Christian Gilliam is a UK Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 politician, and a Guildford (borough)

Guildford (borough)

Guildford is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. It is named after Guildford where its council is based....

 councillor

Councillor

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. He was elected in the 2011 local elections

United Kingdom local elections, 2011

The 2011 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. In England, direct elections were held in all 36 Metropolitan boroughs, 194 Second-tier district authorities, 49 unitary authorities and various mayoral posts, meaning local elections took place in all parts of England with...

 for the Westborough ward, narrowly taking the seat from the leader of the Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...

 by 7 votes.

He is also Deputy Leader of the Guildford Labour Group.
Christian was born in London, Hammersmith. He is the son of feature film actor David Gilliam

David Gilliam

David Gilliam is a Canadian born film and television actor, who first appeared on screen as Alice in popular Clint Eastwood film Dirty Harry He recently appeared in the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire as Clarke in 2008, and as George in UK comedy-horror Severance in 2006.He has also had parts in...

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Christian Gilliam has lived in Guildford for the last five years, having moved there to complete his degree at the University of Surrey

University of Surrey

The University of Surrey is a university located within the county town of Guildford, Surrey in the South East of England. It received its charter on 9 September 1966, and was previously situated near Battersea Park in south-west London. The institution was known as Battersea College of Technology...

. After graduating at Surrey, he decided to stay in Guildford. He is currently a researcher in political theory at Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London

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Christian Gilliam is the author of the Labour Party's forthcoming 'Hidden Guildford' report, which focuses on social exclusion and deprivation in seemingly affluent areas. The report provides policy suggestions that follow the co-operative methods of Lambeth Council

He has worked on behalf of Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth

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 and Amnesty International

Amnesty International

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