Guildford Greenbelt Group
The Guildford Greenbelt Group is a small political party within the United Kingdom which seeks to preserve the green belt surrounding Guildford in Surrey.
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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| Website | |
| http://guildfordgreenbeltgroup.co.uk | |
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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