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ELECTIONS 09 

 Euro 2009 | Staffs County Council 2009

 

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Euro Elections 2009

West Midlands Green Party lead Candidate Felicity Norman:

"I am delighted to have been selected as the Green Party's lead candidate for the West Midlands in the 2009 European elections, and look forward to putting forward Green policies and ideas wherever possible. Green MEPs, Caroline Lucas and Jean Lambert have done a wonderful job in Brussels and Strasburg for the past few years, together with their Green colleagues from other European countries, in promoting the Green agenda, and I look forward to joining them. I am especially interested in food, farming and rural affairs and will be campaigning hard for agricultural policy reform: boosting organic farming, small family farms, allotments, support for local food, no GMOs, and better animal welfare standards. Although I am a supporter of the EU, I am very critical of many of its activities. I shall be working with other Greens to make the EU more open and accountable, less bureaucratic and centralised, and far greener. I will be campaigning for a Europe that puts people before profit, protects workers and minorities, and challenges poverty, discrimination and injustice both here and in the wider world. I want to see a Europe that takes seriously the dangers posed by Climate Change and Peak Oil, as well as other threats to the environment, and works for truly sustainable solutions; a Europe where justice and sustainability underpin all aspects of political decision making."

Felicity Norman June 2008

Felicity Norman has travelled widely and lived and worked in many different parts of the world. She has done several different types of work, including agriculture and teaching. She is married with two daughters and lives with her family on a smallholding in Herefordshire, where she still teaches part time. Felicity has worked with a number of voluntary organisations, including Voluntary Action, Citizens Advice Bureau and Shopmobility, where she is a trustee. She is also a secondary school governor, and organises Leominster Apple Fair which celebrates the huge variety of different apples, and encourages support for local food and its producers and retailers. She is a supporter of several peace and justice, and environmental campaigning organisations. Felicity has been an active member of the Green Party for 25 years, serving on different committees at both local and national level and is a former agriculture spokesperson for the party. She has been a candidate in local, national and European elections . She was twice elected to Leominster District Council, serving for seven years before the current unitary authority took over. Earlier this year she was selected as the Green Party's lead candidate in the West Midlands for the 2009 European Elections.

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Staffs County Council Elections 2009

For the first time, the Green Party has prospective candidates for all nine county divisions within Stafford Borough. The party is also putting up candidates for divisions in South Staffordshire and Lichfield.

 

The party's eye-catching list of candidates features former Stafford Mayor Mike Shone, Penkridge Town Crier Bevan Craddock and environmental activist and founder of GAME (Group Against Motorway Expansion), John Gale. The Green Party also  supports gender equality. This is reflected in the fact that four of their nine candidates are women. This is twice as many as are standing for any other party in this election.

S&S GP is also supporting candidates across the South Staffordshire areas.

 

The Results are now in and we are pleased to report for the following:

 

Highest poll results:  23%  Bevan Craddock Penkridge (S. Staffs)

Highest Ranked Position: 2nd Bevan Craddock Penkridge (S. Staffs)

 

Our Average vote across Staffordshire was 10%

 

Highest 3 poll results

23% Penkridge (S. Staffs)

17% Chadsmoor (Cannock)

16% Cannock Villages

 

Highest Ranked Positions

2nd Penkridge (S. Staffs)

2nd Lichfield Rural South

3rd Chadsmoor (Cannock)

3rd Lichfield Rural North

 

Highest 3 Borough Averages

23% S. Staffs

13% Cannock Chase

11% Tamworth

 

The results are broken down below. Where we have ranked higher than one of the 'main' 3 parties we have indicated rank as well as %.

(See Stafford & Stone Green Party areas List of Candidates/Results or FULL Staffordshire wide List of candidates/Results )

To see results for other parties for each division go to the County Council website here

 

Note1: Averages are given by divisions contested.

Note2: Having problems accessing the Staffs Green Party at www.staffsgreenparty.org.uk.tt  then try this alternative address:  www.staffsgreenparty.co.cc

 

Press Release: Green Party Local Election Launch

 

OUR TOP 10 PRIORITIES FOR A GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE STAFFORDSHIRE

Basic list - please see full document(s) for details.

 

1. A Green ‘New Deal’ for Staffordshire!

2. Saving Jobs and services. A living wage!

3. Expanding properly funded Youth clubs

4. Fight Post Office Closures

5. No to Incineration

6. Promote buses and an integrated travel provision

7. No to Academy schools, No to SATs

8. Provide Free Insulation for your home

9. Democratise the planning process

10. Review the nearly £1m a year in councillors allowances and expenses

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Manifestos and Leaflets for Staffs County Council Election 2009
Our Top Ten Priorities for Staffordshire Staffs County Council Election 2009  Download PDF	Manifesto for a Sustainable Staffordshire Staffs County Council Election 2009  Download PDF	Example Candidate Leaflet (Mike Shone)     Download PDF

 

Full List of Candidates for Stafford and Stone Green Party

 

STAFFORD BOROUGH | Cannock Chase  | SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE  |

 LICHFIELD | TAMWORTH

BIOGRAPHIES

Full Staffordshire List

 

 

 

STAFFORD BOROUGH DIVISIONS
Gnosall & Doxey	4%	Lisa Pearce
Stafford Central	8%	Tom Harris
Stafford North	10%	Mel Ellis
Stafford South-East	8%	Mike Shone
Stafford Trent Valley	6%	Suzanne Kendal-Morgan
Stafford West	10%	Kate Harding
Stone Urban	6%	John Gale
Eccleshall	12%	Damon Hoppe
Stone Rural	6%	Jeremy Milln
Average Vote	8%

 

 

 

 

Cannock Chase
Brereton and Ravenhill	12%	Gordon Boon
Cannock Villages	16%	Stephen Turnock
Chadsmoor	17% / 3rd	Joanne Elson
Hednesford and Rawnsley	7%	Daphne Turnock
Average Vote	13%

 

 

 

 

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE DIVISIONS
Penkridge	23% / 2nd	Bevan Craddock

 

 

 

LICHFIELD DIVISIONS
Lichfield Rural North	11%  / 3rd	Hilary Forrester
Lichfield City North	5%	Edward Blacksmith
Lichfield City South	6%	Albert Crombleholme
Lichfield Rural East	9%	Margaret Dittmer
Lichfield Rural South	13% / 2nd	Debbie Mynott
Lichfield Rural West	11%	Noele Butler
Average Vote	9%

 

 

 

TAMWORTH DIVISIONS
Amington	12%	Carol Chadwick
Watling North	11%	Garry Jones
Watling South	9%	Mark Edwards
Average Vote	11%

 

 

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHIES
Damon Hoppe (Eccleshall)   Votewise Profile	Damon has studied, worked and lived most of his life in Staffordshire. He has campaigned for the environment, human rights and economic justice since a very young age and has been active in Green politics from the early 1990s. His previous political experience includes a two-year term as Students’ Union President where he gained an invaluable insight and experience of political practice. He has also previously been a candidate in local and European elections in addition to possessing a wealth of campaign experience gained from working in the NGO sector. Damon is currently the co-ordinator of the Stafford and Stone branch of the Green Party. He is also a post-graduate research student and works in his spare time as a volunteer advisor for the Citizens Advice Bureau.
Mel Ellis  (Stafford North)	Mel gained a degree in sociology and politics and is a care worker by profession. She has been an active campaigner for Peace Action Stafford, Sustainability Matters and Make Poverty History. Mel is also a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Hilary Forrester  (Lichfield North)	Hilary is a retired college librarian, with degrees (B.A. and M.A.) in Sociology and (M.A.) in English Literature. She is married with two children - Lucy aged 29 and Laurence aged 27. Hilary’s general interests include politics, literature, gardening - particularly growing all her own vegetables - playing tennis, walking and cycling. Her Green interests revolve around gardening, self sufficiency and conservation projects. If elected Hilary would work to improve cycle paths and other facilities for cyclists.
Kate Harding (Stafford West)	Kate has been an active member of the Green Party for about six years. She was involved with the North Staffs branch before helping to start up the Stafford and Stone branch with John Gale and Damon Hoppe in 2007. Kate represents the West Midlands region on the Green Party’s Regional Council. In 2007 Kate stood for the Green Party in the Stafford Borough Council elections in Rowley ward. Kate lives in Stafford West with her family.
Suzanne Kendal-Morgan (Stafford Trent Valley)	Suzanne studied Public Administration and Applied Social Studies at Aberdeen before going on to become a social worker for Birmingham City Council and for nine years for Staffordshire County Council. She has also worked for three years at a Rugeley school as a Behaviour Support Worker. Suzanne lives on the outskirts of Cannock Chase with her son and husband, and enjoys acting in amateur theatre productions in her spare time.
Mike Shone (Stafford South East)   Download Candidate Leaflet PDF   Votewise Profile	Former Mayor of Stafford Mike Shone has served the borough as a councillor for 24 years. A forward-thinking and dedicated public servant, Mike was responsible for launching the borough's first kerbside recycling scheme when he chaired the borough council’s Environmental Health Committee in (1995-99). Having completed his year as Mayor of Stafford Borough in 2006-7, Mike resigned from the Labour Party after thirty-five years because of its abandonment of progressive values for conservative ones. In 2008, having considered other options, Mike decided to join the Green Party as he felt its members shared his views more closely than any other group. Having lectured sociology at Stafford College for many years, Mike now works as an interviewer on national surveys, which gives him wide contact with the British public and their opinions. Mike has a daughter, Sophie, and three grandchildren, and plans to marry his partner Robin, who teaches at Keele University, in 2010. Mike is concerned that the County Council under the current Labour leadership is storing up financial problems, which will have a direct, negative impact on services. It has entered into far too many "buy now pay later" schemes on disastrously expensive terms. The planned incinerator at Four Ashes is a good example of how Labour’s short-sightedness is going to create long-term problems. Not only will the scheme pollute Stafford’s environment with deadly toxins, it will also be a massive drain on the council's finances, as the contractor operating the site will charge huge sums throughout the bank-busting 30-year contract. Furthermore the incinerator will be a massive setback to Stafford’s efforts to help combat global warming by pouring tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. Mike also fears that the incinerator will lead to cuts in services and a rise in council tax bills. Mike says: “I believe the Green Party represents a real alternative, offering a responsible balance between Labour waste and Tory cuts to services. If elected I hope to be a constructive voice, arguing for better management of finances, services and priorities for Stafford.”
John Gale (Stone Urban)	John was born a long time ago in Nottingham and has since lived in various parts of England, settling in Staffordshire in 1991. Since injury ended his gardening career, John has devoted himself to serving the community, founding GAME (Group Against Motorway Expansion) and the Stafford & Stone Green Party group, of which he is now secretary. In addition to participating in environmental campaigns, John is a keen food grower and knowledge gatherer. He is a strong promoter of sustainable and environmentally-friendly transport. He moved to Stafford town in 1996 and hopes that by working as an active member of the S&SGP he can make a difference to the community.
Tom Harris (Stafford Central)	Tom is known to many Staffordians for having written a heartfelt song about the virtues of their hometown. Upon returning to his native Stafford in 2006, having lived in Germany for the previous 10 years, he started taking an active role in various community and interest groups, such as Castletown Residents Association and Stafford Shoes. After seeing what a real difference Green activism can make in a country like Germany, Tom was very pleased to be a founder member of the Stafford and Stone Green Party group, believing strongly that the area demands a modern, environmentally and socially minded political alternative.
Lisa Pearce (Gnosall and Doxey)	Having helped found Stafford Housing Cooperative, an innovative housing group which supports Stafford’s less well-off, Lisa Pearce is making her mark as a community champion. Married to Tony with whom she has an eight-year-old son called Jack, Lisa takes a no-nonsense approach to getting things done. Professionally, the 33-year-old works part-time at Community & Learning Partnerships, an organisation aims to integrate services for children and young people. She previously worked as a teaching assistant at Grove Primary School in Highfields. In her spare time, Lisa also leads worship as a Lay Minister at St Paul’s Church in Stafford and runs its Sunday School. Stafford Housing Cooperative provides good quality, socially and environmentally responsible housing for Stafford Borough. At the end of the week, Lisa likes to wind down with a pint of real ale and a jam on the guitar
Jeremy Milln (Stone Rural)	Archaeologist and campaigner, Jeremy put roots down in Stafford over 20 years ago, and has raised a family in the town. Chief among his interests is the historic environment. Conservation of the countryside and places we inhabit is the key sustainability issue facing our society today. Jeremy has stood for local political office before and currently serves on the committees of a number of voluntary bodies, such as the Staffordshire Historic Buildings Trust and the Castletown Residents Association, actively trying to build a safer, stronger and greener community in Stafford.
Bevan Craddock (Penkridge)	Official town crier of Penkridge since 1989, Bevan is highly active in the local community. As well as having served as a parish councillor, he has run the community website www.penkridge.org.uk for some years. Retired after a career in community development, he is a keen conservationist, ornithologist and studies. He is also a local historian and runs the local Voluntary Car Scheme. Bevan is particularly concerned about the proposed development of an incinerator at Four Ashes, just four miles from the centre of Penkridge, and the potential effects on the local environment and public health.

 

Could be you?

Nominations could be opening in a election near you soon.

If you want to make a difference perhaps you should stand. 

The Stafford and Stone Green Party is inviting nominations from people like you. So put the 'green' message on the agenda by standing as a candidate for the Green Party in forthcoming elections.

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