The London Green Bulletin
The latest news, views, and announcements about the London Green Party

Croydon Councillors Ria Patel and Esther Sutton standing in front of mailbox with local residents

Croydon Cllrs Ria Patel and Esther Sutton with local residents at a recent surgery

 

Welcome to the July edition London Green Bulletin!

 

This edition will be covering:

  • Recent election success in New Malden and De Beauvoir: Greens make significant gains across the capital!
  • Meet our new London Green Party Officers: We chat with Ash Haynes who is taking over from Elfrede as the new Field Organiser.
  • Notice of London AGM and Officer elections

This edition of London Green Bulletin has been compiled by London region Joint Election Co-ordinators Josh Williams and Malcolm Powell. You can contact us at [email protected] and malcolm.powell@outlook.com. 

Greens make electoral gains across London

Greens recently contested local council by-elections in De Beauvoir in Hackney and New Malden Village in Kingston.
 
In under two months, Tyrone Scott managed to overturn a 500 vote deficit with twiche the vote to come within 27 votes winning the by-election in De Beauvoir.
 
In Kingston, Lucy Howard managed to acheive an impressive second and almost doubled the votes received by Labour and the Conservatives!
 
Congratulations to all the candidates and a massive thank you to all members and supporters for helping make this happen, however large or small your contribution!

New London Green Party Officers

We’re pleased to welcome two new London Officers:

 

Disability Officer – Natalia Kubica (Ealing Green Party)

Elected Member Liaison Officer – Ruben David Gonzalez Rojas (Southwark Green Party)

 

Both were elected at the London Green Party meeting on 27-June.

 

The current list of officers is available here.

Notice of AGM and officer elections

London Green Party’s Annual General Meeting will take place pn Saturday 15 October.

 

Ahead of that, the London Green Party’s Officer Elections will take place, with nominations expected to open on Saturday 20 August. 

 

Regional Hustings for the Deputy Leader and GPEX elections on the evening of Monday 15 August.

 

We encourage all London Green Party members to consider standing for election, and are happy to answer questions on any of the roles – please contact us at: [email protected]

 

Officer roles descriptions are available here. 

 

The new officer team will be focusing on preparing for the 2024 London Mayor and Assembly election campaign, and also supporting local parties as they prepare for the next General Election – it will be an exciting time to be involved!