The first ever LGBQ+ Champion has been appointed to Monmouthshire County Council. Cllr. Ian Chandler said: “I am delighted to be the Council’s Champion for the LGBTQ+ community in Monmouthshire. Despite the great progress that I have seen in my lifetime, LGBTQ+ people in the UK still face discrimination when accessing public services, at work […]
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Reacting to the news earlier today of the Supreme Court’s decision that the Scottish Government was unable to legislate for a consultative referendum on independence for Scotland, Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter said, ‘ Today’s ruling strongly underlines the essentially undemocratic nature of the constitutional relationship between the nations of the United Kingdom. While […]
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Wales Green Party are holding their annual conference this weekend , 5th and 6th, November in Llandrindod Wells, Powys. The conference comes following an exciting year for the Party in Wales. In May’s Local Authority elections Wales Green Party made an historic breakthrough getting Councillors elected across the country, eight Green Party Councillors around Wales […]
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Prynhawn da cynhadledd, Good afternoon conference, greetings from Wales. I’d like to start with a message on behalf of Wales Green Party to one of our Newport members, a member very well known to all of you, our outgoing Green Party deputy leader Amelia Womack. Amelia, Wales Green Party would like to thank you for your many […]
Voting opens in the Green Party of England and Wales deputy leadership election on August 1. With three weeks for the four candidates to convince voters to get behind them, Zack Polanski’s campaign has received a major boost. All three members of the Wales Green Party leadership team have announced they are backing Polanski. On […]
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NEWPORT City Council now has its first Green Party councillor following the council elections earlier this month. Cllr Lauren James, who now represents Shaftesbury, said: “I’m not in politics for a career, I’m in it because I’m angry.” Read the full article in the South Wales Argus. […]
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The Green Party has gained its very first Neath Port Talbot councillor this year, following the success of candidate Nathan Goldup-John in Coedffranc Central. The Green Party councillor, who became a member with a total of 552 votes, took one of the two seats available alongside the Labour member for the area. It followed a successful campaign […]
In Wales, the Green Party celebrated wins of a total of eight seats across seven councils – Conwy, Denbighshire, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Powys and Swansea. The Greens previously held zero seats on Welsh local councils. Commenting on the success, Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter said: “This election was an historic breakthrough moment […]
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The Green Party has said it expects its number of councillors in Wales to be in “double figures” after local elections on 5 May. The party won just one seat at the 2017 local elections in Wales. It says it is fielding “more candidates than ever before across every region of Wales” this year, 138 […]
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Wales Green Party congratulates Carla Denyer & Adrian Ramsay on being elected as Leaders of The Green party of England and Wales Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter said “Congratulations from Wales to Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay on their election as co-leaders of the Green Party. Carla and Adrian both bring a wealth of […]
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