Elections
They got their first councillor after the 1998 local elections.
Following the 2006 local elections, the group had six councillors, representing Isleworth (Paul Fisher, Phil Andrews and Genevieve Hibbs) and Syon wards (Shirley Fisher, Caroline Andrews and Jon Hardy). They accepted an offer to form a coalition administration with the Conservative group of councillors. This lasted until the Community Group lost all their seats to the Labour Party in the 2010 local elections. The group is currently considering whether or not to field council candidates in the future.
In the 2005 general election Phil Andrews stood in Brentford and Isleworth and received 2% of the votes, despite claiming that he had been "in it to win it".
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