Achievements Local elections
11th May 2023 / 16th October 2024 by richardsimpson
The Green Party of England and Wales has attracted almost 800 new members since the 2023 local elections. This year’s local elections saw the Green Party achieve its best ever results. The Greens gained 241 seats, breaking the previous record the party set in 2019. There were no local elections in County Durham this year. […]
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Climate Democracy Extinction Rebellion Local elections
23rd April 2023 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
The Green Party has reiterated its call for a rapid transition away from fossil fuels as climate activists gather in London this weekend and said a vote for the Greens in the local elections next month is a vote for climate action. Several high profile Greens will be speaking during the four days of action, […]
Local elections
5th April 2023 / 16th October 2024 by richardsimpson
National Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer was in the region on Tuesday (4th April) to support candidates standing in the local council elections on 4th May. Her morale-boosting visit was a recognition that the Party sees the North-East as a realistic target for building on past successes by winning more seats on our councils. Although […]
17th July 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
We’ve won an award! County Durham Greens have won the ‘Working Together’ Award in the annual Green Party Regional Awards at its AGM. A panel of judges gave us the award in recognition of our generosity in helping other local Green Party branches, particularly Sunderland, in the run up to May’s local elections. The nomination […]
26th April 2022 / 16th October 2024 by richardsimpson
With local elections looming on 5th May in many parts of the region, it is encouraging to see how far the party has come in a short time and to look forward to adding more Green councillors on election day. Our own Green Party Durham County Councillor Jonathan Elmer, who is also co-ordinating our election […]
