GUILDFORD (BOROUGH)

Borough of Guildford
Guildford ''Shown within Surrey''
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Surrey
Area: - Total	Ranked 167th 270.93 km²
Admin. HQ:	Guildford
ONS code:	43UD
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	95.9% White 1.4% S.Asian
Politics
Arms of Guildford Borough Council Guildford Borough Council http://www.guildford.gov.uk/
Logo of Guildford Borough Council
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Paul Beresford, Michael Gove, Humfrey Malins, Anne Milton

'Guildford' is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. It is named after Guildford where its council is based.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merge of the municipal borough of Guildford, and Guildford Rural District.
The 3rd May 2007 borough elections produced 26 Conservative seats and 22 Liberal Democrat seats.^[1]
The central 'Guildford Town' area of the borough comprises the town centre and immediately surrounding areas, including: Bellfields, Boxgrove, Onslow Village, Park Barn, Stoughton, Westborough, and the (former) villages of Burpham, Merrow and Jacobs Well.
Apart from the town of Guildford, the rest of the borough is divided into civil parishes^[2]:

★ Albury

★ Artington

★ Ash

★ Ash Vale

★ Compton

★ East Clandon

★ East Horsley

★ Effingham

★ Normandy

★ Ockham

★ Pirbright

★ Puttenham

★ Ripley

★ Seale Sands

★ Send

★ Shalford

★ Shere

★ St Martha

★ Tongham

★ Wanborough

★ West Clandon

★ West Horsley

★ Wisley

★ Worplesdon

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References

References

1. BBC News Local Election Results
2. Surrey Council