Guildford

On 30 November 2021, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Guildford Borough Council.

From 30 November 2021 to 7 February 2022, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on these recommendations for Guildford Borough Council.

• Draft recommendations report for Guildford Borough Council

• Draft recommendations map for Guildford Borough Council - please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download.
• Summary of the draft recommendations report
• Fact Sheet
• News release
• Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Guildford Borough Council
• Promotional poster [1] [2]
• Electoral figures

As a result of our draft recommendations on new warding patterns, we are making changes to the parish electoral arrangements for the following parish and town councils:

• Ash Parish Council

To view an interactive map of the draft recommendations, visit our consultation area. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries, search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the proposed ward boundaries is also available.

You can make a submission to the Guildford electoral review:

1. through our consultation area,
2. by e-mailing [email protected], or
3. writing to the following address:

   The Review Officer (Guildford)

   Local Government Boundary Commission for England

   1^st Floor, Windsor House

   50 Victoria Street

   London

   SW1H 0TL

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.

If you have any feedback regarding our review process then click here.

The consultation on the warding arrangements for Guildford Borough Council closed on 2 August 2021.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Local Authority:

Political Groups:

Councillors:

Local Organisations:

Parish and Town Councils:

Local Residents:

If you have any feedback regarding our review process then click here.

The consultation on warding arrangements for Guildford Borough Council closed on 02 August 2021.

From 26 January to 02 August 2021, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe ward boundaries should be in Guildford Borough Council.  

The Commission is minded to recommend that Guildford Borough Council should have 48 councillors in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors. 

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across Guildford to help it to produce new wards boundaries to accommodate 48 councillors. 

For more information, see our: 

• News release  
• Letter to the Chief Executive of Guildford Borough Council 
• Electoral figures * (*Please note that the electoral figures were updated on 25/6/21)
• Promotional posters [1] [2]
• Guildford polling district map (Please note, polling district mapping data has been supplied by Guildford Borough Council and may contain boundary errors.) 

To view an interactive map of the existing warding boundaries, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the current ward boundaries is also available.  

You can make a submission to the Guildford electoral review: 

1. through our consultation area,  

2. by e-mailing [email protected], or  

3. writing to the following address: 

The Review Officer (Guildford) 

LGBCE

PO Box 133

Blyth

NE24 9FE

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.  

For a quick guide on how to propose a pattern of wards click here. 

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.  

As part of the initial stages of the review, we consulted with Guildford Borough Council on the most appropriate number of councillors to be elected to the council in future.  

We received two submissions on council size: 

• Guildford Borough Council
• Guildford Labour Group 

The Commission is minded to recommend that 48 councillors should serve Guildford Borough Council in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors. 

This review was carried out by the Local Government Commission for England (LGCE), and was started on 2 September 1997.

Final report, (PDF) published in September 1998

Draft report, (PDF) published in February 1998.