Phil Neve becomes North Somerset’s fourth Green councillor Phil Neve, Green Party candidate for Congresbury and Puxton has been elected to North Somerset Council with 64% of the vote, at the by-election held on Thursday 22nd July. He joins three other Green Party Councillors in the coalition administration that replaced the previous conservative led council. […]
Lib Dem Councillor joins Greens in Bath and NE Somerset to “rejoin her true political home”
Bath and North East Somerset’s Councillor Joanna Wright has rejoined the party after a two year period as a member of the Liberal Democrats. Her defection resulted from disillusionment with the Liberal Democrats’ handling of active travel schemes on the council, which she considered to contravene commitments set out by the Party in their 2019 […]
Green Councillors leave their mark on council budgets
Green Councillors have had quite an influence on Council budgets across the country in this year’s budget-setting process. Where Green are in Power, they have been able to secure investment for ambitious Green Recovery plans. In Brighton & Hove, the Green-led Council has approved its budget for 2021-22 (with support from labour and conservative councillors), […]
Saving the Planet in Brighton: one draughty home at a time
Below is a summary of an article written by Green Councillor Siriol Hugh-Jones and published in Sussex Bylines on 29th January 2021 Much has been said about the benefits of ‘retrofitting’ – the process by which old, draughty homes are brought up to standard and made more energy-efficient. This year Brighton & Hove’s Housing Committee […]
What a Green in the Room can achieve on a finely balanced council
Cllr Simon Grover was asked to write a short piece about being St Albans District Council’s only Green councillor, and leader of the 5-strong Independent & Green group. Ever keen on recycling, we thought we’d pop it on here too. “I want to be in the room where it happens”, sings frustrated politician Aaron Burr […]
Green-led councils make progress on climate change
This article, by Cllr. Simon Pickering, was published in Greenworld on Thursday 10 Sep 2020 The council chamber was rammed full. This was the first time in 20 years of being a councillor I had seen so many people come to support a decision the council was about to make. I knew about half them, […]
Councillors call for a Green recovery from COVID-19 pandemic
The Parliamentary Group on the Green New Deal has been consulting on how to reset UK society after the Covid-19 crisis. Based on experiences of working in our communities and our councils, Green councillors have put forward a series of responses to the RESET call for evidence. Whilst responses were wide-ranging, they highlight the local […]
AGC Annual Conference 4-5 July 2020
Having thought we’d be able to postpone this conference and meet together in September, this is looking increasingly unlikely so we’ve decided to go ahead online in July as originally planned. The Programme Despite being online, there will still be opportunities to meet in small groups to meet other councillors and catch up with what […]
Green councillors raise alarm over local authorities shutting down scrutiny during coronavirus crisis
Green Party councillors have raised serious concerns that some local authorities are using the coronavirus epidemic to avoid scrutiny over their decision-making. In a survey of 372 Green Party councillors representing wards on principal authorities across the country, more than half of respondents said the councils they were elected to were not maintaining proper scrutiny […]
First ever Green on South Somerset District Council following Conservative defection
Councillor Charlie Hull has left the Conservative Party and joined the Green Party , becoming the first ever Green Councillor on South Somerset District Council. Charlie has represented Northstone, Ivelchester & St. Michaels Ward since his election in May 2019. local Green Party colleagues welcomed him this week into their “Green Team” and are very […]
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