22nd January 2024 / 22nd January 2024 by brigitteascher
Highgate Green Party councillor Lorna Jane Russell has drafted a motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, for the release of all hostages, and for more support for local community cohesion. Please find this to read here . Lorna is ready to submit this motion to Camden, but she needs help. All council motions require […]
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4th January 2024 / 4th January 2024 by brigitteascher
10th December 2023 / 4th January 2024 by brigitteascher
Camden Green Party has launched a petition to stop the proposed closure of a maternity unit in North London – either at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead (the preferred option) or at the Whittington Hospital in Archway. Lorna Jane Russell said: “We are extremely concerned about what this will mean for local parents, who […]
1st December 2023 by brigitteascher
Lorna Jane Russell successfully defended the Green seat in Highgate in the by-election on 30 November by winning 59% of the vote. This was a significant improvement on the 51% won by the previous Green councillor, Sian Berry, in the 2022 local elections. With 46 of the 55 Camden seats held by Labour already, Lorna […]
18th October 2023 / 16th March 2024 by brigitteascher
Lorna Jane Russell has been selected to stand as Sian Berry’s Green successor. Sian Berry said in her letter to Highgate residents: “I couldn’t recommend Lorna more highly to you as a hard-working local champion. I saw how effectively she served for eight years on the council with me and was delighted when Lorna joined […]
After more than nine years as councillor for the Highgate ward, Sian Berry is stepping down from Camden Council as of 20 October to focus on her work to become the next Green MP for Brighton Pavilion. In the most recent local election in May 2022, Sian received the support of 51% of the Highgate […]
31st July 2023 / 16th March 2024 by brigitteascher
Camden Green Party selected our parliamentary candidates in the two Camden constituencies, following internal elections in July. The two candidates will represent us at the next general election. David Stansell, Chair of Camden Green Party, has been chosen as our candidate in Holborn and St Pancras, where he will take on Labour leader Sir Keir […]
20th July 2023 / 18th October 2023 by brigitteascher
Sian Berry has been chosen by Brighton & Hove Green Party to represent the party in the next general elections. She is following in the footsteps of Caroline Lucas who spent the past 12 years tirelessly working to push for climate action in the Westminster Parliament.