If you believe the media at the moment, consumers are increasingly showing fear, uncertainty and doubt about electric vehicles (EVs). Local Green, Tim O’Neill, has worked in the EV industry for four years and driven over 50,000 electric miles. In this blog post, Tim shares his experience in response to some common myths. Myth 1. […]
Our candidate for Frampton Cotterell by-election
We have selected Alan Lankester as the Green Party candidate for the upcoming Frampton Cotterell by-election. On 28th November residents of Frampton Cotterell will be able to vote for a new councillor to represent them on South Gloucestershire Council. This follows the election of the previous holder of the seat as MP for Thornbury and […]
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Help keep active travel plans on the Council agenda
Exciting proposals for a transformation of the town of Yate, which would provide high-quality routes for cycling, walking and wheeling along Station Road/Badminton Road, are at risk. Misinformation is being spread on social media by local pro-motoring interests, which is leading to the consultation website being flooded with negative comments. This is where you come […]
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Thank you for voting in our most successful election (so far!)
Thank you to everyone who supported Green campaigns over recent weeks. Nationally, the party now has four MPs. This includes in Bristol Central, where many South Glos Green members and supporters helped with campaigning. Within South Gloucestershire, we achieved our best parliamentary election result ever, making huge vote share gains in all four South Glos seats, […]
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Read and share our election flyers
Thanks to a labelling error at the printers we are aware that many of our election flyers did not reach the correct households across two of the constituencies in South Gloucestershire. Obviously, this is very disappointing. Please help us to share these flyers so voters have a chance to learn about our candidates in Filton […]
Read the Green Party manifesto
Last week the Green Party launched our manifesto. You can read the full document on the Green Party website. In this election we offer: A Real Hope Real Change manifesto to invest to mend broken Britain A fairer tax system to fund investment Investment will focus on tackling housing and climate crises and healing the […]
Meet our candidates in local hustings
Our candidates will be participating in hustings, or local question times, in their constituencies this month. We will update this page as we hear more details of events. Come and hear from them: Saturday 15th June – Thornbury and Yate constituency (Alexandra Jenner-Fust) 11.30-13.30 Yate Community Centre, 100, Station Road, Yate, BS37 4PQ Hosted by […]
Vote Katy Grant for Police and Crime Commissioner
On 2nd May, voters across the Avon and Somerset police force region will be voting for a new Police and Crime Commissioner. The Green Party candidate is Katy Grant. Katy is a councillor in Bristol, and an Avon and Somerset magistrate. Before that, she worked for 20 years with the UN on child protection and […]
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Vote Green in New Cheltenham on Thursday
On Thursday 2nd May residents of the New Cheltenham ward will be voting in a by-election for a new South Gloucestershire Councillor. Our Green Party candidate is AJ Coakham. He says: “I was raised in Downend and returned to live here 9 years ago after spending time living in London and Bristol. I have always […]
Green Party announces candidates for all four South Gloucestershire constituencies
South Gloucestershire Green Party is delighted to announce general election candidates for all four parliamentary constituencies within the district. In Filton and Bradley Stoke, we will be represented by James Nelson, who is a Bradley Stoke Town Councillor and law student. He said: “I am deeply honoured to have been selected to stand for the […]
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