The Harold Hill Independent Party | |
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Leader | Lorraine Moss |
Founded | 16 August 2017 |
Headquarters | 147 Sheffield Drive Romford Greater London RM3 9YB |
Ideology | Localism |
Colours | White Green |
Website | |
harold-hill | |
The Harold Hill Independent Party is a British minor political party formed in 2017 [1] and dissolved in 2018. [2] However was reinstated in 2018 and it returned a candidate at the 2018 Havering London Borough Council election. [3] [4] It is named for the London suburb of Harold Hill.
Councillor | Ward | First Elected | Ref |
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Jan Sargent | Gooshays | 2018 | [5] |
Cllr Jan Sargent sat with the Independent Residents Group. [5]
Year | Candidates | Votes | Share of votes | Seats | ||
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2018 | 6 | 4,226 | 2.1% | New | 1 / 54 | 1 |
2022 | 0 / 54 | 1 | ||||
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