Topic summary
Residents' association
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Neighborhood association.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the equivalent organization is known as a residents' association (RA). Unlike their Canadian and American counterparts, British RAs are sometimes directly involved in electoral politics, contesting seats at local and county elections. In the 2024 United Kingdom local elections, Residents' Associations claimed 48 of the seats being contested across the 107 local councils that held elections.