31st July 2009

Green Party candidate Cathy Green polled ahead of Labour in third place in the Cheltenham Borough Council All Saints ward by-election. The seat was won by the Liberal Democrats who had held the seat previously.

8th June 2009

In Gloucester we stood in five wards (two of which were 2 seat wards where we had one candidate). Moreland was our best result, where Jennifer Hume got 16%. In the other four we polled between 9 and 13%.

We stood in two Tewkesbury Borough  wards, polling 13% in Tewkesbury Town (a 2 seat ward - pictured) and about 6% in the other ward.

8th June 2009

Cheltenham Greens make progress in County Elections:  we stood in 5 wards (4 of which were 2 seat wards where we had 1 candidate), and polled 10-15% of the vote in all these wards (14% in the targeted ward ).

8th June 2009

Robert Irving stood for the Greens and was delighted with the support shown by voters. And see here Robert's letter to the press thanking voters and inviting interest in forming a local Green Party group in Cirencester.

8th June 2009 

Sarah Lunnon has been elected as the Green Party's first ever Gloucestershire County Councillor 

Stroud District results: In Stroud, Greens gained 19% of the vote share in the District, ahead of Labour and virtually level-pegging with Lib Dems. See here. West Glos results: Greens polled between around 10 and 19% in the 6 wards in which they stood. See here. Gloucester and Tewkesbury results: see here. Cheltenham results: see here. Cotswold District result: See here.  Euro elections comment and results here. See more below.

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.

4th June 2009 updated 8th June 2009

Sarah Lunnon was elected as Green party County councillor for Stroud East. 

Greens gain 19% of the vote share in the District: just ahead of Labour and a point behind Lib Dems - see more here.

18th May 2009

The Green party are fielding two candidates. Leo Fletcher in Churchdown Brookfield and Robert Brookes in Tewkesbury. For more info see below.