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East Horsley, in the Guildford constituency

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Guildford

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Photograph shows East Horsley, a village in this constituency, not the whole of Guildford.

Your member of parliament

Zöe Franklin

Liberal Democrat

Liberal Democrat won Guildford at the 2024 general election with a majority of 8,429 votes, or 17.5 points. A swing of 8.8 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 394 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 256.

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How safe is this seat?

Safe

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 17.5 points, which is larger than 394 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Liberal Democrat finished ahead of Conservative by 8,429 votes.

Majority

8,429

17.5% of votes cast.

Turnout

68.3%

+8.6 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

6

48,294 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
Zöe FranklinElectedLiberal Democrat22,93747.5%+35.3
Angela RichardsonConservative14,50830.0%+6.3
Dennis SaundersReform UK4,3959.1%-5.2
Sarah GillinsonLabour3,9318.1%-25.6
Sam PetersGreen Party2,2684.7%-1.7
John MorrisThe Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment2550.5%+0.5

Safe. A comfortable margin. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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