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Parliamentary candidate for Enfield North launched Enfield Green Party's campaign in the Parliamentary constituency of Enfield North was launched on Monday. Candidate Bill Linton was supported by London's Green MEP, Jean Lambert in his bid to become an MP. The theme of the campaign is the need for more jobs, particularly in the east of the constituency, and particularly focussing on 'green' jobs. With this in mind Bill chose to launch his campaign outside the abandoned Visteon factory, where dozens of jobs were lost a year ago, along with most of the workforce's pension rights - 'fairness' is another campaign theme. Bill called for the Visteon site to become a hub for the insulation industry; "We could create hundreds of jobs here providing cavity-wall and loft insulation, and at the same time save Enfield residents money and cut CO2 emissions. Nearly 40% of London's CO2 emissions come from the domestic sector" said Bill
See the 'Photo Gallery' for pictures of the launch. Greens enjoy increased vote share Enfield Greens are basking in the results of the election for the European Parliament, which saw their share of the vote in London rise dramatically from 8.4% to 10.9%, while the local result was 8.9%. Green MEP Jean Lambert was safely re-elected, improving from 8th place (of 9 elected) to 5th (of 8). Bill Linton, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Enfield North remarked: "It's a great platform for the coming General Election whenever the Prime Minister decides to call it, and also bodes well for our prospects in next year's council elections". Enfield Green Party would like to thank all those who voted for us on June 4th.
For the result of the Jubilee by-election see the
Election Results page. Jubilee Park By-Election, February 12th Douglas Coker will be the Enfield Green Party candidate for the vote being held following the death of Cllr Chris Andrew. For more details of the campaign click here. For the result of the Bush Hill Park by-election see the Election Results page. Bush Hill Park By-Election, January 8th Jack Johnson will be the Enfield Green Party candidate for the vote, which is being held following the death of the incumbent Enfield Borough Councillor John Jackson. For more details of the campaign click here. Thanks to all those who entered the Russell Road event competition. The question was, 'If we took all of Enfield's domestic carbon dioxide emissions (2003) and filled party balloons with it how many party balloons would we fill?' The answer is 577,100. Caroline Simpson won with an answer of 850,500 A party balloon contains about 10g of CO2 and Enfield households produce 5,771kg of CO2 a year. So 5,771 kg x 1000 gives 5,771,000 g per year which divided by 10 gives 577,100 balloons. See you all at next years event. Enfield Greens march against Trident, and for Chase Farm Members of Enfield Green Party joined up to 100,000 others on the Stop the War, Stop Trident march from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square on Saturday February 24th, and a week later were again out in force protesting against the proposed cuts to Chase Farm Hospital accident and emergency services and maternity services. That one was smaller, but not much! Pre-march estimates of 10,000 looked about right. Our distinctive green banner was carried at both marches. Enfield Green Party respond to the council's initiative on "The Greening of Enfield" The council recently published a consultation document indicating that they had 'got' the threat that global warming poses and want to do their bit in tackling it. We welcome their initiative, and have responded with constructive criticism and suggestions. Even in Turkey Street, some people want to vote Green Turkey Street ward is not natural Green Party territory, as was shown by the result of the by-election on August 10th. Even here, though, we found a few hardy souls who greeted us on the doorstep with glad cries, and then went out and voted for us. Not enough to lift us out of last place, however. See the results page for the outcome, which saw the Tories scrape home by just 3 votes. Turkey Street by-election gives Greens a chance to introduce themselves A by-election has been called in the Turkey Street ward, just two months after the main council elections in May. The vacancy has been caused by the surprise resignation of new Tory councillor Margaret Holt. There is a suspicion that she has been talked into it by the Tory high command in order to create a vacancy for former Cabinet member Matthew Laban to return to the fray after losing his Chase ward seat to Save Chase Farm. The by-election gives Enfield Green Party a chance to introduce ourselves to the voters of Turkey Street, where we have not stood before. Our candidate will be Bill Linton, one of the trio who pressed Labour so hard in Bowes in May. Bill Linton is 59 and a retired computer consultant. He has lived in Enfield for the last 27 years and been an active member of Enfield Green Party for the past 4 years. He is currently Treasurer and webmaster. A vocal defender of asylum-seekers, he wants to see the council working together with residents to reduce inequalities and friction, and to make Enfield a pleasanter place to live. The council could do much more to encourage recycling, for instance by providing facilities for blocks of flats, and to discourage unnecessary packaging and so cut down the amount that each of us throws away. The council could and should also do much more to combat the serious threat of climate change, by encouraging the use of solar panels and wind turbines, using them itself on council buildings, tightening building regulations etc. |
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