Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council North Herefordshire
30 May 2018 by
Last Friday’s Annual Meeting of Herefordshire Council (25 May 2018) approved various positive changes to the Constitution. One very good set of changes will improve the process for public questions: the word limit per question has been doubled to 140, the six-questions-per-person-per-year limit has been changed to one-question-per-person-per-meeting, and responses to questions will now be […]
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Big Green Conversation Herefordshire Council
19 March 2018 by
At De Koffie Pot, Hereford. 7.30 to 9.30pm Our four busy and effective Green Party county councillors will talk about life on the council. Come find out about how they are making Herefordshire Greener. Includes discussion about the local elections in May 2019 and getting more Green representation on the council.
Hereford & South Herefordshire Herefordshire Council Transport
15 March 2018 by
The consultation closes on Tuesday 20th March. An exhibition of bypass routes and possible improvements to support for cycling, walking and public transport will be open at Hereford Library on Friday 16th, Saturday 17th and Monday 19th March Background information about the Bypass, and an on-line consultation response form is on the Council website here. […]
Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council streets Transport
2 February 2018 by
Potholes and other road-related issues are high up my list of priorities at the moment, as residents often contact me about them. I have to admit I’m rather frustrated that we still don’t have a Balfour Beatty (BBLP) locality steward for the ward – I’ve got an ever-growing list of issues to take up with […]
Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council Public services
1 February 2018 by
My first full Council meeting was last Friday, and it had a full agenda: setting the 2018/19 budget (including the proposed 4.9% rise in Council Tax) and approving the Capital Programme, as well as approving the continuation of the Council Tax reduction scheme. I voted for the latter, but did not feel able to support […]
31 January 2018 by
I met the Head of Highways, Clive Hall, last Friday, which was very helpful. One of the things we talked about was learning lessons from the A4103 resurfacing road closures in autumn 2017. Clive explained some of the background (including the delays due to the unexpected General Election purdah period), and I made two main […]
Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council
23 January 2018 by
Other news from the past week: I’ve completed my official induction – lots of useful briefing meetings with officers from all parts of the council, although rather surprisingly not with anyone from Highways, which is one of the issues that ward residents contact me about most often. So, I’ve arranged my own meeting with the […]
22 January 2018 by
Today I went to a briefing on Hereford’s planned new University, www.nmite.org.uk, given by Prof Janusz Kozinski, the CEO. It’s an ambitious plan – to create a completely new, engineering-focused University, with a project-based, problem-solving approach to teaching and learning. As a University teacher myself (currently working at the Uni of Bath) there’s lots about […]
25 November 2017 by
A remarkable result, representing a 14% swing from the Conservatives who had held the seat in 2015 in a two way contest. Ellie Chowns, Green Party: 471 Conservative: 299 Lib Dem: 251 Labour: 19 Herefordshire now has FOUR Green County councillors. Reactions: Caroline Lucas tweeted: Absolutely brilliant news! Huge congratulations to the wonderful Ellie Chowns […]
Elections Herefordshire Council
20 October 2017 by
Ellie Chowns is our candidate in the Herefordshire Council by-election at Bishop’s Frome & Cradley on 23 November. Ellie first contested the seat for the Greens in May 2015 as the sole challenger to the Conservatives. She said: “I gained a very encouraging share of the vote in the last local election and people have […]
Elections Herefordshire Council North Herefordshire
16 October 2017 by
The by-election follows the recent resignation of Conservative Councillor, Patricia Morgan. Ellie’s message to all ward residents: *I will back you up at every turn. I have the right skills to serve you well. I have over 20 years of experience in representing people whose voices were not heard when I worked for charities. Our […]
Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council North Herefordshire Transport
From Dr Ellie Chowns (Green Party), Bishop’s Frome & Cradley Ward 16 October 2017 Dear Councillor Johnson, Re: Road closures for resurfacing work on the A4103 I will shortly be a candidate in the Herefordshire Council by-election at Bishop’s Frome & Cradley and I have been busy talking to residents about their concerns. Without a […]
Elections GVS Hereford & South Herefordshire Herefordshire Herefordshire Council
9 September 2017 by Green Party Admin
Jeremy Milln polled 10% of the vote in the 7th September by-election and came fourth, beating Labour. Conservatives slumped from 1364 votes in 2015 (66% of the vote) to 254 (24%). Jeremy said, “To everyone who voted (or considered voting) Green at the Golden Valley South by-election on the 7th September thank you. We did […]
