Winner to take on Conservative MP Chloe Smith in upcoming election
22 January 2010
Jessica Goldfinch has been named as the Green Party's candidate for Norwich North in the forthcoming General Election.
She and Peter Offord, both long-standing Green Party members, were in contention over the role, but Jessica was selected last night at a hustings and selection meeting.
Ms Goldfinch, 43, said:
"I feel so proud to represent the Green Party in Norwich North for the next General Election. I have come to know a lot passionate and wonderful people, from all walks of life through my work in the constituency. Many of these people struggle through some very difficult circumstances and I would be honoured to serve them as the Norwich North MP."
Ms Goldfinch is a single Mum of one daughter and works as a teaching assistant at a High School in Norwich North. Jess lives on Connaught Road and has been a Norwich resident for 12 years, during which time she was a City Councillor for Nelson ward from 2003 until 2006.
Ms Goldfinch will be working to build on the advances made in the Norwich North by-election last year when the Green vote more than tripled in the 2005 General Election, while the vote shares of Labour and the Lib-Dems went down.
Norwich North residents are encouraged to visit the Green Party shop on Dove Street, in the city centre, to find out more about Green policies and to discuss issues affecting their area.
A further round of selections is due to be made on February 4th, when Green Party candidates for the Broadland, Gt. Yarmouth and South Norfolk constituencies will be named. They will join Adrian Ramsay, deputy leader of the Green Party, who has already launched his campaign to unseat former New Labour Home Secretary Charles Clarke in Norwich South. The Green Party has named Norwich South as one of its top three target seats in the country along with Brighton Pavilion and Lewisham Deptford.
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