News about topics or campaigns run or supported by Herefordshire Green parties.
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 […]
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Hereford & South Herefordshire Rob Palgrave Transport
1 February 2018 by
Road building is seldom off the agenda at Herefordshire Council meetings, and last month (January) the controversial subject of ‘The Bypass’ got a really thorough airing. On one side we had the Council (or perhaps, rather the Cabinet) who want a sort of M25 for Hereford. On the other was a determined group of activists […]
Ellie Chowns Herefordshire Council Public services
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 […]
Housing Press releases Rob Palgrave
25 January 2018 by
Badgers Other Groups
29 November 2017 by
Herefordshire Badger Vaccination Group needs more activists. Many core members are getting older, and lugging heavy cages about and turning up at the crack of dawn to check them for badgers is not as easy as it used to be! We are looking for people who support this alternative to culling to help with bait […]
Other Groups Trees
19 November 2017 by
Elections North Herefordshire
13 November 2017 by
Ellie Chowns, the Green Party candidate in the current Herefordshire Council by-election is working hard to reach voters and win back a seat formerly held by the Greens. Ellie is standing for election at Bishop’s Frome & Cradley, a large rural ward which straddles the A4103 Hereford to Worcester Road around Fromes Hill. For many […]
7 November 2017 by
Good news! The press release below from IOC confirms they are standing aside in favour of Ellie Chowns. Ellie contested the seat in May 2015, the sole challenger to Conservative Patricia Morgan, and captured 31% of the vote. This time both Labour and Lib Dems are also standing, but they have a poor record in […]
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 […]
