A statement from Ian Charters, Elections Officer for the Green Party, Harrogate and District and Elections Agent for Gilly Charters, Green Party Candidate for Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone District As the Liberal Democrat team sit around discussing the result of the Harrogate by-election in Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone, like crooks arguing over a failed heist, […]
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Green campaigners had a great time leafleting postal voters in Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone for the upcoming By-Election. A big thank you to Malcolm, Shan, Bill and Tamsin – our stalwart locals, to our North Yorkshire Councillors Arnold from Ouseburn, David from Skipton, Kevin from Catterick (taking time off from his Mayoral campaign), Tom from […]
Read More… from GP Campaign voters in Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone
Gilly Charters has been selected as the Green Party candidate for Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone division in the North Yorkshire Council by-election on 11 April. Gilly has lived in Harrogate and Knaresborough for over 40 years, and 20 of those have been in Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone. She now lives just up the road on […]
The Harrogate and District Green Party is delighted to announce the unanimous election of Shan Oakes as our Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the forthcoming General Election. Currently a councillor serving on Knaresborough Town and Scriven Parish councils, and formerly second on the list for Yorkshire and the Humber Green Party European candidates, Shan has a […]
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Yorkshire Water is ultimately owned (through a complex series of holding companies) by Kelda Holdings, which is incorporated in Jersey. Kelda is owned by a series of investment and sovereign wealth funds: RREEF Pan – European Infrastructure Fund (23.4%) Gateway Infrastructure Investments L.P Gateway UK Water L.P. and Gateway UK Water II L.P., (managed by […]
Get involved to help us keep Rotary Wood safe from Danone Harrogate Spring Water Harrogate Spring Water expansion into public woodland Harrogate Spring Water (est. 2002), owned by multi-national corporation Danone, have reverted to 2017 outline planning to expand their plastic bottle plant and destroy Rotary Wood. 4 acres of deciduous woodland were planted (2005) […]
Shan Oakes, our Green town councillor in Knaresborough, said the town council was planning to apply for designated bathing status for a stretch of the Nidd.She hoped that it would mean that something had to be done about its poor water quality.Cllr Oakes blamed the government for the current situation: “With the current situation where […]
Battle for Marston Moor “Marston Moor to be left unrepresented for 12 months.” Green Party Campaigns Co-ordinator Tamsin Worrel said: “This complete affront to local democracy appears to be any excuse for not holding an election and plays right into the hands of the Conservative party. In the complete absence of the Conservatives showing any interest in Marston Moor, Arnold Warneken, the Green Party candidate and close personal friend […]
In line with national party policy, the Harrogate and District Green Party have initiated discussions with opposition parties with whom we have a shared vision for a fairer society. We want to reshape political debate, to see the bigger picture and to put the community’s future first and have decided not to stand our prospective […]
Read More… from Why we aren’t standing in the Knaresborough by-election
Arnold Warneken, husband, father and grandfather, has lived and worked in Harrogate for many years. He attended primary and secondary schools in Bilton, and after returning from university in Leeds, he worked supporting Bilton Conservation Trust, securing the future of Nidd Gorge and campaigned for HALT. In 1990 Arnold was elected as the first Green […]
