Sparrowmire Development 13 February 2025 / 15 February 2025 by Phil Clayton We are in the midst of a housing crisis, and the Green Party want to see more housing built, especially affordable housing for young people and families. We are NOT opposed to development, but it needs to be based on the needs of local people, not just designed to maximise the Developer’s profit!. There is […] Read more »
Our spiritual home 13 February 2025 / 15 February 2025 by Phil Clayton We don’t have the luxury of a Green Party Office, so we use The Eddington for party meetings. The Eddington is the site of Waste Into Wellbeing and the Kendal People’s Cafe, just off Kendal high street, behind Milne Moser estate agents. We meet the second Tuesday of each month, 7 til 9 pm. There’s […] Read more »
2025 Elections 11 February 2025 / 15 February 2025 by Phil Clayton Background Kendal Town Council has an overwhelming Liberal Democrat majority, (twenty six councillors to just two Greens), and this been true for years. The other main parties put up “paper candidates”; they appear on the ballot paper, but don’t actually campaign. Two councillors have resigned, in the Highgate and Nether Wards, and we have requested […] Read more »
2024 Election Result 8 July 2024 / 11 February 2025 by Phil Clayton The Parliamentary Election was both a huge success, and a disappointment; Success The Green Party at National level more than doubled it’s vote, to just under 2m people. By ruthlessly focussing on our four target seats, (Bristol, Waveney, Brighton and Herefordshire), we gained four parliamentary seats, by far the best result in our history. Many […] Read more »
Hustings 14 June 2024 / 14 June 2024 by Phil Clayton We have three invitations to Hustings, all of which are open to anyone who wants to know more about our programme for government, to and challenge all of the candidates on their ideas; Monday 17th June, Grange-over-Sands, 19:30 – 21:00, Methodist Hall (Hosted by Grange Methodists). Monday 24th June, Ambleside, 20:00 – 22:00, Ambleside Parish […] Read more »
Tactical voting 5 June 2024 / 5 June 2024 by Phil Clayton The latest polling data from Electoral Calculus shows the Liberal Democrats have a 15 point lead over the Conservatives in Westmorland and Lonsdale, even after allowing for the recent boundary changes; Party Predicted Votes Conservative 29.1% Liberal Democrat 44.0% Labour 15.4% Reform 8.4% Green 2.7% Source – Electoral Calculus 05-06-24 Which means that for the […] Read more »
Joined up thinking 26 May 2024 by Phil Clayton We need Green MPs and Green councillors to create change. Take housing; Councillors want to encourage affordable housing instead of the large detached houses that maximise the Developer’s profits. And Councillors can influence development through Planning Committees. But Policy Planning Frameworks dictated by Central Government place strict limits on the power of councils to demand […] Read more »
Parliamentary Candidate announced 25 May 2024 / 14 June 2024 by Phil Clayton Phil Clayton has been selected as the Green Party’s candidate for the Westmorland and Lonsdale Constituency. More detail on Phil and the wider Westmorland and Lonsdale Green Party team on our “people” page. Read more »