Elections
23 March 2024 by daveeldervass
I had become rather disenchanted with the political system, with the other three main parties unable to offer anything to make real change. Then I heard Jonathan Bartley, then co-leader of the Green Party, speak at the Greenbelt Festival in 2018. Here was something that made sense. After that I joined the Green Party and […]
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20 March 2024 / 20 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Hi, I’m Vicky, your parliamentary candidate for North East Herts – including Letchworth, Baldock, Royston and Buntingford. I have lived in the heart of the constituency for over a decade. I am an East Herts District councillor for Buntingford ward where I am a teacher, run two businesses and I have three young children. I’m […]
7 March 2024 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Jim Borcherds is your GREEN PARTY candidate for Stevenage Borough Council in Longmeadow ward – Vote for Jim on the 2nd May 2024! Jim has been working hard to become the Green representative in Longmeadow ward. Jim has lived in Stevenage for over 34 years. He has been working hard all year round for residents […]
18 February 2024 / 28 July 2024 by daveeldervass
Your hard working team, for the benefit of Hitchin Bearton residents. We are not whipped by the Green Party, so we are free to represent voters. Our candidates are: We can win in Hitchin Bearton! Mary Marshall Mary has lived in Hitchin for 25 years and works from home for an Employee Owed Company as […]
2 January 2024 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
We hope you had a wonderful Festive Season! We need your help and support to elect our first Green Councillor in Stevenage! We need help with leafleting and door-knocking in the target-to-win ward of Longmeadow, Stevenage, in January. Will you help us to get effective messages across to voters and find out voters’ concerns in […]
Democracy Elections
3 September 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
North Herts Council is required by law to undertake a review of polling districts and polling places every 5 years. Although the consultation period will begin formally in October, the Council is inviting feedback now that it can use to begin drafting proposals. Please let them know if you have any feedback on polling stations […]
8 May 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Thank you to everyone who voted for a Green candidate in the local election in North Hertfordshire and Stevenage in the hope of Fairer, Greener Community where we live! And especially grateful thanks from the target candidates Deolinda Eltringham (Hitchin Bearton) and Jim Borcherds ( Stevenage Old Town). The number of voters casting their vote […]
Elections Local Campaigns
25 April 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
North Herts and Stevenage Green Party have been approached by Tina Walker, Chair of Cycling UK Stevenage to give answers to 3 questions about cycling in Stevenage. We feel that it is important that there is greater public participation in local politics and feel that these are issues to put before the widest possible audience. […]
9 April 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Our Green Party candidates for North Hertfordshire Arbury: Davina Malcolm Baldock Town: Tim Lee Cadwell: Anni Sander Ermine: Hugh Parker Hitchin Bearton: Deolinda Eltringham Hitchin Highbury: Kruna Vukmirovic Hitchin Walsworth: Will Lavin Hitchwood Offa & Hoo: Nicky Clark Letchworth Grange: David Morris Letchworth South East: Maryla Hart Letchworth South West: Dugald Muir Royston Meridian: Des […]
18 March 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Deolinda has been a campaigner for local issues in Hitchin for decades and has a strong track record of supporting local residents.
29 January 2023 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass
26 January 2023 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass
North Herts and Stevenage Green Party is pleased to announce that Deolinda Eltringham will stand as a Green Party candidate for Hitchin North at the forthcoming Herts County Council by-election on Thursday 9th February. Deolinda actively campaigns for clean air and is particularly concerned about the number of HGVs going through Hitchin. As a Green […]
18 October 2022 / 12 November 2024 by northhertsgreenparty
North Herts and Stevenage Green Party have selected three parliamentary candidates who will stand in the upcoming General Elections. Our candidates (in alphabetical order) are Paul Dawson (Stevenage), Danielle Kaye (North East Herts) and William Lavin (Hitchin and Harpenden). They have all been actively involved in Green Party politics and have many years of experience […]
10 May 2022 / 12 November 2024 by daveeldervass
We stood 10 candidates in North Hertfordshire and 5 candidates in Stevenage. In Hitchin Walsworth and Hitchin Bearton we achieved our best results at 14%. Complete results can be found online for North Herts and for Stevenage. We would like to say THANK YOU to everyone who stood as a candidate this year, who helped […]
24 April 2022 / 27 November 2024 by daveeldervass
Letter to the editor of The Comet – Improve access to nature and more for everyone We, the Green Party candidates standing for election in May, would like to affirm our support for the Ramblers Manifesto as set out in the letter from Andrew Payne in last week’s Comet. We would also like to confirm […]
10 April 2022 / 27 November 2024 by daveeldervass
In these unprecedented times, Conservatives turn their back on the onshore wind farms. Tim Lee, our candidate for Baldock, questions the short-sightedness of their approach Solar and Wind electricity costs about 3p per kWh. It is the cheapest source of electricity. You are paying over 10x that much for your electricity. Why? The Conservative government […]
9 April 2022 / 27 November 2024 by daveeldervass
The confirmed list of Green Party candidates for North Hertfordshire: Baldock Town: Tim Lee Hitchin Bearton: Anni Sander Hitchin Priory: Deolinda Eltringham Hitchin Walsworth: Will Lavin Kimpton: Davina Malcolm Letchworth South East: Hazel Middleton Letchworth South West: Alan Borgars Letchworth Wilbury: Ian Clayfield Royston Heath: Hugh Parker Royston Meridian: John Hully Our candidates in Stevenage […]
24 February 2022 / 27 November 2024 by northhertsgreenparty
Deolinda for Hitchin Highbury & Hitchin South , 10th March 2022 Deolinda Eltringham, our Membership Officer, is standing as the Green Party candidate for both Hitchin Highbury (NHDC) and Hitchin South (HCC). Her full election leaflet can be found here
24 February 2022 / 24 March 2024 by daveeldervass
I have lived, studied, and worked in Hertfordshire for 40 years, the last 15 in North Herts. I studied engineering and built aircraft, then switched to computing and business management, before specialising in mobile solutions, which you might be using. If you use an EE Android phone and buy from Google Play, you use one […]
27 April 2021 / 24 March 2024 by daveeldervass
“Having a Green in the room provides a voice for the environment, the climate and social justice, areas we believe other parties are failing to match their rhetoric with meaningful action” The Green Party is expecting to make significant gains across the country in the local elections next month, as it stands a record number […]
21 April 2021 / 24 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Anni Sander and Tim Lee, Herts County Council candidate councillors state that when elected the Green Party will: Buses are a vital component of a well connected integrated transport system, which has a significant impact on social justice, reducing environmental impact and the well-being of the UK population. Why we need to do this For […]
4 March 2021 / 24 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Adina Claire – Hitchwood Offa and Hoo Hitchwood Offa & Hoo is an area of vital importance in preserving the integrity of local green areas and maintaining the local rural economy and lifestyle. As the local councillor I would fight for a review of the current local plan, which is now fundamentally out of date, […]