In the recent County Council elections in Cumbria and Lancashire, the Green Party won two seats on Lancashire County Council (previously they had one seat). Chris Coates retained Lancaster Central and Sam Ritches gained Lancaster East.
The Green Party was within 300 votes of winning in two other divisions in the Lancaster area. Full Lancashire results here: here
In the divisions which make up the constituency of Lancaster and Fleetwood, the Green Party gained the second highest number of votes, behind the Tories and ahead of Labour.
Lancaster Green Party also won the City Council bye-election in Castle ward with new candidate Melanie Forrest.
In Cumbria where we stood 15 candidates compared to just 1 in 2004, our best results were close to 20%
LANCASHIRE:
DIVISIONS CANDIDATES:
Accrington South Kerry Gormley
Fleetwood East Rachel Normington
Fleetwood West John Harrison
Garstang Chris Hart
Heysham Gisela Renolds
Lancaster Central Chris Coates
Lancaster East Sam Riches
Lancaster Rural East Dan Tierney
Lancaster Rural North Mike Woodbridge
Lancaster South East Jane Fletcher
Morecambe North Adrienne Wallman
Morecambe South Matt Wootton
Morecambe West Simon Lewis
Preston Central North Jonathan Sear
Preston Rural Louise Ashcroft
Ormskirk West Maurice George
Rossendale East Helen Jackson
Skelmersdale West Martin Lowe
Skerton Ian Chamberlain
South Ribble Rural West Kevin Moore
West Lancs East John Watt
West Lancs West Heather Doyle
Wyreside Alan Schofield
CUMBRIA:
Botcherby Charmi McCutcheon
Carlisle Castle Tom Hellburg
Cockermouth West Dianne Standen
Dearham + Broughton Geoff Smith
Denton Holme Stephen Graham
Greystoke + Hesket Lynn Bates
Keswick and Derwent Calum Grant
Kirkby Stephen Rachel Bates
St Aidans Arthur Paynter
Seascale + Whicham Nigel Gilligan
Stannix Urban Dallas Brewis
Seaton Alistair Grey
Ulverston East Chris Loynes
Ulverston West Bill Shaw
Yewdale Ian Brewis
