General Election 2005 - archve
The Green Party won its first County Council seat in the 5th May elections, when Andrew Boswell won 45% of the vote in Norwich's Nelson ward. This was swiftly followed by a second, when Steve Rackett elected to Hertfordshire CC. Over in Essex: Highest ever number of Essex voters go Green - Over 35,000 people support the Green Party.
[Update: 2005/05/26: Greens gain a second seat on Norfolk county council]]
Some misc results:
Fenland DC:
March East 7.9% (Christopher Bennett )
East Cambs DC:
Haddenham 7.0% (Astra Patricia Carter-Marsh)
Parliamentary Candidates
The National Mini-Manifesto is available.
NORFOLK
- Norwich North: Cllr. Adrian Holmes
- Norwich South: Cllr. Adrian Ramsay
SUFFOLK
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich: Martin Wolfe
- Bury St. Edmunds: Graham Manning
- Suffolk Coastal: Paul Whitlow
- Waveney: Graham Elliott
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
- Cambridge City: Martin Lucas-Smith
- South Cambridgeshire: Simon Saggers
ESSEX
- Basildon: Vikki Copping
- Braintree: Cllr. James Abbott (leaflet; picture)
- Castle Point: Irene Willis
- Rochford and Southend East: Andrew Vaughan
- Essex North: Chris Fox
HERTFORDSHIRE
- Hertford and Stortford: Peter Hart
- Watford: Cllr. Steve Rackett
BEDFORDSHIRE
- Mid Bedfordshire: Ben Foley
- Luton South: Marc Scheimann
County Elections
The Green Party is standing a record 233 candidates in Eastern Region for the May 5th County Council elections. In Essex, in all but 3 wards, electors will have a Green choice on their ballot papers - believed to be the first time that any party other than the "main 3" has had such coverage at any local election in the county. In many towns and cities there will be full slates of Green candidates, including Colchester, Norwich and Cambridge.
Candidate numbers by county: Beds 11, Cambs 26, Essex 67, Herts 64, Norfolk 47, Suffolk 18
