Residents for Guildford and Villages

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
LeaderJonathan Bigmore[1]
Founded2019
HeadquartersGuildford
IdeologyLocalism
Nonpartisan politics
Colours  Magenta &
  White
Surrey County Council
2 / 81
Guildford Borough Council
7 / 48
Website
r4gv.org.uk

The party campaigns for changes to the Local Plan and on environmental issues.[7]

Electoral history

Guildford Borough Council elections

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
 Increase 15
2023 20,297 23.21
7 / 48
 Decrease 8
Friary and St Nicolas By-election 6 May 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4GV Dom Frazer 660 24.3
Turnout 2712 39.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Pirbright By-election 6 May 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4GV Gerry Lytle 109 14.9
Turnout 731 34.5
Conservative hold Swing
Tillingbourne By-election 20 October 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4GV Clare Price 185 13.5
Turnout 1370 31
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Surrey County Council elections

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
 Increase 2

References
  1. Residents for Guildford and Villages Electoral Commission
  2. "Surrey and Hampshire local election results by Borough". Eagle radio. 3 May 2019.
  3. "Borough election results 2019". Guildford Borough Council. 3 May 2019.
  4. "Guildford local election results 2019: Lib Dems and Independents hand Tories worst loss ever". Surrey Live. 3 May 2019.
  5. "Election results by party, 5 May 2023". Guildford Borough Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  6. Caulfield, Chris (5 May 2023). "Guildford election results in full as Liberal Democrats take control". SurreyLive. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  7. McKeon, Christopher (3 May 2019). "Guildford Tories slump to worst loss as Lib Dems and Indies surge". SurreyLive.
  8. "Election results by wards, 5 May 2023". Guildford Borough Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  9. "Surrey County Council Election - Thursday, 6th May 2021". Surrey County Council. Retrieved 20 May 2021.


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