Elections
Latest news: Victoria Green selected for Kentish Town by-election, October 30, 2008
Victoria, pictured left with London Green MEP Jean Lambert, is 35 and has lived in Kentish Town since 2006, before which she lived in Tufnell Park since 1996. Victoria studied law at Oxford University, following which she taught English in Japan before qualifying as a lawyer and spending three years in the City. This was followed by almost three years working as a diving instructor around the world, where Victoria was able to see man’s impact on the environment at first hand.
She has been involved in working for her local community from an early age, believing that good community schools are the keystone both to giving future generations the opportunity to achieve all that they are capable of, and ensuring that London’s multicultural society is truly integrated. Victoria has volunteered in literacy and numeracy projects in various local schools since the age of 16, and became a governor ofRhyl school in 2007. She has taken an interest in homeless issues for several years, having been a patron of the Big Issue Foundation, and a volunteer for homeless charity Crisis when she could since 1998. Victoria currently works for a law firm in the West End of London, where as a corporate lawyer she has in recent years been involved in establishing funds to invest in emerging green technologies, and financing for European wind farm projects.More information about Victoria and the campaign.
Previous elections:
HIGHGATE'S CHOICE
Camden Green Party thanks the voters of Highgate for choosing by a clear margin on May 1 2008 to elect Alex Goodman as the third Green councillor in the ward, joining Camden's two other Green councillors, Adrian Oliver and Maya de Souza, (who were elected in 2006) in representing the ward and working for a greener and fairer Camden.
The results: Alex Goodman, Green: 1,482 votes; Michael Nicolaides, Labour: 1,185 votes; Richard Merrin, Conservative: 1,180 votes; Henry Potts, Liberal Democrat: 633 votes. 23 spoilt ballots. Turnout was 56%.
More information about Alex and the campaign
HAMPSTEAD TOWN, SEPTEMBER 2008
Anya Reeve, Camden Green Party's candidate for the Hampstead Town by-election on 25th September, said she wished to thank everyone who had voted for her in the poll, and so expressed their concerns about the social and environmental issues on which she had campaigned. She urged them to consider helping the Green Party in the upcoming campaign in Kentish Town, where there is a real chance of electing another Green Party councillor
More information about Anya and the campaign.
Haverstock by-election, July 2007
In the Haverstock by-election, the Green Party's Emily Bruni pushed the Tories into fourth place in a ward where the Green vote is just gathering pace. She thanked everyone who voted for her and said she hoped that the new Lib Dem councillor would show an independent spirit in fighting for what the people of the ward really wanted, particularly in security and defending council housing.
Fortune Green by-election, February 2008
Tim Wilmott was the Green Party candidate in this by-election. He explained: "I joined the Green Party because I was concerned about environmental and climate change, about social inequality and conflict around the world, but those are all big issues, hard to tackle. What I'd like to do is start on the local scale, here where I live here in Fortune Green. If you were to elect me, there are four big issues on which I would focus:
1. PUBLIC TRANSPORT
I commute to the Docklands, where I work as an event and planning manager for a trade association, so I rely on effective public transport. Using the Jubilee Line for work and the C11 bus, as well as the recently improved Silver Link and Thames link, I've plenty ideas about what improvements need to be protected, and what more could be done to improve the services. Prior to that I lived in Tottenham where I helped to set up an extremely active Residents' Association, which campaigned across a range of local issues including traffic calming schemes, funding for regeneration, better recycling facilities and tree planting.
2. HEALTH
Many people work long office hours these days and find it difficult to get an appointment to see their GP. I would like to see the local Health Practices offering weekend opening and staggered weekday hours. Our GPs are well paid compared to other health care professionals and should be more flexible.
3. ENVIRONMENT
The Libdem/Tory council has just axed recycling services for business and on council estates, so the money could instead be put towards extended recycling for the residents of leafy Hampstead Village. With the two Green councilors already on Council, I plan to campaign for these much-valued services to be restored, and for further improvements.
4. POST OFFICES AND LOCAL FACILITIES
In the local area I plan to focus on protecting the local post offices, the Shoot Up Hill Reservoir near Gondor Gardens, as well as improving other local open spaces such as the 'Green'.
The reservoir site, owned by Thames Water, is no longer used and I believe the site should be preserved as open space, not concreted over for luxury housing. We have already suffered a blow over the out of scale Sager development on Fortune Green Road and I am keen to make sure we are not saddled with more inappropriate developments.
ABOUT ME: I've lived in North London for 18 years and I have been a resident of Hillfield Road in Fortune Green for the last 3 years. I was also selected recently as the Green parliamentary candidate for the new Hampstead and Kilburn constituency.
Result: Tim achieved 178 votes (7.6%), and said: "I want to thank everyone who voted for me, and the many supportive people I met on their doorsteps for their good wishes."
LONDON ELECTION, MAY 1 2008
How the Greens can insulate every home in London that needs it...
Green cycling in London and Paris
Camden Green Party is now working hard for the London Assembly and mayoral elections on May 1.
Camden's Sian Berry is the Green Party's London mayoral candidate.
Our key policies for a greener, more affordable London:
* Free insulation available to everyone
* A living wage of at least £7.20 for the poorest paid
* More affordable housing - 60% of all new homes
* 20p off all bus and off-peak tube fares
* Cheap loans for renewable energy generation
* A bigger say for small business - 50% of space in new developments to be small units at affordable rents
* No airport expansion
* Tube PPPs and rail services in London brought back into public control
* Public transport and bikes before new roads
* People-friendly speed limits - 20 mph everywhere except a small number of major routes
Kentish Town by-election, December 2006
Sian Berry was selected as the Green Party candidate for the Kentish Town council by-election on 7th December 2006
Sian came second with 812 votes, ahead of Labour but the LibDems won the seat. Achieving second place this time is a good foundation for winning this ward in 2010, and will help in the coming London Assembly and Mayoral elections for London in 2008.
Many thanks to everyone who voted for Sian this time - she would have really enjoyed being your councillor!
Campaign info can be found below and the newsletters issued during the campaign can be found on our Newsletters page.
Camden Council May 2006:
Results - two Green councillors elected in Highgate ward
Candidates
General Election 2005:
Results - Green vote up 50%
Candidates in the two constituencies
European and GLA elections 2004:
Results
Candidate information archive