Residents for Guildford and Villages are a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

based in

Guildford Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...

. The party was formed in early 2019 to contest the 2019 Guildford Borough Council election, and is the second largest party on the

Guildford Borough Council Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildfo ...

, after winning 15 seats out of 48. The party campaigns for changes to the

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and on environmental issues.

Electoral history

Guildford Borough Council elections

In 2019, R4GV contested the

Guildford Borough Council elections Guildford Borough Council in Surrey, England is elected every four years. Political control In 1974, Guildford Borough Council replaced the two previous councils for the area - Guildford Municipal Borough Council (the town council) and Guildford R ...

, standing 17 candidates and winning 15 seats. R4GV also unsuccessfully contested the Friary and St Nicolas by-election and the Pirbright by-election to the borough council as part of the 2021 local elections, and unsuccessfully contested the 2022 Tillingbourne by-election to the borough council.

Surrey County Council elections

In the 2021

Surrey County Council elections Surrey County Council is elected every four years and was made in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888. Since 1965 this council has had one of two statuses as to its body of councillors: no overall political control, or overall Conservative p ...

R4GV stood in six of the ten county seats within Guildford borough and won two of them.

References

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** Guildford Political parties established in 2019 Locally based political parties in England 2019 establishments in England {{UK-party-stub