Guildford (borough)

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Borough of 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 (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 136th 133,100 491 / km²
Ethnicity[1]:	93.5% White 2.1% S.Asian 1.3% Black 1.3% Mixed Race 1.7% Chinese or Other
Politics
Guildford Borough Council http://www.guildford.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Paul Beresford, Michael Gove, Humfrey Malins, Anne Milton

See Guildford for the town in Surrey

Guildford (borough) 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.^[2]

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^[3]:

• Albury
• Artington
• Ash
• Ash Vale
• Compton
• East Clandon
• East Horsley
• Effingham
• Normandy
• Ockham
• Pirbright
• Puttenham
• Ripley
• Seale and Sands
• Send
• Shalford
• Shere
• St Martha
• Tongham
• Wanborough
• West Clandon
• West Horsley
• Wisley
• Worplesdon

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=277120&c=guildford&d=13&e=13&g=490204&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1207429048450&enc=1&dsFamilyId=1812
2. ^ BBC News Local Election Results. Retrieved on 2007-05-10.
3. ^ Surrey Council

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