Elections

The Greens contest local, parliamentary, and European elections

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BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL

Bristol elects its 70-strong council over a four year cycle - in three of those years, about one-third of the seats are contested. The voting system, of course, is 'first past the post'.

Election: Thursday 3rd May 2007

Electors in all but three of the wards (listed below) in south, central, and eastern Bristol can elect a Green Party councillor to serve their ward, and the city, for the next four years.
 

Wards and candidates - May 3rd 2007

Update: For results see details here also our news release

 

Ashley	Daniella Radice		Frome Vale	Josie McLellan
Bedminster	Cath Slade		Hartcliffe	Diana Warner
Bishopsworth	Barrie Lewis		Hengrove	Stephen Farthing
Brislington East	Ruth Cormack		Hillfields	Leon Quinn
Brislington West	David Naismith		Knowle	Glenn Vowles
Cabot	Chris Gittins		Lawrence Hill	Mike Crawford
Clifton	Alex Dunn		St George East	None (see note below)
Clifton East	John Hills		St George West	None (see note below)
Cotham (2 seats)	Geoff Collard Alan Clarke		Southville	Tess Green
Easton	Christine Prior		Stockwood	Peter Goodwin
Eastville	None (see note below)		Whitchurch Park	Victor Bryant
Filwood	Graham Davey		Windmill Hill	Stephen Petter
Apologies to electors in Eastville, St George East and St George West, and to our candidates who were in place to contest these seats. The papers weren't submitted in time. Put it down to human error - even the Greens aren't immune!

 

Why Vote Green?

Southville voters showed last year that a Green vote is far from being a wasted vote - and their choice, Charlie Bolton, is already changing the climate in the Council House!

To check the policies all these candidates would take to the council chamber, best take a look at our policy pages - meanwhile, here's a taster of headline policies for this election
 

Get the blighters on the bus! We believe parking privileges for councillors should be revoked. Having to use public transport, or experience the same problems parking that everyone else in Bristol has to endure would concentrate their minds on finding practical solutions to Bristol's transport misery - such as the creation of a Transport Authority for Bristol. Hands off our NHS and social services. We support healthcare workers who oppose NHS privatisation. We totally oppose proposals to privatise Bristol's much-valued homecare services, and were part of the recent demonstration against the sell-off. Save local communities. Greens have campaigned to keep local facilities like the Dean Lane and Jubilee swimming pools open, and support the Sustainable Communities Bill. People shouldn't have to get in their cars or travel miles on the bus to visit their local library or swimming pool. Don't strangle Bristol: no South Bristol Ring Road. Building a ring road would increase air and noise pollution, destroy existing green spaces and habitats, and divide South Bristol communities. We think the money should be spent on local services and improved public transport. Already having a councillor has enabled us to force the council to more than reverse its subsidy cut, and introduce plans for more frequent trains services on the Severn Beach line. Local food for everybody. Everybody should have access to healthy, tasty food. Food grown locally is fresher, helps the local economy, and has less environmental impact. The Council's should increase resources dedicated to celebrating Bristol's local food heroes and reduce the number of 'food deserts'. Green space is not a waste. The Green Party was part of the successful opposition to the plans for Castle Park. Green space in the city is precious. The council should create more allotments where needed and plant more trees, Support our schools. We opposed plans to build a new academy for 3-18 year olds in Hengrove, and helped keep New Oak primary open. Schools should be run for children and parents, not businessmen or religious interest groups. Primary age children are best taught in smaller schools, not 'education factories'. More affordable, greener homes. We opposes the privatisation of ownership and/or management of social housing. We would make planning approval for all new projects of over 9 dwellings subject to their containing at least 50% affordable housing. We also want to help Bristolians make their homes more energy efficient, saving money and reducing CO2. Bristol should aim to cut emissions by 3% every year across the city, not the current 0.5% over four years. Twenty is plenty. Voters tell us that speeding traffic is one of the things that worry them most. We believe all residential roads should have a speed limit of 20 mph. This has already been done in Portsmouth and Hull; why not Bristol too? Clean air, not Ryanair. We oppose the expansion of Bristol Airport. Flights from Bristol produce more CO2 than all the traffic in Bristol. More flights mean more climate change, takes money out of the region and clogs up the city's roads.

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