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Elaine Hey selected to represent Northowram & Shelf

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Elaine Hey

Elaine Hey: Why I’m Standing

I am very proud to have been chosen as the Green Party candidate for the Local Election this May. I have lived in Northowram for the last 24 years, raised my children here and see myself as a truly local candidate.

I aim to be the best possible ward councillor, visible in the community and always available to help residents whenever I can. I’m so pleased to live here in an area where we have such a strong network of community groups committed to making this a better place to live — and I intend to support them all wherever possible.

If elected my focus will be on improving our area, supporting the local community and working to protect our green spaces and wildlife. I will become part of a Green team with a strong independent voice, one that opposes the excessive housebuilding across Northowram and Sheff. Instead, we’ll campaign for the right homes to be built in the right places across Calderdale. We also pledge to keep our residents up to date with our activities and news from the council through our regular Green News bulletin.

In the last two years, you’ve made history by electing the first ever Green Party councillors in Calderdale and if you put your faith in me this May, Martin, Dan and I can speak up for our ward with an even louder voice.

A Green voice for Calderdale

We need a stronger Green voice on Calderdale Council to bring more focus to addressing the climate emergency. While other parties to varying degrees have adopted green policies, they have no comprehensive and integrated strategy. Greens do and they bring a fresh voice to Council decisions.

Tackling the climate emergency requires action to:

  • reduce the carbon footprint of all council activities;
  • improve the energy efficiency of all buildings, private and commercial;
  • reduce air pollution to below WHO recommended limits;
  • mitigate flooding in the Calder Valley;
  • create new, sustainable, green jobs;
  • create training opportunities to enable people to take green jobs.

Green councillors will fight to ensure:

  • that improving energy efficiency is at the heart of all decisions;
  • that transport plans encourage more use of public transport and more cycle routes and reduce air pollution through electrification of transport, provision of charging points for cars, etc;
  • natural flood management and appropriate upland management alongside avoiding development on flood plains;
  • the protection of green spaces and the development of biodiversity within Calderdale;
  • a local plan that can support the above.

Calderdale Green Party plans to sustain a Green voice on the Council step by step, building on each successful election to demonstrate the value of a Green voice on the Council to its citizens.

For more info and to get involved please contact info@calderdale.greenparty.org.uk

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Election Candidates May 2nd 2024

Brighouse – Kim Atkinson

Calder – Alan McDonald

Elland – Barry Crossland

Greetland and Stainland – Jackie Haigh

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe – tbc

Illingworth and Mixenden – Laura Beesley

Luddendenfoot – Kate Sweeny

Northowram and Shelf – Elaine Hey

Ovenden – Finn Jensen

Park – Sabir Hussain

Rastrick – tbc

Ryburn – tbc

Skircoat – tbc

Sowerby Bridge – David Booth

Todmorden – Kieran Turner

Town – Elliot Hey

Warley – Katie Witham

You can contact them through Calderdale Green Party.

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