Green Gains Across the Country
Last weeks local elections saw gains for the Green Party across the country. The biggest gains were in Norwich where the party won 3 seats and became the official opposition on the council. The party also won seats in Solihull and Cambridge places where it had previously no councillors. In the London Assembly election the Green vote increased and the parties two assembly members were returned with over 8% of the vote.
In London the Greens defied a Labour/Tory squeeze that cost the Liberal Democrats two of their five seats, and wiped out UKIP. Green Assembly Members Jenny Jones and Darren Johnson were re-elected as London Assembly members, and Green Mayoral candidate Siân Berry has moved the Greens up from 2004’s seventh place to fourth.
After the results across the country were in Green Party Principal Speaker Caroline Lucas MEP said “The Greens have made crucial breakthroughs in areas where there were previously no Green representatives. The seats in Solihull and Cambridge show that, with determination and by offering a Green alternative to the grey parties, the Green Party can grow outside of its strong bases around the country. By gaining seats in Liverpool and Sheffield, we have shown that the Greens have a great deal to offer voters in the inner cities, as well as suburban and rural parts of the UK.
For full details of the results see: www.votegreenparty.org.uk