The Green Party of England and Wales will today (Tuesday 8th April) launch their local elections campaign for what they predict will be a “record-breaking” year for them. The launch will take place in Warwickshire, one of the places where Greens are expecting to make gains leaving them with a record number of local councillors.
Green Party co-leader, Adrian Ramsay, is expected to say:
“We know that politics in this country isn’t providing people with what they need – that disillusionment is high and morale is low. But up and down the country Greens are making a difference. We are smashing through records getting more and more hard-working councillors elected.
“We are taking votes from the old tired parties to offer something different – the positive change so desperately needed.
“Meanwhile, Reform is trying to make gains on the back of a weak and lacklustre political old guard. It’s a party that uses the politics of fear to divide our communities. And whose policies are explicitly designed to only benefit a small number of the very richest people. Importantly for these local elections, Reform has no track record of delivering at any level of government.”
The Green Party has been breaking records in recent years and has increased their councillors nearly fivefold over the last five elections to over 800 in 170 councils. Greens lead 14 councils, including Bristol, Warwick and Mid Suffolk and, in total, are part of running over 40. In the general election in 2024, almost two million people voted Green, electing four new MPs to Parliament.
Speaking alongside Ramsay, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer is expected to say:
“The over 800 Green councillors across England and Wales between them already represent millions of people in this country. They are working hard every day to make a difference for their communities, working all year round on practical solutions, not just turning up on the doorstep when it’s election time.
“Here in Warwick where we lead the council, we have invested millions into making council housing warmer and cheaper to run. In Mid Suffolk, another Green run council, in one year we have prevented hundreds of people from becoming homeless.
“Green councillors are embedded in their communities, listen to the needs and concerns of their residents – their neighbours! – and take action to improve their quality of life every day. Offering hope, not division; community not chaos.”