Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)

The seat covers Guildford itself and a more rural area within the Surrey Hills AONB. The seat voted Remain in the 2016 EU referendum, and has wealthier and healthier residents than the national average.Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Guildford

From the first Commons in the Model Parliament of 1295 Guildford was a parliamentary borough sending two members to Parliament until 1868Reform Act 1867: representation reduced to one seat with effect from the 1868 general election.{{#tag:ref|To the House of Commons of England until 1708, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1801, and to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until 1885.|group= n}} and one until 1885. In the latter years of sending two members a bloc vote system of elections was used. Until 1885 the electorate in the town of Guildford elected the member(s) of parliament,[http://visionofbritain.org.uk/iipmooviewer/iipmooviewer_new.html?map=bc_reports_1868/Guildford_1868 Map Boundary Commission] VisionofBritain which expanded in 1885 into a county division under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

The seat elected Conservatives between 1868 and 2001. Exceptions in this period took place when the two-then-three main British parties' policies were beginning to coalesce. The first was a continuation of the centuries-old representation of Guildford by influential members of the Earl of Onslow's family, including a single member winning three widely spaced elections, before being defeated by a further member of the same family in its minor Sussex and British Indian branch, then the majority of the seat's voters were again swayed toward the Liberal landslide of the 1906 general election.

Successive elections in 2001 and 2005 saw marginal majorities of under 2% of the vote - in favour of a Liberal Democrat and then a Conservative. The 2015 result brought the incumbent MP a Conservative majority of more than 41%, up from 14% in 2010. The seat swung substantially to the Liberal Democrats in 2019, and the Lib Dems then took the seat back from the Conservatives in 2024 with a majority of over 8,000.

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1885–1918: The Boroughs of Guildford and Godalming, the Sessional Division of Farnham, and part of the Sessional Division of Guildford.

1918–1950: The Boroughs of Guildford and Godalming, the Urban District of Haslemere,{{efn|name=ft1|Was part of Sessional Division of Farnham, the remainder of which formed, with Woking and most of modern Surrey Heath a new seat, named Farnham}} the Rural District of Hambledon,{{efn|name=ft1}} and the Rural District of Guildford{{efn|This meant rural gains from Chertsey e.g. Send, Ripley, E. & W. Clandon and E. & W. Horsley}} except the civil parish of Pirbright.

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1950–1983: The Borough of Guildford, in the Rural District of Guildford the parishes of Artington, Compton, Puttenham, Shackleford, Shalford, Wanborough, and Worplesdon, and in the Rural District of Hambledon the parishes of Alfold, Bramley, Busbridge, Cranleigh, Dunsfold, Ewhurst, Hambledon, Hascombe, and Wonersh.

1983–1997: The Borough of Guildford wards of Christchurch, Friary and St Nicolas, Holy Trinity, Merrow and Burpham, Onslow, Pilgrims, Shalford, Stoke, Stoughton, Tongham, Westborough, and Worplesdon, and the District of Waverley wards of Blackheath and Wonersh, Bramley, Cranleigh East, Cranleigh West, Ewhurst, and Shamley Green.

1997–2010: As above less Tongham ward.

2010–2024: The Borough of Guildford wards of Burpham, Christchurch, Friary and St Nicolas, Holy Trinity, Merrow, Onslow, Pilgrims, Shalford, Stoke, Stoughton, Westborough, and Worplesdon, and the Borough of Waverley wards of Alfold, Blackheath and Wonersh, Cranleigh East, Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green, Cranleigh West, Ewhurst, and Shamley Green and Cranleigh North.

2024–present: The Borough of Guildford wards of Bellfields & Slyfield, Burpham, Castle, Clandon & Horsley, Effingham, Merrow, Onslow, Send & Lovelace, St Nicolas, Stoke, Stoughton North, Stoughton South, Westborough, and Worplesdon

:Electorate reduced to bring it within the permitted range by transferring the parts in the Borough of Waverley, including Cranleigh to the newly created constituency of Godalming and Ash (except the small Ewhurst ward, which went to Dorking and Horley). To compensate, Clandon, Horsley, Effingham, Send and Lovelace in Guildford borough were added from the former Mole Valley seat.{{Cite web |date=23 March 2023 |title=Guildford: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Guildford |website=Electoral Calculus}}

Prior to 1868 the constituency was jointly represented by two MPs.

File:Guildford election results 2001 to 2019.svg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Guildford|}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Zöe Franklin{{Cite web|url= https://www.markpack.org.uk/167842/liberal-democrat-prospective-parliamentary-candidates/ |title=Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates |access-date=17 February 2024 |publisher=Mark Pack}}|votes=22,937|percentage=47.5|change=+8.3|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Angela Richardson{{Cite web|url= https://www.angelarichardson.uk/news/angela-richardson-readopted-conservative-candidate |title=Angela Richardson readopted as Conservative candidate |access-date=17 February 2024 |publisher=Angela Richardson}}|votes=14,508|percentage=30.0|change=−15.1|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Dennis Saunders{{Cite web|url= https://www.reformparty.uk/guildford-constituency |title=Guildford Constituency |access-date=17 February 2024 |publisher=Reform UK}}|votes=4,395|percentage=9.1|change=N/A|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Sarah Gillinson{{Cite tweet |author=Guildford Labour Party |user=GuildfordLabour |number=1779887405698273392 |title=We're delighted to announce the selection of @sarahgillinson as our Labour candidate for the General Election, here in the seat of Guildford! We are looking forward to Sarah bringing her values and ideas to campaign for Labour-led change in Guildford.}}|votes=3,931|percentage=8.1|change=−0.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Sam Peters{{Cite web|url= https://www.facebook.com/sampeters.greenparty/posts/pfbid0HurAjjCQS4X6ywrn8MrE9J9Cs2CrT846F3kQK9cNbiRZu4Spz9oBYJrvEUDmMNJel |title=Guilford & Waverley Green Party members select Sam Peters as PPC for Guildford |access-date=20 May 2024 |publisher=Sam Peters}}|votes=2,268|percentage=4.7|change=+4.3|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peace Party (UK)|candidate=John Morris{{Cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001258|title=Guildford |access-date=9 June 2024 |publisher=BBC News}}|votes=255|percentage=0.5|change=−0.4}}

{{Election box majority|votes=8,429|percentage=17.5|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=48,294|percentage=68.3|change=−5.4}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 70,734

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=+11.7}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Guildford{{cite news |title=Guildford Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000719 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 November 2019}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Angela Richardson

|votes = 26,317

|percentage = 44.9

|change = −9.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Zöe Franklin

|votes = 22,980

|percentage = 39.2

|change = +15.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Anne Rouse

|votes = 4,515

|percentage = 7.7

|change = −11.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate= Anne Milton

|votes = 4,356

|percentage = 7.4

|change = new

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Peace Party (UK)

|candidate = John Morris

|votes = 483

|percentage = 0.8

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,337

|percentage = 5.7

|change = −25.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 58,651

|percentage = 75.5

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 77,729

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −12.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |title=General election 2017: Guildford{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000719 |title=Guildford parliamentary constituency |newspaper=BBC News}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Anne Milton|votes=30,295|percentage=54.6|change=−2.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Zöe Franklin|votes=13,255|percentage=23.9|change=+8.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Howard Smith|votes=10,545|percentage=19.0|change=+6.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Mark Bray-Parry|votes=1,152|percentage=2.1|change=−2.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peace Party (UK)|candidate=John Morris|votes=205|percentage=0.4|change=0.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Semi Essessi|votes=57|percentage=0.1|change=New}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 17,040

|percentage = 30.7

|change = −10.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 55,509

|percentage = 73.7

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −5.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 2015: Guildford{{cite news|title=Guildford|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000719|access-date=1 April 2017}}{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anne Milton

|votes = 30,802

|percentage = 57.1

|change = +3.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Kelly-Marie Blundell

|votes = 8,354

|percentage = 15.5

|change = −23.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Wilson

|votes = 6,534

|percentage = 12.1

|change = +7.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Harry Aldridge

|votes = 4,774

|percentage = 8.8

|change = +7.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = John Pletts

|votes = 2,558

|percentage = 4.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Guildford Greenbelt Group

|candidate = Susan Parker |color= {{party color|Guildford Greenbelt Group}}" |

|votes = 538

|percentage = 1.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Peace Party (UK)

|candidate = John Morris

|votes = 230

|percentage = 0.4

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol

|candidate = Gerri Smyth

|votes = 196

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 22,448

|percentage = 41.6

|change = +27.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 53,986

|percentage = 71.3

|change = −0.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +13.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 2010: Guildford{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anne Milton

|votes = 29,618

|percentage = 53.3

|change = +9.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Sue Doughty

|votes = 21,836

|percentage = 39.3

|change = −4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Tim Shand

|votes = 2,812

|percentage = 5.1

|change = −4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Mazhar Manzoor

|votes = 1,021

|percentage = 1.8

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Peace Party (UK)

|candidate = John Morris

|votes = 280

|percentage = 0.5

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 7,782

|percentage = 14.0

|change = +13.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 55,567

|percentage = 72.1

|change = +5.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +5.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 2005: Guildford{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anne Milton

|votes = 22,595

|percentage = 43.8

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Sue Doughty

|votes = 22,248

|percentage = 43.1

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Karen Landles

|votes = 5,054

|percentage = 9.8

|change = −3.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = John Pletts

|votes = 811

|percentage = 1.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Martin Haslam

|votes = 645

|percentage = 1.2

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Peace Party (UK)

|candidate = John Morris

|votes = 166

|percentage = 0.3

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Victoria Lavin

|votes = 112

|percentage = 0.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 347

|percentage = 0.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 51,631

|percentage = 68.3

|change = +5.6

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|swing = +0.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 2001: Guildford{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Sue Doughty

|votes = 20,358

|percentage = 42.6

|change = +8.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Nick St Aubyn

|votes = 19,820

|percentage = 41.4

|change = −1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Joyce Still

|votes = 6,558

|percentage = 13.7

|change = −3.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Sonya Porter

|votes = 736

|percentage = 1.5

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Peace Party (UK)

|candidate = John Morris

|votes = 370

|percentage = 0.8

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 538

|percentage = 1.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 47,842

|percentage = 62.7

|change = −11.9

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +4.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1997: Guildford{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Nick St Aubyn

|votes = 24,230

|percentage = 42.5

|change = −12.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Margaret Sharp

|votes = 19,439

|percentage = 34.1

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Joseph Burns

|votes = 9,945

|percentage = 17.5

|change = +6.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = James Gore

|votes = 2,650

|percentage = 4.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Robert McWhirter

|votes = 400

|percentage = 0.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Peace Party (UK)

|candidate = John Morris

|votes = 294

|percentage = 0.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,791

|percentage = 8.4

|change = −14.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 56,958

|percentage = 74.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −7.05{{#tag:ref|Due to ward changes somewhat notional (Con-Lib Dem) swing and (Con-Lab) was higher: −9.45|group= n}}

}}

{{Election box end}}

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1992: Guildford{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Howell

|votes = 33,516

|percentage = 55.3

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Margaret Sharp

|votes = 20,112

|percentage = 33.1

|change = −0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Howard Mann

|votes = 6,781

|percentage = 11.2

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Alex Law

|votes = 234

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 13,404

|percentage = 22.2

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 60,643

|percentage = 78.5

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1987: Guildford{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Howell

|votes = 32,504

|percentage = 55.5

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Margaret Sharp

|votes = 19,897

|percentage = 33.9

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Wolverson

|votes = 6,216

|percentage = 10.6

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 12,607

|percentage = 21.6

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 58,617

|percentage = 75.3

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.1{{#tag:ref|Con to Lib|group= n}}

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1983: Guildford{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Howell

|votes = 30,016

|percentage = 55.1

|change = −2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party (UK)|candidate=Margaret Sharp|votes=18,192|percentage=33.4|change=+12.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Keith Chesterton|votes=5,853|percentage=10.7|change=−10.5}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Party of Associates with Licensees

|candidate = Anthony Farrell

|votes = 425

|percentage = 0.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority||votes=11,824|percentage=21.7|change=−14.4}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=54,486|percentage=72.5|change=−2.8}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −7.2{{#tag:ref|Notional Con to SDP swing, most of this swing was Lab and Lib to SDP, shown by the single party swing of −2.2%|group= n}}

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1979: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Howell

|votes = 31,595

|percentage = 57.3

|change = +8.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Blagbrough

|votes = 11,689

|percentage = 21.2

|change = −1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Donnelly

|votes = 11,673

|percentage = 21.2

|change = −7.0

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Independent Rhodesian Front

|candidate = Peter Scott

|votes = 232

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 19,906

|percentage = 36.1

|change = +15.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 55,189

|percentage = 75.3

|change = +3.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +4.75

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election October 1974: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Howell

|votes = 25,564

|percentage = 49.2

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Fox

|votes = 14,660

|percentage = 28.2

|change = −3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Harris

|votes = 11,727

|percentage = 22.6

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 10,904

|percentage = 21.0

|change = +3.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 51,951

|percentage = 71.9

|change = −8.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.9{{#tag:ref|Again mostly an opposite sign swing caused by a larger other two-party swing. Here: Lib to Lab|group= n}}

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election February 1974: Guildford

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Howell

|votes = 28,152

|percentage = 48.9

|change = −6.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Fox

|votes = 18,261

|percentage = 31.7

|change = +13.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Jean Crow

|votes = 11,175

|percentage = 19.4

|change = −7.3

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 9,891

|percentage = 17.2

|change = −11.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 57,588

|percentage = 80.4

|change = +8.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −10.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1970: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Howell

|votes = 27,203

|percentage = 55.4

|change = +5.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Patton Smith

|votes = 13,108

|percentage = 26.7

|change = −6.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Walton

|votes = 8,822

|percentage = 18.0

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 14,095

|percentage = 28.7

|change = +11.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 49,133

|percentage = 72.0

|change = −6.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +5.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1966: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Howell

|votes = 24,116

|percentage = 50.4

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Cedric Thornberry

|votes = 15,771

|percentage = 32.9

|change = +4.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John R. Buchanan

|votes = 7,992

|percentage = 16.7

|change = −4.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,345

|percentage = 17.5

|change = −5.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 47,879

|percentage = 78.7

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1964: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Nugent

|votes = 24,277

|percentage = 50.9

|change = −6.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =Gwilym Emrys H Griffith

|votes = 13,365

|percentage = 28.0

|change = −1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Christopher John N Martin

|votes = 10,052

|percentage = 21.1

|change = +7.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 10,912

|percentage = 22.9

|change = −5.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 47,694

|percentage = 78.6

|change = −1.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −2.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1959: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Richard Nugent

|votes = 27,198

|percentage = 57.5

|change = −5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = George R. Bellerby

|votes = 13,756

|percentage = 29.1

|change = −7.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Braybrooke

|votes = 6,318

|percentage = 13.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 13,442

|percentage = 28.4

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 47,272

|percentage = 80.2

|change = +3.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.0{{#tag:ref|Theoretical Con-Lab swing but wiped out by gains from an additional opponent party, a Liberal|group= n}}

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1955: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Richard Nugent

|votes = 27,113

|percentage = 63.20

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =George R Bellerby

|votes = 15,785

|percentage = 36.79

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 11,328

|percentage = 26.41

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 42,898

|percentage = 76.4

|change = -3.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = 0.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1951: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Richard Nugent

|votes = 27,604

|percentage = 63.20

|change = +7.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =Vernon Wilkinson

|votes = 16,068

|percentage = 36.79

|change = +2.5

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 11,536

|percentage = 26.41

|change = +5.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 43,672

|percentage = 79.6

|change = -4.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +5.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1950: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Richard Nugent

|votes = 24,983

|percentage = 55.5

|change = +5.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Vernon Wilkinson

|votes = 15,443

|percentage = 34.3

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Philpott

|votes = 4,552

|percentage = 10.12

|change = −7.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 9,540

|percentage = 21.21

|change = +4.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 44,978

|percentage = 84.07

|change = +9.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

Boundaries were redrawn in time for the 1950 general election. From 1918 to 1950 the three parts of western Surrey are set out at the 1918 results below. The next change saw an additional seat duty carved out, to be Woking. As a result, Guildford, now oversized, shrank considerably in area and population. To the south the areas of Godalming, Elstead, Thursley, Whitley, Haslemere and Chiddingford were added to the Farnham seat. To the east Send, Ripley, Wisley, Ockham, St Martha, Albury, Shere, Clandon and Horsley were added to Dorking.For 1918 to 1950 constituency see http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1917/Surrey_1917 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102055207/http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1917/Surrey_1917 |date=2 November 2013 }}, for 1950 to 1955 constituency see http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1900s/Great_Britain_Sheet2 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102060040/http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1900s/Great_Britain_Sheet2 |date=2 November 2013 }}

These boundaries centred on the town of Guildford plus an area southwards towards Cranleigh, became, with small changes in later reviews, form the basic shape for Guildford until present.

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1945: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Jarvis

|votes = 33,091

|percentage = 50.0

|change = −25.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Vernon George Wilkinson

|votes = 21,789

|percentage = 32.93

|change = +7.87

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Joseph Gerald Curie Ruston

|votes = 11,281

|percentage = 17.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 11,302

|percentage = 17.1

|change = -32.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 66,161

|percentage = 74.9

|change = +5.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −16.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1935: Guildford{{Cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge35/i09.htm|title = Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Jarvis

|votes = 35,384

|percentage = 74.98

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = FA Campbell

|votes = 11,833

|percentage = 25.06

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 23,551

|percentage = 49.88

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 47,217

|percentage = 69.27

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1931: Guildford{{Cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge31/i09.htm|title = Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Rhys

|votes = 39,008

|percentage = 86.21

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Sidney Peck

|votes = 6,242

|percentage = 13.79

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 32,766

|percentage = 72.42

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 45,250

|percentage = 72.26

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=1931 Guildford by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Rhys

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1929: Guildford1918-1929 results see British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 FWS Craig}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Buckingham

|votes = 20,550

|percentage = 48.3

|change =−14.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Somerset Stopford Brooke

|votes = 15,984

|percentage = 37.6

|change =+21.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Lawrence Miles Worsnop

|votes = 5,996

|percentage = 14.1

|change =−7.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,566

|percentage = 10.7

|change =−30.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 42,530

|percentage = 72.1

|change =+0.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 58,958

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing =−17.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1924: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Buckingham

|votes = 18,273

|percentage = 62.3

|change = +10.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =Frank Markham

|votes = 6,227

|percentage = 21.2

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Samuel Parnell Kerr

|votes = 4,842

|percentage = 16.5

|change = −11.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 12,046

|percentage = 41.1

|change = +17.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 29,342

|percentage = 71.3

|change =+3.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 41,164

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner =Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +4.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1923: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Buckingham

|votes = 14,117

|percentage = 52.3

|change =−18.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Samuel Parnell Kerr

|votes = 7,601

|percentage = 28.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Bennett

|votes = 5,260

|percentage = 19.5

|change =−9.9

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 6,516

|percentage = 24.1

|change =−17.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 26,978

|percentage = 67.6

|change =+2.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 39,931

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −4.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1922: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Buckingham

|votes = 18,045

|percentage = 70.6

|change = −1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Bennett

|votes = 7,514

|percentage = 29.4

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 10,531

|percentage = 41.2

|change = −3.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 25,559

|percentage = 65.4

|change = +15.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 39,087

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −1.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1918: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Edgar Horne

|votes = 13,149

|percentage = 72.1

|change = +8.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William Bennett

|votes = 5,078

|percentage = 27.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,071

|percentage = 44.2

|change = +16.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 18,227

|percentage = 50.0

|change = −33.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 36,427

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end 1918}}

From 1885 to 1918 the west part of Surrey had been represented by two seats - in the north the seat of Chertsey, in the south that of Guildford. Boundaries were redrawn for proper apportionment in time for the 1918 general election such that the same area saw three seats - Farnham in the west, Chertsey in the north east and Guildford in the south east.

As a result, the seat lost the areas of Ash, Normandy, Seale, Frensham and Farnham, towards its west, but to the east gained the areas of Merrow, Send, Ripley, Ockham, Wisley, Clandon and Horsley from Chertsey.See http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1917/Surrey_1917 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102055207/http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1917/Surrey_1917 |date=2 November 2013 }} for map of constituencies used in 1918 and compare to http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1885/Surrey_1885 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211933/http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1885/Surrey_1885 |date=4 March 2016 }} for map of 1885-1918 constituencies.

File:1910_Edgar_Horne.jpg

{{Election box begin ||title=General election December 1910: Guildford1885-1910 results see British Parliamentary Results 1885-1918 FWS Craig}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edgar Horne

|votes = 8,463

|percentage = 63.7

|change = −1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Arthur Jex Davey

|votes = 4,832

|percentage = 36.3

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,631

|percentage = 27.4

|change = −2.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes =13,295

|percentage = 83.0

|change = −6.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 16,020

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:1910 Algernon Methuen.jpg

{{Election box begin ||title=General election January 1910: Guildford{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edgar Horne

|votes = 9,264

|percentage = 64.8

|change = +18.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Algernon Methuen

|votes = 5,033

|percentage = 35.2

|change = −18.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,231

|percentage = 29.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes =14,297

|percentage =89.2

|change = +5.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 16,020

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +18.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:1917 Sir Henry Cowan.jpg

{{Election box begin ||title=General election January 1906: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Cowan

|votes = 6,430

|percentage = 53.3

|change = +15.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = St John Brodrick

|votes = 5,630

|percentage = 46.7

|change = −15.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 800

|percentage = 6.6

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 12,060

|percentage = 83.4

|change = +7.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 14,469

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +15.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=1900 Guildford by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = St John Brodrick

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1900: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = St John Brodrick

|votes = 5,816

|percentage = 61.7

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = AW Chapman

|votes = 3,609

|percentage = 38.3

|change =New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,207

|percentage = 23.4

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 9,425

|percentage = 75.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 12,477

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1895: Guildford

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = St John Brodrick

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1892: Guildford

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = St John Brodrick

|votes = 5,191

|percentage = 58.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Patrick Charles Lawrence{{cite news|title=Sir Horace Davey, Q.C., M.P., has consented to address a Liberal meeting at Guildford on Monday evening|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18900927/057/0005|access-date=22 November 2017|work=The Morning Post|date=27 September 1890|page=5}}{{cite web|last1=Lythgoe|first1=Darrin|title=Horace Davey|url=http://www.saxonlodge.net/getperson.php?personID=I3750&tree=Tatham|website=Tatham Family History|access-date=22 November 2017}}

|votes = 3,720

|percentage = 41.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,471

|percentage = 16.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 8,911

|percentage = 79.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 11,248

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1886: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = St John Brodrick

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1885: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = St John Brodrick

|votes = 4,485

|percentage = 54.5

|change =−0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Ellis Duncombe Gosling

|votes = 3,750

|percentage = 45.5

|change =+0.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 735

|percentage = 9.0

|change =−1.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes =8,235

|percentage =82.5

|change =−8.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,978

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

Constituency boundaries were redrawn in time for the 1885 general election. From 1868 to 1885 the west part of Surrey had been represented by two constituencies, one known as Guildford (which consisted of the town centre of Guildford and little else) and one constituency known as Surrey Western, which comprised the rest of that part of the county of Surrey. The Guildford constituency was both geographically and in size of electorate significantly smaller than the Surrey Western constituency. The 1885 to 1918 constituency boundaries saw the area of west Surrey divided into two constituencies more equal in size of population and land area. The north part of west Surrey was given the constituency name Chertsey, the south part Guildford.For 1868 constituency boundary maps see http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1868/Guildford_1868 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042938/http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1868/Guildford_1868 |date=1 December 2017 }} For 1885 to 1918 constituency boundary map see http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1885/Surrey_1885 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211933/http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1885/Surrey_1885 |date=4 March 2016 }}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1880: Guildford}}{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Denzil Onslow

|votes = 705

|percentage = 55.3

|change = −5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas R. Kemp {{cite news|title=The Pollings|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000167/18800403/052/0007|access-date=28 November 2017|work=Huddersfield Chronicle|date=3 April 1880|page=7|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 571

|percentage = 44.7

|change = +5.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 134

|percentage = 10.6

|change = −11.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,276

|percentage = 90.8

|change = +6.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 1,406

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −5.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1874: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Denzil Onslow

|votes = 673

|percentage = 61.0

|change = +12.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Guildford Onslow

|votes = 430

|percentage = 39.0

|change = −12.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 243

|percentage = 22.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,103

|percentage = 84.5

|change =−1.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 1,306

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +12.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1868: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Guildford Onslow

|votes = 536

|percentage = 51.0

|change = −12.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Garth

|votes = 515

|percentage = 49.0

|change = +12.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 21

|percentage = 2.0

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,051

|percentage = 86.2

|change = −3.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 1,219

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −12.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

Constituency boundaries were redrawn in time for the 1868 election.

Prior to the 1868 general election, the constituency of Guildford was represented by two Members of Parliament. That was reduced to one from 1868 onwards.

The 1868 to 1885 constituency known as Guildford was geographically limited to an area around the current centre of Guildford town. This is in marked contrast to the various post-1885 versions of the constituency known as Guildford all of which have had a much greater geographical area. The 1868 constituency was, at its maximum, little over one mile east to west, and just over one mile north to south.The boundary ran roughly from just west of Guildford Railway Station, to Cross Lanes in the east. See http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1868/Guildford_1868 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042938/http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1868/Guildford_1868 |date=1 December 2017 }} for further details. (Most of the area which is in the modern constituency of Guildford would in 1868 have been part of the Surrey Western Constituency, rather than the Guildford Constituency.)

{{Election box begin ||title= By-election, 17 December 1866: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Garth

|votes = 339

|percentage = 53.0

|change = +16.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Willmer Pocock

|votes = 301

|percentage = 47.0

|change = −16.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 38

|percentage = 6.0

|change = −4.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 640

|percentage = 96.0

|change = +6.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 667

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +16.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

The 17 December 1866 by-election was caused by Bovill resigning as an MP following his appointment to judicial office, namely Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

{{Election box begin ||title= By-election, 11 July 1866: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Bovill

|votes = 316

|percentage = 96.6

|change = +60.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Lawes Long{{cite news|title=The by-elections|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18660712/041/0006|access-date=15 February 2018|work=London Evening Standard|date=12 July 1866|pages=5–6|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 11

|percentage = 3.4

|change = −60.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 305

|percentage = 93.2

|change = +82.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 327

|percentage = 49.0

|change =−40.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 667

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +60.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

The 11 July 1866 by-election resulted from the need of Bovill to seek re-election upon his appointment as Solicitor General for England and Wales. Long withdrew from the contest before polling.{{cite news|title=Election Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001584/18660719/047/0003|access-date=15 February 2018|work=Suffolk and Essex Free Press|date=19 July 1866|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1865: Guildford (top 2 candidates elected)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Guildford Onslow

|votes = 333

|percentage = 37.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Bovill

|votes = 318

|percentage = 36.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Willmer Pocock{{cite news|title=To the Electors of the Borough of Guildford|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000255/18650722/039/0001|access-date=15 February 2018|work=Surrey Advertiser|date=22 July 1865|page=1|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 228

|percentage = 25.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 599 (est)

|percentage = 89.7 (est)

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 667

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 15

|percentage = 1.7

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 90

|percentage = 10.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

Party designations for many candidates during the 1830s, 1840s and 1850s can be problematic as party ties were not as strong as those that developed, in Britain, in the late 19th century. Therefore, for the 1830s to 1850s election results, listed below, the term Liberal includes Whigs and Radicals; and the term Conservative includes Tories and Peelites, unless otherwise specified.

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1859: Guildford (top 2 candidates elected)}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Guildford Onslow

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Bovill

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 677

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title= By-election, 22 October 1858: Guildford}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Guildford Onslow

|votes = 268

|percentage = 52.9

|change = +12.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William John Evelyn{{cite news|title=Guildford Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001640/18581030/002/0001|access-date=13 May 2018|work=West Surrey Times|date=30 October 1858|page=1|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 239

|percentage = 47.1

|change = +7.5

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 29

|percentage = 5.8

|change = +4.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 507

|percentage = 76.1

|change = +12.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 666

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +2.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

The 22 October 1858 by-election was caused by RD Mangles resigning as an MP following his appointment as Member of the Council of India.

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1857: Guildford (top 2 candidates elected)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate =Ross Donnelly Mangles

|votes = 349

|percentage = 40.9

|change = −1.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Bovill

|votes = 338

|percentage = 39.6

|change = +11.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = James Bell

|votes = 167

|percentage = 19.6

|change = −9.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 427 (est)

|percentage = 64.1 (est)

|change = −2.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 666

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 11

|percentage = 1.3

|change = −12.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −3.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 171

|percentage = 20.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Radicals (UK)

|swing = +10.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1852: Guildford (top 2 candidates elected)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate =Ross Donnelly Mangles

|votes = 370

|percentage = 42.8

|change = +11.0

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = James Bell

|votes = 251

|percentage = 29.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Lyon Thurlow{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000413/18520724/024/0002|access-date=13 May 2018 |title= West Surrey |work=Windsor and Eton Express|date=24 July 1852|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 244

|percentage = 28.2

|change = −40.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 433 (est)

|percentage = 66.7 (est)

|change =+1.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 648

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 119

|percentage = 13.8

|change = +6.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +15.5

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 7

|percentage = 0.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1847: Guildford (top 2 candidates elected)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Currie

|votes = 336

|percentage = 44.1

|change = +24.0

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate =Ross Donnelly Mangles

|votes = 242

|percentage = 31.8

|change = −26.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Lyon Thurlow{{cite news |title=Guildford Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000257/18470803/002/0003 |access-date=5 November 2018 |work=Sussex Advertiser |date=3 August 1847 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 184

|percentage = 24.1

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 381 (est)

|percentage = 65.1 (est)

|change = −17.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 585

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 94

|percentage = 12.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +18.5

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 58

|percentage = 7.7

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −26.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1841: Guildford (top 2 candidates elected)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate =Ross Donnelly Mangles

|votes = 242

|percentage = 30.2

|change = +17.0

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Baring Wall

|votes = 221

|percentage = 27.6

|change = +14.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Yorke Scarlett

|votes = 177

|percentage = 22.1

|change = −9.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Currie

|votes = 161

|percentage = 20.1

|change = −22.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 44

|percentage = 5.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 401 (est)

|percentage = 82.5 (est)

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 486

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +16.3

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +15.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1837: Guildford (top 2 candidates elected)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Baring Wall

|votes = 252

|percentage = 42.1

|change = +25.5

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Yorke Scarlett

|votes = 188

|percentage = 31.4

|change = +14.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James Mangles

|votes = 159

|percentage = 26.5

|change = −40.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 29

|percentage = 4.7

|change = −8.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 350

|percentage = 82.4

|change = +19.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 425

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +22.8

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +17.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1835: Guildford (top 2 candidates elected)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James Mangles

|votes = 299

|percentage = 46.4

|change = −2.1

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Baring Wall

|votes = 214

|percentage = 33.2

|change = +4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Robert Alfred Cloyne Austen{{cite news |title=6 January 1835 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001476/18350106/018/0004 |access-date=13 April 2020 |work=London Courier and Evening Gazette |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 131

|percentage = 20.3

|change = −2.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 338

|percentage = 62.9

|change = −25.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 537

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 85

|percentage = 13.2

|change = −6.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −2.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 83

|percentage = 12.9

|change = +6.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +4.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1832: Guildford (top 2 candidates elected)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James Mangles

|votes = 299

|percentage = 48.5

|change = +22.0

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Baring Wall

|votes = 180

|percentage = 29.2

|change = −12.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Francis Norton

|votes = 138

|percentage = 22.4

|change = −9.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 303

|percentage = 88.6

|change = −4.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 342

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 119

|percentage = 19.3

|change = +16.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +14.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 42

|percentage = 6.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Tories (British political party)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −12.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

Constituency boundaries were redrawn in time for the 1832 general election.See http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1868/Guildford_1868 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042938/http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1868/Guildford_1868 |date=1 December 2017 }} for 1832 constituency boundaries.

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 1831: Guildford (top 2 candidates elected){{cite web |title=Guildford |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/guildford |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=13 April 2020 |last1=Jenkins |first1=Terry |last2=Spencer |first2=Howard}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Francis Norton

|votes = 99

|percentage = 32.0

|change = +20.4

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James Mangles

|votes = 82

|percentage = 26.5

|change = +14.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = George Holme Sumner

|votes = 73

|percentage = 23.6

|change = −8.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Baring Wall

|votes = 55

|percentage = 17.8

|change = −27.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 9

|percentage = 2.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 162

|percentage = 92.6

|change = +18.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 175

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Tories (British political party)

|swing = +19.1

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Tories (British political party)

|swing = +16.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change ||title=General election 1830: Guildford (top 2 candidates elected)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Baring Wall

|votes = 117

|percentage = 45.2

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = George Holme Sumner

|votes = 82

|percentage = 31.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = George Chapple Norton

|votes = 60

|percentage = 23.2

}}

{{Election box majority no change

|votes = 22

|percentage = 8.5

}}

{{Election box turnout no change

|votes = {{circa|130}}

|percentage = {{circa|74.0}}

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = {{circa|175}}

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Tories (British political party)

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Tories (British political party)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)

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• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000719 Election result, 2015] (BBC)
• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b91.stm Election result, 2010] (BBC)
• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/285.stm Election result, 2005] (BBC)
• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/285.stm Election results, 1997 - 2001] (BBC)
• [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1997EC3.html Election results, 1997 - 2001] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121105056/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1997EC3.html |date=21 January 2020 }} (Election Demon)
• [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983EC.html Election results, 1983 - 1992] (Election Demon)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180216152334/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/edates.htm Election results, 1945 - 1979] (Political Resources)

• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13121.html Guildford UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65838.html Guildford UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168713.html Guildford UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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