Green Party is a growing force in North West

29 May 2014

The Green Party has seen a big rise in membership, with hundreds of people across the North West joining the party during the local and European elections campaign – an increase of more than 20%.

The party won five council seats in the recent local elections, gaining councillors in Liverpool, Wirral and Lancaster. In Liverpool the Greens doubled their councillor numbers to four and are now the official opposition on Liverpool City Council.

In Wirral, Pat Cleary gained the party's first council seat, in Birkenhead and Tranmere, with 48% of the vote. In Lancaster the Green Party gained two city council seats. New councillors, Abi Mills and Jack Filmore, bring their total to 10 of the council's 60 seats.

In Manchester the Green Party gained the second highest city-wide vote share, making them the most popular opposition party. Green Party candidates came second in many wards.

North West Green Party's Regional Co-ordinator, Emily Heath, said: "We've seen a large increase in our membership recently. Green Party members have been out campaigning on the doorsteps across the region and when people hear about our policies they want to get involved. The local election results show that where we work hard to represent people, we gain council seats."

Commenting on the European election result, where the party came ahead of the Liberal Democrats but missed out on gaining a seat, she said: "We saw a similar number of people voting Green at this year's European elections as in 2009, but sadly this wasn't quite enough to gain our first Green MEP for the North West. In spite of the swing to UKIP, our vote held up. Nationally we succeeded in gaining a new Green MEP and the Greens remain part of the fourth largest group in the European Parliament, with 3 UK MEPs."

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