Summary
Residents for Guildford and Villages is a political party based in Guildford. The party was formed in early 2019 to contest the 2019 Guildford Borough Council election, and became the second largest party on the Guildford Borough Council,[2] after winning 15 seats out of 48.[3][4] In the 2023 Guildford Borough Council election, R4GV became the third largest party after winning only 7 seats, a decrease of 8.[5][6]
Residents for Guildford and Villages | |
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| Leader | Jonathan Bigmore[1] |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Headquarters | Guildford |
| Ideology | Localism Nonpartisan politics |
| Colours | Magenta & White |
| Surrey County Council | 2 / 81 |
| Guildford Borough Council | 7 / 48 |
| Website | |
| r4gv | |
The party campaigns for changes to the Local Plan and on environmental issues.[7]
Electoral history edit
Guildford Borough Council elections edit
In 2019, R4GV contested the Guildford Borough Council elections, 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.
In 2023, although garnering almost the same number of votes as 2019, the party lost 8 of their 15 seats, bringing their total down to 7 seats for the 2023–2027 term.[8]
| Election | Votes | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | ± | |
| 2019 | 20,488 | 23.2 | 15 / 48
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 15
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| 2023 | 20,297 | 23.21 | 7 / 48
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 8
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R4GV | Dom Frazer | 660 | 24.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2712 | 39.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R4GV | Gerry Lytle | 109 | 14.9 | ||
| Turnout | 731 | 34.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R4GV | Clare Price | 185 | 13.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1370 | 31 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Surrey County Council elections edit
In the 2021 Surrey County Council elections R4GV stood in six of the ten county seats within Guildford borough and won two of them.[9]
| Election | Votes | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | ± | |
| 2021 | 6,510 | 2 | 2 / 81
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References edit
- ^ Residents for Guildford and Villages Electoral Commission
- ^ "Surrey and Hampshire local election results by Borough". Eagle radio. 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Borough election results 2019". Guildford Borough Council. 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Guildford local election results 2019: Lib Dems and Independents hand Tories worst loss ever". Surrey Live. 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results by party, 5 May 2023". Guildford Borough Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ Caulfield, Chris (5 May 2023). "Guildford election results in full as Liberal Democrats take control". SurreyLive. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ McKeon, Christopher (3 May 2019). "Guildford Tories slump to worst loss as Lib Dems and Indies surge". SurreyLive.
- ^ "Election results by wards, 5 May 2023". Guildford Borough Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Surrey County Council Election - Thursday, 6th May 2021". Surrey County Council. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
External links edit
- Official website