12th June 2025 / 12th June 2025 by Susan Fenton
The Severn ward by-election yesterday (June 11) saw Moya Shannon becoming the 24th Green Party councillor on Stroud District Council. Moya won with 439 votes, ahead of the nearest rival, the Conservative candidate, who got 425 votes. The other candidates were from Reform (421), Labour (177), the Liberal Democrats (112) and UKIP (5). Moya will […]
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28th May 2025 / 28th May 2025 by Susan Fenton
Poor air quality is detrimental to the health of our planet – not just for humans, but for all living things. Air pollution is a major public health risk, ranking alongside cancer, heart disease and obesity. It shortens lives and damages quality of life for many people and adults and children with lung or heart […]
23rd May 2025 / 23rd May 2025 by Susan Fenton
Green councillor Chloe Turner is the new Leader of Stroud District Council, following last night’s annual general meeting. She takes over from Green councillor Catherine Braun, who now becomes her deputy. Councillors of all political parties voted overwhelmingly to appoint Cllrs Turner and Braun to their new roles, with just two abstentions. Cllr Braun had been […]
18th May 2025 / 23rd May 2025 by Susan Fenton
Lifelong pacifist and nature lover, conscientious objector and former Communist, protest veteran, ten-times Mayor and the UK’s longest continuously serving Green councillor, John Marjoram died on May 17 at the age of 86, after a long illness. This article looks at his work and achievements. Growing up in rural Essex in the 1940s gave John […]
18th May 2025 by Susan Fenton
Local Green politicians have paid tribute to John Marjoram, the first Green councillor ever to be elected in the UK, and the longest continuously serving Green councillor, who passed away yesterday (Saturday). John was 86. He had been ill for some time and had stepped down from active politics in 2021. A committed pacifist, environmentalist, […]
14th May 2025 by Susan Fenton
The Green Party candidate for the Stroud District Council by-election in Severn ward on June 11 is Moya Shannon. Moya previously stood in the ward during last year’s SDC elections and gained more than half of the number of votes gained by either of the winning candidates. She believes that at her second attempt, with […]
13th May 2025 / 13th May 2025 by Susan Fenton
Cllr Chloe Turner has been unanimously elected by the Green district councillors at Stroud District Council as their Group Leader. She takes on the Group Leader role from Cllr Catherine Braun, who becomes deputy Group Leader. Cllr Braun had been Group leader for four years and has stepped down to find a better balance with […]
30th April 2025 by Susan Fenton
We are disappointed to see continued claims from Stroud Labour that “only Labour really understand how important Community Hubs are for local communities to come together”. Apart from the fact that it seems odd that Labour would want to politicise the community hubs, this statement is a complete falsehood. It ignores the funding given to […]
18th April 2025 / 19th April 2025 by Susan Fenton
We’re pleased to share our ambitions for what we’d like to achieve on Gloucestershire County Council. We believe these broad themes – which cover everything from healthcare, education and transport to the environment, the economy and farming – make the Greens the best party to vote for.
16th April 2025 / 20th April 2025 by Susan Fenton
There have been some recent social media comments regarding a Daily Mail story published in 2018 about Dr Richard Dean attending a medical practitioners’ tribunal that year. This was fully disclosed to and discussed between Dr Dean and Green Party officials before he was selected as our candidate. In 2017, at the time of the […]
