Paul Blagbrough (Labour) 19,906 (36.1 pts) 75.3%
1983 David Howell (Conservative) 30,016 55.1% Margaret Sharp (Social Democratic Party) 11,824 (21.7 pts) 72.5%
1987 David Howell (Conservative) 32,504 55.5% Margaret Sharp (Social Democratic Party) 12,607 (21.5 pts) 75.3%
1992 David Howell (Conservative) 33,516 55.3% Margaret Sharp (Liberal Democrat) 13,404 (22.1 pts) 78.5%
1997 Nick St Aubyn (Conservative) 24,230 42.5% Margaret Sharp (Liberal Democrat) 4,791 (8.4 pts) 75.4%
2001 Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat) 20,358 42.6% Nick St Aubyn (Conservative) 538 (1.1 pts) 62.9%
2005 Anne Milton (Conservative) 22,595 43.8% Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat) 347 (0.7 pts) 68.3%
2010 Anne Milton (Conservative) 29,618 53.3% Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat) 7,782 (14.0 pts) 72.2%
2015 Anne Milton (Conservative) 30,802 57.1% Kelly-Marie Blundell (Liberal Democrat) 22,448 (41.6 pts) 71.5%
2017 Anne Milton (Conservative) 30,295 54.6% Zöe Franklin (Liberal Democrat) 17,040 (30.7 pts) 73.9%
2019 Angela Richardson (Conservative) 26,317 44.9% Zöe Franklin (Liberal Democrat) 3,337 (5.7 pts) 75.7%
2024 Zöe Franklin (Liberal Democrat) 22,937 47.5% Angela Richardson (Conservative) 8,429 (17.4 pts) 68.6%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Mangles Whig 29948.5% Yes
Charles Baring Wall Conservative 18029.2% Yes
Charles Francis Norton Whig 13822.4% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Mangles Whig 29946.4% Yes
Charles Baring Wall Conservative 21433.2% Yes
Robert Alfred Cloyne Austen Whig 13120.3% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Baring Wall Conservative 25242.1% Yes
James Yorke Scarlett Conservative 18831.4% Yes
James Mangles Whig 15926.5% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ross Donnelly Mangles Whig 24230.2% Yes
Charles Baring Wall Whig 22127.6% Yes
James Yorke Scarlett Conservative 17722.1% No
Henry Currie Conservative 16120.1% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Currie Conservative 33644.1% Yes
Ross Donnelly Mangles Whig 24231.8% Yes
Thomas Lyon Thurlow Conservative 18424.1% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ross Donnelly Mangles Whig 37042.8% Yes
James Bell Radical 25129.0% Yes
Thomas Lyon Thurlow Conservative 24428.2% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ross Donnelly Mangles Whig 34940.9% Yes
William Bovill Conservative 33839.6% Yes
James Bell Radical 16719.6% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Guildford James Hillier Onslow Liberal Unopposed Yes
William Bovill Conservative Unopposed Yes

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Guildford James Hillie Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow Liberal 33337.9% Yes
William Bovill Conservative 31836.2% Yes
William Wilmer Pocock Liberal 22825.9% No

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Guildford James Hillier Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow Liberal 53651.0% Yes
Richard Garth Conservative 51549.0% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Denzil Roberts Onslow Conservative 67361.0% Yes
Guildford James Hillier Mainwaring-Ellerker-Onslow Liberal 43039.0% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Denzil Roberts Onslow Conservative 70555.3% Yes
Thomas Read Kemp Liberal 57144.7% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William St John Fremantle Brodrick Conservative 4,48554.5% Yes
Ellis Dumcombe Gosling Liberal 3,75045.5% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William St John Fremantle Brodrick Conservative Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William St John Fremantle Brodrick Conservative 5,19158.3% Yes
George Patrick Charles Lawrence Liberal 3,72041.7% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William St John Fremantle Brodrick Conservative Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William St John Fremantle Brodrick Conservative 5,81661.7% Yes
Arthur Wakefield Chapman Liberal 3,60938.3% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Cowan Liberal 6,43053.3% Yes
William St John Fremantle Brodrick Conservative 5,63046.7% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Edgar Horne Conservative 9,26464.8% Yes
Algernon Marshall Stedman Methuen Liberal 5,03335.2% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Edgar Horne Conservative 8,46363.7% Yes
Arthur Jex Davey Liberal 4,83236.3% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Edgar Horne Unionist 13,14972.1% Yes
William Bennett Labour 5,07827.9% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Cecil Buckingham Unionist 18,04570.6% Yes
William Bennett Labour 7,51429.4% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Cecil Buckingham Unionist 14,11752.3% Yes
Samuel Parnell Kerr Liberal 7,60128.2% No
William Bennett Labour 5,26019.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Cecil Buckingham Unionist 18,27362.3% Yes
Sydney Frank Markham Labour 6,22721.2% No
Samuel Parnell Kerr Liberal 4,84216.5% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Cecil Buckingham Unionist 20,55048.3% Yes
Somerset Stopford Brooke Liberal 15,98437.6% No
Lawrence Miles Worsnop Labour 5,99614.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys Conservative 39,00886.2% Yes
Sidney Peck Labour 6,24213.8% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph John Jarvis Conservative 35,38474.9% Yes
Frederick Andrew Campbell Labour 11,83325.1% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph John Jarvis Conservative 33,09150.0% Yes
Vernon George Wilkinson Labour 21,78932.9% No
Joseph Gerald Curie Ruston Liberal 11,28117.1% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Richard Hodges Nugent Conservative 24,98355.5% Yes
Vernon George Wilkinson Labour 15,44334.3% No
Frederick Henry Philpott Liberal 4,55210.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Richard Hodges Nugent Conservative 27,60463.2% Yes
Vernon George Wilkinson Labour 16,06836.8% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Richard Hodges Nugent Conservative 27,11363.2% Yes
George R Bellerby Labour 15,78536.8% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Richard Hodges Nugent Conservative 27,19857.5% Yes
George Reginald Bellerby Labour 13,75629.1% No
Arthur Rossi Braybrooke Liberal 6,31813.4% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Richard Hodges Nugent Conservative 24,27750.9% Yes
Gwilym Emrys Hughes Griffith Labour 13,36528.0% No
Christopher John Neville Martin Liberal 10,05221.1% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Howell Conservative 24,11650.4% Yes
Cedric Thornberry Labour 15,77132.9% No
John Buchanan Liberal 7,99216.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Howell Conservative 27,20355.4% Yes
Patton Smith Labour 13,10826.7% No
Michael Walton Liberal 8,82218.0% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Howell Conservative 25,56449.2% Yes
Christopher Fox Liberal 14,66028.2% No
Robert Harris Labour 11,72722.6% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Howell Conservative 28,15248.9% Yes
Christopher Fox Liberal 18,26131.7% No
Jean Crow Labour 11,17519.4% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Howell Conservative 31,59557.2% Yes
Paul Blagbrough Labour 11,68921.2% No
Henry Donnelly Liberal 11,67321.2% No
Peter Scott Independent Rhodesian Front 2320.4% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Howell Conservative 30,01655.1% Yes
Margaret Sharp Social Democratic Party 18,19233.4% No
Keith Chesterton Labour 5,85310.7% No
Anthony Farrell Party of Associates with Licensees 4250.8% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Howell Conservative 32,50455.5% Yes
Margaret Sharp Social Democratic Party 19,89733.9% No
Robert Wolverson Labour 6,21610.6% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Howell Conservative 33,51655.3% Yes
Margaret Sharp Liberal Democrat 20,11233.2% No
Howard Mann Labour 6,78111.2% No
Alex Law Natural Law 2340.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nick St Aubyn Conservative 24,23042.5% Yes
Margaret Sharp Liberal Democrat 19,43934.1% No
Joseph Burns Labour 9,94517.5% No
James Gore Referendum Party 2,6504.7% No
Robert McWhirter UKIP 4000.7% No
John Morris Pacifist Party 2940.5% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sue Doughty Liberal Democrat 20,35842.6% Yes
Nick St Aubyn Conservative 19,82041.4% No
Joyce Still Labour 6,55813.7% No
Sonya Porter UKIP 7361.5% No
John Morris Pacifist Party 3700.8% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anne Milton Conservative 22,59543.8% Yes
Sue Doughty Liberal Democrat 22,24843.1% No
Karen Landles Labour 5,0549.8% No
John Pletts Green 8111.6% No
Martin Haslam UKIP 6451.2% No
John Morris Peace 1660.3% No
Victoria Lavin Independent 1120.2% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anne Milton Conservative 29,61853.3% Yes
Sue Doughty Liberal Democrat 21,83639.3% No
Tim Shand Labour 2,8125.1% No
Mazhar Manzoor UKIP 1,0211.8% No
John Morris The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment 2800.5% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anne Milton Conservative 30,80257.1% Yes
Kelly-Marie Blundell Liberal Democrat 8,35415.5% No
Richard Wilson Labour 6,53412.1% No
Harry Aldridge UKIP 4,7748.8% No
John Pletts Green 2,5584.7% No
Susan Parker Guildford Greenbelt Group 5381.0% No
John Morris The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment 2300.4% No
Gerri Smyth Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 1960.4% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anne Milton Conservative 30,29554.6% Yes
Zöe Franklin Liberal Democrat 13,25523.9% No
Howard Smith Labour 10,54519.0% No
Mark Bray-Parry Green 1,1522.1% No
John Morris The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment 2050.4% No
Semi Essessi Independent 570.1% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Angela Richardson Conservative 26,31744.9% Yes
Zöe Franklin Liberal Democrat 22,98039.2% No
Anne Rouse Labour 4,5157.7% No
Anne Milton Independent 4,3567.4% No
John Morris The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment 4830.8% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Zöe Franklin Liberal Democrat 22,93747.5% Yes
Angela Richardson Conservative 14,50830.0% No
Dennis Saunders Reform UK 4,3959.1% No
Sarah Gillinson Labour 3,9318.1% No
Sam Peters Green 2,2684.7% No
John Morris The Peace Party 2550.5% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 6.8 pts 1835: Whig margin 12.9 pts 1837: Conservative margin 4.8 pts 1841: Whig margin 5.5 pts 1847: Conservative margin 7.6 pts 1852: Whig margin 0.8 pts 1857: Whig margin 20.0 pts 1865: Liberal margin 10.2 pts 1868: Liberal margin 2.0 pts 1874: Conservative margin 22.0 pts 1880: Conservative margin 10.5 pts 1885: Conservative margin 8.9 pts 1892: Conservative margin 16.5 pts 1900: Conservative margin 23.4 pts 1906: Liberal margin 6.6 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 29.6 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 27.3 pts 1918: Unionist margin 44.3 pts 1922: Unionist margin 41.2 pts 1923: Unionist margin 24.1 pts 1924: Unionist margin 41.0 pts 1929: Unionist margin 10.7 pts 1931: Conservative margin 72.4 pts 1935: Conservative margin 49.9 pts 1945: Conservative margin 17.1 pts 1950: Conservative margin 21.2 pts 1951: Conservative margin 26.4 pts 1955: Conservative margin 26.4 pts 1959: Conservative margin 28.4 pts 1964: Conservative margin 22.9 pts 1966: Conservative margin 17.4 pts 1970: Conservative margin 28.7 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 21.0 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 17.2 pts 1979: Conservative margin 36.1 pts 1983: Conservative margin 21.7 pts 1987: Conservative margin 21.5 pts 1992: Conservative margin 22.1 pts 1997: Conservative margin 8.4 pts 2001: Liberal Democrat margin 1.1 pts 2005: Conservative margin 0.7 pts 2010: Conservative margin 14.0 pts 2015: Conservative margin 41.6 pts 2017: Conservative margin 30.7 pts 2019: Conservative margin 5.7 pts 2024: Liberal Democrat margin 17.4 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1892 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Guildford has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Radical, Liberal, Unionist, Liberal Democrat.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Guildford in the 2024 general election?

Liberal Democrat won Guildford in 2024 with 22,937 votes (47.5%), a majority of 8,429 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Guildford since 1832?

Since 1832, Guildford has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal Democrat, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Guildford?

The closest result on record for Guildford was 2005, when Conservative beat Liberal Democrat by just 347 votes (0.7 percentage points).

Did Guildford ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Guildford elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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