Guildford Greenbelt Group
Guildford Greenbelt Group | |
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| Leader | Cllr. Susan Parker |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Guildford |
| House of Commons | 0 / 650
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| Guildford Borough Council | 4 / 48
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| http://guildfordgreenbeltgroup.co.uk | |
The Guildford Greenbelt Group is a small political party within the United Kingdom which seeks to preserve the green belt surrounding Guildford in Surrey.
The group was founded in 2013 and the party was registered with the Electoral Commission in 2014.
Its chair, Susan Parker, stood in Guildford in the 2015 general election [1] coming in 6th place with 538 votes (1.0%) [2]
Standing in some wards in the Borough of Guildford in the 2015 local elections, the party gained its first three councillors,[3] and secured 20,614 votes across the borough. At the 2019 local elections the party increased its Borough Council representation to four seats.[4]
References
- ^ "Green Belt Pressure Group To Field Candidate for Guildford In General Election". Guildford: Guildford Dragon. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- ^ "Guildford parliamentary constituency - Election 2015". London: BBC. 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
- ^ "Three Guildford Greenbelt Group councillors elected". 964 Eagle Radio. May 10, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^ "Guildford local election results 2019: Lib Dems and Independents hand Tories worst loss ever". SurreyLive. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
External links
- Giles, Martin (September 23, 2014). "Dragon Interview: Susan Parker, Chair of the Guildford Greenbelt Group". The Guildford Dragon.
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