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
LeaderCllr. Susan Parker
Founded2013
HeadquartersGuildford
House of Commons
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Guildford Borough Council
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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
  1. "Green Belt Pressure Group To Field Candidate for Guildford In General Election". Guildford: Guildford Dragon. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
  2. "Guildford parliamentary constituency - Election 2015". London: BBC. 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  3. "Three Guildford Greenbelt Group councillors elected". 964 Eagle Radio. May 10, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  4. "Guildford local election results 2019: Lib Dems and Independents hand Tories worst loss ever". SurreyLive. Retrieved 4 May 2019.


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