Meet your Green Candidates 15th June 2024 / 21st June 2024 by Susan Fenton Where the public can meet the local Green MP candidates before the General Election The local Green parliamentary candidates have a busy couple of weeks coming up, with hustings events as well as media interviews and campaign work. The latest details are below, but do check back in case things change. Wednesday June 19 Event […] Read more » Chloe Turner elections General Election Pete Kennedy
Pete’s top picks for Real Hope and Real Change 12th June 2024 / 12th June 2024 by petekennedy Green Party Manifesto Launch The Green Party launched their 2024 General Election manifesto today. The full version is available here, and Pete has picked out a few of the key issues for Stroud. 1. Public ownership of public services Bring our public services back into public ownership. This includes railways, water companies, and the Big […] Read more »
The Stroud Greens standing in the General Election 24th May 2024 by Susan Fenton Three Greens – Cllr Pete Kennedy in Stroud, Cllr Chloe Turner in North Cotswolds and Cllr Bob Eastoe in South Cotswolds – will be standing in the General Election on July 4 in constituencies that are wholly or partly within Stroud District. Pete Kennedy is the parliamentary candidate for Stroud constituency. A qualified lawyer, he […] Read more » Chloe Turner General Election Pete Kennedy
Stroud Greens react to announcement of General Election 22nd May 2024 / 24th May 2024 by Susan Fenton We welcome the news that a date for the General Election has finally been announced. We look forward to this disastrous Conservative government being removed from office after 14 long years. The Green Party is confident of winning more seats in Parliament and is ready to fight for seats here in Stroud and North Cotswolds, […] Read more » Chloe Turner General Election Pete Kennedy
Stroud District Council elections: Greens react to becoming biggest party 9th May 2024 / 9th May 2024 by Susan Fenton The Greens are delighted to have become the biggest party on Stroud District Council, with a record number of councillors. The party now has 22 seats on Stroud District Council (up from 14), winning nine new seats and holding 13 existing seats. Cllr Catherine Braun, who held her seat for the in Wotton-under-Edge Ward and remains Leader of Stroud District Council until the Council’s Annual […] Read more » elections Stroud District Council
Stroud District Council agrees Green motion demanding action on land contamination risks 29th April 2024 / 16th June 2024 by Susan Fenton Stroud District Council is to ask the government for more funding and resources to protect local people from the health risks of contaminated land. The decision is the result of a motion by Green councillor Beki Aldam (Brimscombe & Thrupp), which was unanimously passed at the full council meeting on Thursday night (April 25). She […] Read more » Beki Aldam contamination motion Stroud District Council Zane's law
Green councillors meet rail minister and demand answers over Bristol Road station 10th April 2024 / 10th April 2024 by Susan Fenton Green councillors Catherine Braun, Chloe Turner and Carol Kambites met yesterday (Tuesday April 9) with the minister of state for rail, Huw Merriman, along with MP Siobhan Baillie, to call for a decision on the campaign to reopen Stonehouse Bristol Road station. The government has still not made a decision on Stroud District Council’s application […] Read more » Bristol Road Station Carol Kambites Catherine Braun Chloe Turner
Stroud Greens publish District Council election manifesto and name candidates for all 51 seats 6th April 2024 / 7th April 2024 by Susan Fenton The Green Party has published its manifesto for the Stroud District Council elections in May, and has announced the names of its candidates. There will be Greens standing in all 51 council seats in each of the 27 district wards. 53% of the candidates are women; 47% are men. The party aims to become the […] Read more » elections Stroud District Council
Stroud District Council election ambitions: we’re fielding candidates for all 51 seats 13th March 2024 / 7th April 2024 by Susan Fenton The Green Party has announced its ambitions for the Stroud District Council elections in May. With 14 councillors currently, the Greens have been part of the ruling alliance on the council since 2012 and have led the alliance since 2022. The party aims to build on its success by fielding candidates for all 51 council […] Read more » Catherine Braun elections Stroud District Council
Local rail upgrades unlikely to get go-ahead before General Election, say Greens after nothing in Budget 6th March 2024 / 7th April 2024 by Susan Fenton The reopening of Stonehouse’s Stroudwater Station is unlikely to be given the go-ahead before the General Election, given that no funding was announced in the Chancellor’s Budget today (March 6). That’s according to Pete Kennedy, Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Stroud, who claims that the proposals – along with urgently needed accessibility improvements to Stroud’s […] Read more » Bristol Road Station Budget Chancellor Pete Kennedy Stroud Station Stroudwater Station
