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18 December 2024 / 19 December 2024 by richardcannon
The National Green Party has voiced strong criticism of the government’s White Paper on local government reorganization, arguing that the proposals risk weakening local democracy rather than strengthening it. The reforms prioritize centralized “super-councils” and regional mayoral offices, pulling power further away from local communities.Local councils play a vital role in driving meaningful change on […]
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3 October 2024 / 4 October 2024 by richardcannon
Your green party candidate, Alex Ellis The current County councillor for Bishops Waltham district has stepped down triggering a ‘snap’ by-election which will be held on Thursday 31st October. The division covers a wide area including Bramdean to the North, Colden Common to the West and Durley to the South. See map below for boundary. […]
9 July 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
For the first time Winchester District Green Party fielded a candidate in a General Election.Our candidate Lorraine Estelle commanded a good campaign by attending Hustings meetings in the area and election boards were placed in many locations around the city and a number in surrounding villages.
27 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Last weekend our candidate Lorraine Estelle attended the general election Hustings at Christ Church Winchester.Those attending were Flick Drummond (Conservative), Lorraine Estelle (Green Party), Hannah Dawson (Labour), Danny Chambers (LibDems) and Shaun Whelan (Reform UK).
13 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
our green party candidate – richard needham Owing to the resignation of the sitting LibDem Councillor for St. Michael, a by-election has been called for on the same day as the General Election on Thursday 4th. July Richard writes.. I have lived in the heart of St Michael ward for almost 40 years, having first […]
12 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay write.. ‘Millions of people in our country are feeling insecure and deeply worried about the future. We live in one of the richest countries on the planet, yet nurses are using food banks, our children’s schools are crumbling, a roof over our heads is all too often unaffordable, and hospital […]
County Council Elections News
10 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
The recent boundary changes have meant that Whiteley and Shedfield, currently under Winchester, are now in the new Hamble Valley constituency (see maps on previous post). After the formal selection for a candidate, Kate Needham, our Winchester Co-Chair and candidate for Whiteley and Shedfield in the City elections will be standing. Kate writes.. We are […]
4 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Following national constituency boundary changes, below are maps showing the new / revised Winchester and Hamble Valley areas. You will see that some of the old Winchester boundary now comes under Hamble Valley. Click photos for larger size. winchester… hamble valley… ( Maps are open source from Ordnance Survey.. https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ )
29 May 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Lorraine Estelle campaigning for Real Hope and Real Change. The Green Party today announced their candidate for the Winchester constituency at the coming General Election. They have selected Lorraine Estelle. Lorraine said, “I am honoured to have been chosen as the Green Party’s candidate for Winchester. In recent years, more and more people have realised […]
5 May 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Our hard working Teams were out and about for a number of weeks before the election date. With such short notice for the vacant County County by-election, it meant our canvassers and leaflet distributors were extremely hard pressed to cover Central Meon Valley, Meon Valley as well as around Winchester city itself. Requests for ‘Vote […]
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4 May 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Central meon valley and Meon valley by-elections Councillors Danny Lee, Suzanne White and Malcolm Wallace Four years ago some thought the Green Party would never have representation in either the Winchester District Council or Hampshire County Council. Fast forward four years and we now have three District Councillors, one of which also a County Councillor […]
22 April 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Our Candidate, Cllr. Malcolm Wallace Malcolm was elected a Winchester City Council Councillor for the Central Meon Ward in 2022 and since then has become an established member of the Council and proven that a Green in the room really does make a difference. Here’s just a few things he has achieved in this time.. […]
City Council Elections News
9 April 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Your Green Party Candidates Please scroll down the page to see your Ward Dave Westley Alresford & Itchen Valley David joined the Green Party with a view to influencing a better ecological localised approachwhich in plain terms means a thriving environment that allows nature to take its course andbenefit all the community. At the moment […]
9 May 2023 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
18 months ago Hampshire had no District Councillors elected. Fast forward to May 2023, we now have ten ! In addition, the Isle of Wight has 2. Here are the details..Basingstoke and Deane, 1 – Michael Howard-SorrellEast Hampshire, 2 – James Hogan & Ian JamesHavant, 1 – Grainne RasonNew Forest, 3 – Neil Millington, Adam […]
7 May 2023 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Alresford and Itchen Valley Russell Gordon-Smith (Lib Dem) 2,034 Harry Johnson-Hill (Con) 1,187 Richard Needham (Green) 164 Tessa Valentine (Labour) 74 Majority: 847 Turnout: 40% Bishop’s Waltham Jonathan Williams (Lib Dem) 1,618 Donald Iro (Con) 1,022 Richard Cannon (Green) 232 Steve Haines (Labour) 113 Majority: 596 Turnout: 45% Denmead Paula Langford-Smith (Con) 1,035 Michael Bennett […]
6 May 2023 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Click photos to view full sizes Time out in the Cafe Richard, Danny, Malcolm, Giles & Max Giles Gooding Richard Needham Andrew Pogson Julia Priesemann Celebrating the Central Meon Valley win Richard Cannon Malcolm, Giles and Max Our two Winchester Councillors ! Friedrich & Julia Priesemann
25 April 2023 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
With more than double the volunteers compared to last year, we’ve been busy distributing leaflets, letters and meeting people listening to any issues they may have and outline our ambitions for the future Add to that we’ve nearly trebled the requests for ‘Vote Green’ boards’ throughout the Meon Valley and some in the city itself. […]
8 April 2023 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
16 wards – 16 candidates vote green Click candidate photos to view details Richard Needham Alresford and Itchen Valley >> Max Priesemann Alresford and Itchen Valley >> Richard Cannon Bishop’s Waltham Danny Lee Central Meon Valley >> Lucinda Graham Colden Common & Twyford Beata Parry Denmead Lorraine Abraham St. Barnabas Charlotte Harley St. Bartholomew Reece […]
10 May 2022 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Malcolm Wallace elected as Councillor for Central Meon Valley On the 5th. of May 2022, Voters in the Central Meon Valley Ward elected Malcolm Wallace to become Winchester’s first ever Green Party Councillor. The result was as follows.. Malcolm Wallace (Green) – 1,955 (55.49%) Linda Gemmell (Conservative) – 1,203 (34.14%) Gregory Joseph (LibDems) – 294 […]
10 February 2022 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Congratulations to Winchester Green Party Campaigner Malcolm Wallace and Anna Younger on being elected co-Chair of the South Eastern Green Party. Below is their remit and we have every confidence that both will represent us in an efficient and poisitive way. 1. The Chair of the Confederation shall chair SE Meetings or arrange for such […]
