Posts about election campaigns.
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 […]
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 […]
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The by-election on 7th September for this County Council ward follows the resignation of Graham Powell (Cons). Jeremy’s campaign leaflet will be hitting the streets very shortly. In it he says: I’m a self-employed conservation archaeologist from Hereford with children at the Sixth Form College and the Steiner Academy. Locally I’m secretary of the Longtown […]
Read More… from Jeremy Milln standing in Golden Valley South By-election
THANK YOU so much for your support, your activism, and your votes. I feel really proud of what we’ve achieved in North Herefordshire. We got 5.5% of the vote – one of the highest Green vote shares nationally, and more than three times the national Green average of 1.6%. Although we lost some votes, the […]
THANK YOU so much for your confidence and support over the past 7 weeks. I’m disappointed not to have delivered a better result. I’m really proud of Ellie in North Herefordshire, who got one of the best Green results in the country. Thank you to those of you who spent so many hours leafletting or […]
There has been much debate locally and on social media about tactical voting and progressive alliances. Greens have stood down in quite a few seats nationally where there is a clear challenger to the Tories, but this has not been reciprocated by other parties apart from in Brighton. There is no clear challenger in Hereford […]
Read More… from On tactical voting – General Election 2017, note date
Ellie Chowns, Green Party candidate for North Herefordshire at the 2017 general election, was on BBC1 Midlands Question Time on 30th May. You can watch the episode here. […]
Speak for all? JESSE Norman has announced that he wants to represent the people of Hereford & South Herefordshire again. But does he actually want to speak for all of the people in our community, or just the better off? Does he actually care about those of us who are less well off? In the […]
Read More… from Does Jesse Norman speak for all? H Times letter 25 May 2017
The Green Party has suspended campaigning today after last night’s terrorist attack in Manchester. All national campaigning events, including the billboard launch and Welsh Green Party manifesto launch are cancelled. In a statement following the attacks, the Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley said: “Our thoughts are with those affected by this appalling incident in Manchester. […]
