Guildford Greenbelt Group

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Guildford Greenbelt Group
Leader Cllr. Susan Parker
Founded2013
HeadquartersGuildford
Ideology Single-issue politics
Green belt conservation
Colours  Green
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Guildford Borough Council
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Website
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.

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The group was founded in 2013 and the party was registered with the Electoral Commission in 2014.

Electoral history

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]

In the 2023 local elections, the GGG lost one of their seats, bringing their total down to 3 for the 2023–2027 council term. [5]

Guildford Borough Council
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References

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  2. "Guildford parliamentary constituency - Election 2015". London: BBC. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. "Three Guildford Greenbelt Group councillors elected". 964 Eagle Radio. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  4. "Guildford local election results 2019: Lib Dems and Independents hand Tories worst loss ever". SurreyLive. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  5. "Election results by party, 5 May 2023". Guildford Borough Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.