Cambridgeshire County Council Green Group leader Elliot Tong has been appointed the national party’s Democracy and Citizen Engagement spokesperson.
The national role will be crucial in pressing for real change to counter growing public distrust of the political system and the rise of the far-right.
Elliot, who is also a Cambridge City councillor, said:
“National politics is fracturing as people turn their backs on the failed, old two-party system. The Green Party has dramatically grown its number of councillors and MPs by working with communities and showing that democracy is about involving people.
“My work as a city and county councillor, representing Abbey ward in one of the most unequal cities in the country, has proved that people want to be involved in their communities and make change happen.
“I want to make sure we do even more and demonstrate nationally that there is real hope of making the real changes people want to see. We can do that by bringing more young people and excluded communities into politics.”
Short biography: Elliot Tong is the leader of the Greens on Cambridgeshire County Council, as well as a city councillor representing Abbey ward in Cambridge. He is very active on social media, where he focuses on demonstrating the impact of Green policies at a local level. Representing an area in the most unequal city in the UK, he has seen first-hand how our democratic system has disenfranchised voters, a tendency that he has actively worked to combat, visiting local schools and leading tours of Cambridge’s Guildhall.