Councillors approve Green motion demanding fairer voting system for foreign-born residents 15th December 2023 by Susan Fenton Stroud District Council is to ask the government to make the ‘illogical and inconsistent’ voting system fairer for residents from overseas, after a Green Party motion was carried by at the full council meeting last night (Thursday December 14). Of the councillors, 25 voted for the motion and six against. There were 10 abstentions. The […] Read more » elections Elections Act Steve Hynd Stroud District Council
Stroud Councillor demands action for rural communities after ‘year of broken promises’ from broadband supplier 13th January 2023 / 13th January 2023 by Susan Fenton Green Party District Councillor Steve Hynd has today written an open letter to Gareth Williams, the CEO of Gigaclear, to express his “utter dismay” that the rural communities he represents are still not connected to a superfast broadband service that was promised to them over a year ago. Cllr Hynd represents the ward of The […] Read more » Steve Hynd
Hundreds of local people could lose right to vote under unfair Elections Bill, warn Greens 2nd September 2021 / 2nd September 2021 by Susan Fenton Hundreds of voters who live in the Stroud area could lose their right to vote if the government’s Elections Bill, which goes back to the House of Commons for its second reading on 7 September, becomes law, Stroud District Green Party is warning. “The Bill’s stated aim is to ensure that UK elections remain ‘secure, […] Read more » Elections Bill Steve Hynd Voting
