11 May 2009
There will be Greens standing in every ward in the districts/boroughs of:
Braintree
Chelmsford
Colchester
Epping
Harlow
Maldon
Tendring
Uttlesford
There are also some Greens standing in
Castle Point
Rochford
The Green Party strongly supports encouraging more women into local politics. For the 3rd year in a row, there is a 50:50 gender balance of Green candidates in Colchester. This year there are also equal numbers of male and female Green candidates in Tendring, Braintree and Uttlesford, In Castle Point, all 3 Greens are women. Across Essex as a whole, the Greens are standing almost as many female as male candidates.
The Greens will be mounting active campaigns in a number of wards, particularly in and around Witham, where in 2005, the highest Green vote was secured and where there are already Greens on the local Town and District council. The Greens will also be mounting challenges in Colchester, where the party is closing in on winning its first council seats.
Cllr. James Abbott, Co-ordinator of Essex Green Party said
"As in 2005, we are standing in most of the seats in Essex, giving voters a Green option on the ballot paper.
There is an understandable wave of anti-politician feeling at the moment following the seemingly endless stream of revelations about expenses of MPs and MEPs. Within Essex there has been controversy over foreign trips at tax payers expense by county councillors. On top of that there is the deep recession, which was set off by a total failure by politicians to regulate the globalised financial industry.
So we can perfectly understand why people feel let down by the establishment parties. The Green Party offers a real alternative - a fresh start. We believe in honest, ethical politics. We believe in actually listening to the views of local people. Increasingly, we have shown that Greens can get elected. If people want to give the establishment parties a thumbs down on June 4th, they need not resort to extremists who base their policies on race hate and will do nothing to actually solve local problems. They can vote Green. A strong Green vote and the election of the first Green County Councillors in Essex would be a big wake up call to County Hall.
And we would urge people not to re-elect the very same parties that have got us into the mess we are in. People can vote for Greens who offer a positive alternative and who are keen to get into County Hall to help local communities - for example, by opposing Lord Hanningfield's plans to privatise services, fighting to keep local schools and supporting green energy investment to curb carbon emissions and save on fuel bills. Green Councillors would work for improved local transport and of course, further improvements in recycling whilst robustly countering the threat of massive waste factories in Essex and an incinerator, which people dont want, but which the Tories seem fixated on bulldozing through".
The Green Party will shortly be launching their County Manifesto, details to be announced.
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