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21 October 2024 / 21 October 2024 by johnhudson
Green Party councillors will oppose any Labour proposals to impose inflation busting hikes on council taxpayers to make up for a shortfall in council finances. Martin Hey, leader of the Green group on Calderdale Council, said that above inflation council tax increases over the next three years would be unfair as they would hit those […]
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4 October 2024 / 4 October 2024 by johnhudson
Kieran Turner has been selected as the Green Party candidate for the Calder Ward by-election. Kieran is a long-time community activist and is passionate about protecting and restoring the environment. He will make a brilliant, hardworking councillor who will work closely with residents and local groups to make life better in the ward. ‘It’s clear […]
5 July 2024 / 16 July 2024 by johnhudson
Calderdale Green Party had its best ever General Election results with Kieran Turner taking 7½% of the votes in Calder Valley and Martin Hey over 10% in Halifax. Thanks to all our supporters in Calderdale who came out to support us not only in the local elections but also in the General Election. Elsewhere the […]
26 June 2024 / 16 July 2024 by johnhudson
Martin Hey, Green Party candidate for Halifax, asked the Labour and Conservative candidates to be ‘more honest about taxes’ at the West Yorkshire Election Debate hosted by Radio Leeds on Wednesday, 26 June 2024. The debate heard from candidates standing on behalf of the Conservatives, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Reform UK and the Yorkshire […]
23 June 2024 / 16 July 2024 by johnhudson
In May last year, Yorkshire Water’s boss Nicola Shaw apologised for sewage discharges into rivers in the region. Yet according to the Rivers Trust, by the end of 2023 the number of sewage spills counted across Yorkshire was over 40% higher than in 2022 and the total duration of spills more than doubled from 232,054 […]
14 June 2024 / 16 July 2024 by johnhudson
Further evidence has emerged of the risk to Calderdale’s history and countryside from uncontrolled house building. Local historians in Northowram have identified a potentially historic building on the site of one such new development. At present, the plans are for this building to be demolished and the wildlife rich site it stands on to be […]
4 May 2024 / 16 July 2024 by johnhudson
Support for Green Party candidates in Calderdale soared to its highest level ever in the 2024 Local Council elections, with the sharp rise in support in Halifax making the Green Party the third largest party by vote share in Calderdale. Elaine Hay secured Northowram and Shelf with 68% of the vote to give Northowram and […]
13 March 2024 / 27 July 2024 by johnhudson
Andrew says: ‘I am a Kirklees Councillor, first elected for the Green Party in the Newsome Ward in 1999. I have been re-elected six times. I was the Green Party’s first West Yorkshire Mayoral Candidate in 2021 when we attracted 9.2% of the vote and 55,833 votes. ‘I have been a member of West Yorkshire […]
8 March 2024 / 27 July 2024 by johnhudson
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, […]
7 May 2023 / 27 July 2024 by johnhudson
Dan Wood secured a very comfortable victory in Northowram and Shelf, becoming the second Green Councillor on Calderdale Council, after Martin Hey won a seat in May 2022. Dan gained a 63% share of the vote with many who may have voted differently in the past helping him to get over the line. Thank you […]