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18 December 2024 / 16 January 2025 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 / 16 January 2025 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 / 16 January 2025 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 […]
