UK Explained

Guildford

Represented in Parliament by Zöe Franklin (Liberal Democrat). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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Your MP at a glance

Zöe Franklin, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Guildford compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 105 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £872£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 58 areas and lower than 590.

UK 3.9%This area 2.0%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Guildford£8722.0%
Hamble Valley£8772.0%
South Leicestershire£8651.9%
Horsham£8801.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Guildford

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people101,73859,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over16%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher46%34%12 points higher
Households that own their home65%62%2 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association13%17%4 points lower
Households renting privately22%20%2 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Zöe Franklin

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
8,429

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
68%

of people who could vote did

Zöe Franklin won with 47% of the votes, and Angela Richardson (Conservative) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat47% · 22,937
Conservative30% · 14,508
Reform UK9% · 4,395
Labour8% · 3,931
Green Party5% · 2,268
The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment1% · 255
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Zöe FranklinLiberal Democrat22,93747.5%
Angela RichardsonConservative14,50830.0%
Dennis SaundersReform UK4,3959.1%
Sarah GillinsonLabour3,9318.1%
Sam PetersGreen Party2,2684.7%
John MorrisThe Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment2550.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£872 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.0%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026