8th June 2009

West Glos Greens polled between around 10 and 19% in the  6 wards in which they stood candidates. No seat this time but the Greens saw their first win in a Gloucestershire County Council seat in Stroud - see here. Below are the results and a letter by James Greenwood (pictured), West Glos Greens Coordinator to the local press.

See the campaign leaflet and team here.

Letter to local press from James Greenwood:

Thank you to all those who turned out to vote on 4th June.  And a huge thank you to the thousands that voted Green.
 
In divisions where we had not stood before, we were level-pegging with and beating both Labour and Lib Dem candidates.  Although very different, we are a real alternative.
 
But with the 'first-past-the-post' system that we have at the moment, the Tories will totally dominate the County Council - and what worries us is that they will descend into the absurd inactivity, bickering and infighting that the Tories have engaged in at the District Council.
 
Our job now is to hold them to account, whilst continuing to demand:
a massive expansion of the Dilke within the Forest
sorting out the A40/A48-M5 road freight problem
binning the white elephant single incinerator
a much, much, much more efficient transport system

Thank you again.
 
Yours sincerely,
James Greenwood
West Glos Green Party

Results from key wards:

West Dean
GP - Maggie Devlin    367  (11.3%)
Lab                758
Con                1231
Ind                482
Lib Dem            400

Lydney
GP - Ade Jones        299  (12.2%)
Lab                429
Con                790
Ind                577
Lib Dem            361

Pillowell and Littledean
GP - Bekki Hoyland    566  (19.2%)
Lab                581
Con                1270
Lib Dem            530

Tidenham
GP - Robin Larkham    470  (16.8%)
Lab                252
Con                1317
Lib Dem            764

Coleford
GP - Sean Walsh        193  (8.5%)
Lab                384
Con                735
Lib Dem            320
Ind                648

Mid Dean
GP - James Greenwood    461  (15.3%)
Lab                291
Con                1703
Lib Dem            565