[1][2][3] Ground served as a councillor on the London Borough of Hammersmith from 1968 to 1971, representing the Parson's Green ward.
In April 2015, he was selected locally to take the ceremonial role of president of the Feltham and Heston Conservative Association.
[4] Ground stood as the Conservative candidate for the Feltham and Heston seat seven times, a constituency made up of the western half of the London Borough of Hounslow, between February 1974 and 1997.
He advocated collectivist social advancement, opposing greater direct redistribution of income and wealth.
"His specialist area of advocacy is planning law and he was called to the Bar in 1960; he was appointed Queens Counsel in 1981.