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 […]
Read More… from Ellie Chowns – Councillor induction completed
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 […]
Read More… from Ellie Chowns – thoughts on Hereford University
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 […]
Read More… from ELLIE wins Bishop’s Frome & Cradley by-election
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Read More… from A4103 re-surfacing work: Letter to Tony Johnson, Herefordshire Council Leader
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 […]
Read More… from Greens progress in Golden Valley by-election
