We ran a brilliant campaign but the result was disappointing.
Thanks so much to everyone who supported our fantastic candidate Roseanne Sweeney in the Skircoat by-election.
Green activists distributed thousands of leaflets and knocked on hundred of doors over the last six weeks.
And there was plenty of support on doorsteps from residents for our message of hope in a ward we have not campaigned in before.
In the end, we got squeezed by larger parties in a highly competitive contest against the wider backdrop of the rise of the hard right.
There were lots of positives however which we will build on and we are already planning next steps and our campaign in the Calderdale-wide elections next year.
The fight is on for a positive alternative to austerity and the politics of division — a fairer and more liveable future for all.