Green Breakthroughs
Breakthroughs in local councils where there were no Green councillors, such as New Forest where there are now THREE new councillors!
Elections
Lucy Bramley creates outstanding result for New Forest Greens
Lucy stood very effectively in the recent Bransgore and Burley District Council by-election on 23 December 2021. She obtained approximately one third of the votes cast and was placed ahead of Conservative and Labour candidates. “We came 2nd in the Bransgore and Burley by-election. Wonderful result considering we had 5 weeks to campaign, and did … Read more
Great Green Party Election Results
Success in the Hampshire County Council elections Well done Greens in the County Council election of 6 May 2021. To have New Forest Green Party candidates standing in all 10 County Council divisions in the New Forest is an achievement in itself. But to then get 10.2% of the vote is quite remarkable. This percentage … Read more
A vote that counts = a voice for the Environment.
This Thursday we go to the ballot box to select our representatives on the County Council. “But what’s the point in voting when nothing ever changes?” The voters of the New Forest could easily be forgiven their apathy when living in such a Conservative stronghold. Our disastrously archaic First Past The Post voting system wildly … Read more
Standing a Full Set of Candidates in the County Council Elections
The New Forest Green Party has 10 candidates standing in the Hampshire County Council elections on 6th May, one for each County Council seat in the New Forest district. The world is increasingly coming to the view that climate change is happening and that we are contaminating the air with pollutants and the water with … Read more
Nicola Jolly – Reflection from the Campaign
Overall, the nationwide results can only be a disappointment to those of us who put the environment at the top of our priorities. Locally, however, we have run astonishingly successful campaigns, with 4.8% of votes in the East and 7.7% in the West, these are our best ever results and considerably higher than the national … Read more