Elections
5th July 2024 / 31st August 2024 by Editorial Team
A big Green thank you to everyone who helped us achieve our best parliamentary vote ever in Dover and Deal. Our fourth position sends a loud message to the incoming government that many voters want cleaner, less lobby-laden government. Our supporters made it clear to us that they like the fact that our Green Party […]
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11th June 2024 / 15th June 2024 by Editorial Team
The Green Party is the fastest growing party in Kent. The coastal, rural and urban communities here know only too well the state of the crumbling public services in the ‘Gateway to England’. So Dover and Deal needs the smart, determined, local resident who is Christine Oliver of the Green Party. View our 2024 General Election […]
20th July 2023 / 20th July 2023 by Editorial Team
We believe that this Tory government is disastrous for people and planet and needs to be removed. Sadly, the Labour Party seem more interested in preventing Greens growing stronger than in getting rid of the Tories. Nationally, Labour have not been prepared to make any agreements with the Green Party on standing aside or not […]
13th May 2023 / 13th May 2023 by Editorial Team
Following the May 4th 2023 election results, we're sad that we won't have the Green voices on Dover District Council (DDC) to push for more action on the climate, ecological and cost of living emergencies. Despite all the months of hard work by our small team we were runners up in our target wards, 53 […]
Elections Walmer Town Council
28th April 2023 by Editorial Team
Councillor Jull is a Dover District Council (DDC) councillor (cllr) on the controlling Conservative group and member of the DDC planning committee, and was elected to Walmer Town Council in 2021. With the support of the Conservative election agent Keith Single, from the address of the Conservative Party on the Strand, he has produced a […]
DDC Elections
19th April 2023 / 19th April 2023 by Editorial Team
Green candidates are campaigning in 4 Dover District Council (DDC) wards, where we were top runner up in 2019. We are also campaigning in 5 other DDC wards, and for 11 town council seats too. You CAN #VoteGreen #GetGreensElected. If YOU elect Green candidates to Dover District Council on May 4th, Dover & Deal Green Party […]
5th April 2023 / 18th April 2023 by Editorial Team
The Green Party in Dover district is working to gain some seats and form a group on Dover District Council (DDC), to form a group on Dover Town Council, and to retain seats on Deal and Walmer town councils in the local elections on 4 May. Read profiles of our Dover District Council election candidates […]
30th November 2022 / 21st January 2023 by Editorial Team
On 24th November 2022, Dover and Deal Green Party announced Christine Oliver was their new prospective parliamentary candidate, following a two week on-line ballot of local members. Councillor Christine Oliver was elected to Deal Town Council in May 2019, and holds one of the eleven level 1 council seats currently held by Greens in Dover […]
12th October 2022 by Editorial Team
D&D Greens initiate cooperative political meeting A very well attended meeting at Deal’s Astor Theatre launched the new cross-party campaign group for fair proportional voting and cleaner, more accountable government. One of our Green exec officers, sparked things off with chats in July to respected contacts who have served in local Lib Dem, Labour and […]
30th January 2022 / 17th April 2022 by Editorial Team
There are 4 spaces on Sandwich Town Council (3 in North Ward, 1 in South Ward) and BY-ELECTIONS in Sandwich on 10th February 2022. The vacancies were caused because principled councillors felt obliged to resign when the Conservative leaders of Sandwich Town Council acted autocratically instead of listening to all elected representatives. Sadly Kent sees, far […]
22nd August 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
Oh dear! There seems to be a idea going round that this Conservative UK government is ‘in power because a majority of voters wished it to be so.’ Some fact-checking shows this is far from the truth.
27th July 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
Thank you to those who encouraged us to try and get a Green voice on DDC, and to stand a candidate in the DDC Sandwich by-election on 19th August 2021, caused by the resignation of MJ Holloway, a Conservative cllr. We wanted to, but our small team of community activists, leafleters and canvassers are exhausted in […]
22nd May 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
In all of the five KCC divisionsin Dover district, your local Green party polled a strong third place, the best results we’ve ever had. We THANK most sincerely all those who entrusted their vote to our candidates. We polled: 18% in Dover North (Sarah G.) 11% in Sandwich and villages (Abi S.) 10% in Deal […]
25th April 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
We pledge to work hard for: Effective plans to work together with communities and really make Kent net zero carbon by 2030, (see note below) Development of safer, more active travel for young and old, car-users and non-car users, alike; with integrated active private/public transport solutions, smarter not pricier. Investment in Green New Deal […]
Elections Transport
12th April 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
A Manifesto for safer, more active travel in the Dover District from Kent County Council 2021 candidates of Dover and Deal Green Party. Your Green Party Candidates in Dover District are Sarah Gleave, Mike Eddy , Beccy Sawbridge, Nick Shread and Abi Stroud. We are all signed up to South East Climate Alliance’s ABCD pledge. We […]
9th April 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
All 5 of your Green Party KCC candidates in Dover district are signed up to the ABCD pledge of South East Climate Alliance. Because problems aren’t solved by pretence or by greenwash by the powerful who have a vested interest in slowing change. View more on our candidates here. A We want KCC and DDC to […]
2nd January 2020 / 13th April 2020 by Editorial Team
Voters deserve choices was our campaign slogan. In a parliamentary democracy, no autocratic Prime Minister should deride parliamentarians who are scrutinising his actions, or manipulate a General Election with threats and prorogation. British voters also deserve a much more pluralistic, honest press / media. And clean voting. No British political party should be allowed to […]
7th June 2019 / 13th April 2020 by Editorial Team
At 5pm on wed 22 May a bunch of tired, determined campaigners welcomed one of our 3 key MEP candidates to Dover, who arrived in our electric Green campaign bus. Dover district will really be on the sharp end of the CHAOS Conservatives continue to inflict on the country we love. Green EU Parliamentary manifesto […]
In Dover District EU elections, we Greens were 3rd with 11% of the vote, on a turnout that was 39%, the same as EUPE 2014; less than half of the Ref turnout. Brexit Party came top with 46%, LibDems came 2nd with 16%, Labour and Conservative 4th and 5th with 9% each. ChangeUK 6th on […]
We have 8 people elected to serve in 10 parish /town council seats in Dover District. THANK YOU to everyone who voted for our candidates and / or who helped with our campaigns. We went to celebrate with the 1300 year old yew tree at Ringwould. We promise to ACT for the long-term protection of […]
20th April 2019 / 13th April 2020 by Editorial Team
Local government affects all of our daily lives. Our promise to you is that nobody will work harder than these dedicated and passionate people, on the issues that matter to you. Mill Hill, Deal District and Town Council: Mike Eddy District and Town Council: Christine Oliver Eastry Rural District Council: Simon Phillips Town & Castle […]
18th April 2019 / 13th April 2020 by Editorial Team
The local Green Party in Dover District are standing 13 candidates for Dover District Council (DDC) in 11 Wards; and 13 candidates for town/parish seats in the district. With some Green Party voices on Dover Town Council, Green councillors would work on: improving local toilets reducing litter lobbying for improved air quality cutting single-use plastics […]
1st June 2017 / 13th April 2020 by Editorial Team
Text of letter sent in to East Kent Mercury: An irresponsible Conservative government must not be given more power at Westminster in June; our rich country is already the most unequal on this continent. Beccy and her election agent, Sarah went with an East Kent Greenpeace delegation to the Paris Climate Summit in December 2015 […]
19th April 2017 / 13th April 2020 by Editorial Team
For the first time, everyone in Dover district will have a chance to vote Green Party in the KCC ELECTIONS on 4 May 2017. Currently in Dover District, there are no Green Party councillors at Town, District or County level. We think it is time to change that. Our five candidates Sandwich, Eastry and villages […]