Vote Green in Hitchin Bearton ward on 2 May 2024
Residents need a green voice for Hitchin Bearton at the North Herts Council – Vote GREEN on Thursday 2nd May 2024 for a fairer, sustainable, liveable environment.
See the rest of our candidates for North Herts here
Vote Green in Stevenage Longmeadow ward on 2 May 2024
Jim Borcherds is your GREEN PARTY candidate for Stevenage Borough Council in Longmeadow ward - Vote for Jim on the 2nd May 2024!
Jim has lived in Stevenage for over 34 years. He has been working hard all year round for residents of Longmeadow on issues that the current councillors have not made a priority. He has asked questions at council meetings and has met with councillors and officers to look at the concerns he has raised.
You can email Jim at: jim.borcherds@votegreen.uk
Jim’s top priorities
- Improve council communication with residents
- Keep footpaths clear and promote active travel
- Work with Hertfordshire CC on pothole issues
- Work on reducing unnecessary light pollution
Read Jim's election leaflet here!
Residents need a green voice in Stevenage
Vote GREEN for a fairer, sustainable, liveable Environment! Local elections on Thursday 2nd May 2024
See the rest of our candidates for Stevenage Borough Council here
Matt Fisher: Green Party Candidate for Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner
Matt Fisher, a Green Party councillor in St Albans, is the Green Party’s candidate for the Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner election this year.
Matt’s experience ranges from teaching in South Africa to serving as a Special Constable. He honed his leadership qualities as a Royal Navy officer, particularly while working with special forces. This naval experience instilled in him the motto “the Team Works” which he embodies in all he does.
Policing works best when police focus on how best to reduce harm to everyone. His policing plan will focus on what works to reduce long-term harms, working with other agencies to solve the problems that lead to crimes.
Matt says: “I have a strong moral compass, a sense of duty, and an innovative mindset. These qualities make me eager to collaborate with various community groups to develop strategies for safer, more vibrant, communities.”
Read more about Matt here.
Our Parliamentary Candidates in 2024
Vicky Burt for North East Herts
Vicky Burt is 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. In May 2023 all 3 Conservative councillors in Buntingford lost to Greens, a pattern repeated across East Herts and beyond. Voting Green does make a difference! It is a vote for our future.
We're canvassing to win in North East Herts - Come and join us!
Find out more about Vicky's campaign here.
Will Lavin for Hitchin
Will Lavin is your parliamentary candidate for Hitchin - including Arlesey, Shefford, Stotfold and Kimpton.
Will lives in the Purwell area of Hitchin. He works as a consultant in the city, but has previously owned small businesses including a shop and a restaurant. He campaigns to increase both the minimum wage and universal credit, and to increase tax on the wealthiest. Will is passionate about securing a better future by addressing climate change, air quality and house insulation.
Paul Dawson for Stevenage
Paul Dawson is your parliamentary candidate for Stevenage.
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 in 2018. Here was something that made sense. Now I am standing as a candidate because I believe it is time to offer voters a real choice, for a fairer, greener country.
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Network Rail Tree Felling
On Thurs 24 May it was tweeted that the notorious Network Rail tree felling programme had reached Knebworth. Network Rail neighbours in North Herts recently received a letter warning them of the action, but lineside trees that are not in people’s gardens remain at risk (e.g. those on Walsworth Common, or in Ransom’s recreation ground in Hitchin). This desk-directed UK-wide […]
The Future of Farming
Introduction The Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has recently launched a consultation on the Future of Farming in the UK to follow Brexit and loss of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The consultation can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-for-food-farming-and-the-environment It has a deadline of 8 May 2018. An example of a completed consultation form from a North […]
Ask candidates what they are doing for the planet
When candidates for the local elections come canvassing, why not ask what their party is doing to tackle climate change and support renewable energy? We need to let all the parties know that we care what they are doing for the planet. The world desperately needs a greener future more quickly. […]
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- May 11, 2024: Stevenage Green Get-together
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- May 21, 2024: North Herts & Stevenage Green Party Monthly Meeting
- June 8, 2024: Stevenage Green Get-together
- June 18, 2024: North Herts & Stevenage Green Party Monthly Meeting
- July 16, 2024: North Herts & Stevenage Green Party Monthly Meeting
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Highover Development
Comment on Highover Development DS and DE for the North Hertfordshire and Stevenage Green Party The Highover housing development (see Comet 28th June 2018) demonstrates the power of the council compared with the lack of any say by the people of Hitchin. The residents of North East Hitchin oppose this development because it destroys their locally accessible Green Belt. It […]
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