{news} Green Party results in UK County Council elections

[Tim McKee]

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From: "Mike Feinstein"
To: "USGP Discussion"
Subject: [usgp-dx] Initial Green Party results in UK County Council
elections
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:57:16 -0700


http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2009-06-06-county-elections.html

Green Party of England and Wales makes progress in county elections

The Green Party of England and Wales contested nearly a third of the
seats up for election on June 4th, with 781 candidates across 33 County
Councils and Unitary authorities - and continued to make steady
progress.

The party made its hoped for breakthrough onto four county councils -
Cambridgeshire (1 seat), Devon (1), Gloucestershire (1) and Suffolk (2).

In Norfolk the Greens held 2 seats and gained 5.

In Lancashire the party successfully defended 1 seat and gained a
second. Lancaster Greens also held a city council seat in a by-election,
and continue to hold 12 seats on the city council.

Unfortunately the Greens had effectively lost 4 seats before the
campaign began, due to council reorganisation and boundary changes (in
Eastern and North East regions). The only unexpected loss was 3 out of
the 5 Green Party seats on Oxfordshire County Council.

Greens gain most at Labour and LibDem expense

The Green Party ended the campaign with 123 councillors on 42 councils,
up from 119 on 41.

http://www.greenparty.org.uk/elections/councilresults09.html

Of the Green Party's gains, 7 were from Labour, 2 from the LibDems and 1
from the Conservatives. This too continues a familiar pattern.

The party's steady progress in the 2009 elections was reflected in
recruitment, with an 8.5% growth in membership during the six weeks of
the campaign.

Greens look forward to the general election

The single most encouraging result was in Norfolk, where the Greens won
more votes than any other party in both Norwich North and Norwich South
parliamentary constituencies. This bodes well for the target
constituency of Norwich South, which will be contested by Adrian Ramsay,
the Green Party's deputy leader and currently leader of the opposition
on Norwich City Council.

And in Lancashire, in the Lancaster and Fleetwood target constituency
the Greens outpolled everyone except the Conservatives.
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