Deal and Walmer

Christine Oliver

I’m proud to be standing for election to represent Deal and Walmer at Kent County Council. I have lived and worked in Deal all my adult life and I am raising my family here.

I love this corner of Kent and I’m dedicated to making it the best it can be. I know the area and the challenges local people face very well.

My background is in law and I work now in charity management. I have volunteered for Citizen’s Advice, served as a trustee for local charities, as a school governor for Sholden Primary School and as a Councillor on Deal Town Council for four years.

My priorities are to:

• Promote active travel and improve our public transport
• Reduce pollution in our rivers and seas.

Please vote Green in 2025.

Voters in all wards of Deal, Walmer and Sholden will see Christine’s name on their postal vote or ballot paper.

Dover Town

Liz Hayes

I’m proud to announce that I will be the Green Party’s candidate in my home town, Dover,  for the KCC elections on Thursday May 1st. I’m happy to live, work and bring up my family in Dover, which has so much to offer in terms of its history, beautiful natural environment and vibrant community spirit.

Having moved to Dover 20 years ago, I have developed a deep fondness for the town and have worked hard to contribute to our community. In 2015 I worked with a team of committed volunteers to set up the group ‘Transition Dover’, part of the Transition Town network. We bring people together on grassroots projects including creating more green spaces for wildlife and running Dover Repair Café for 6 years now.

So many people are struggling and it isn’t right. Green councillors are pushing hard for a fairer Kent. As a parent and an experienced teacher, I want to ensure our children can grow up in an environment that is safe and healthy. A town that offers them opportunities for secure housing and employment. They deserve education that prepares them for a changing future and our schools require adequate funding and support to make this happen.

We need clean, cheap public transport, well-maintained roads and safe cycle-paths and pavements for pushchairs, people and walking frames. We need clean, green energy that cuts energy bills and gives our country energy security.

Kent is crying out for real change, for kindness, for investment in jobs in a well-being economy.  I would speak up for Dover and make sure our corner of Kent cannot be ignored. Please vote Green in 2025.”

Voters in all wards of Dover, including Melbourne Ave, Aycliffe and River will see Liz’s name on their postal vote or ballot paper.

Sandwich and villageS

PeteR Findley

I am proud to be a candidate in Sandwich and villages. I’m known across East Kent as a wildlife and countryside campaigner and it takes up a lot of my time since I retired from the Kent Specialist Teaching Service.

I’m one of the many who volunteer in the community, where I’ve served as a school governor, and more recently as a trustee of Gazen Salts Nature Reserve and of Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory. Since 2023 I have also been a councillor on both Walmer and Deal Town Councils.

My interests include surveying wildlife on a Nature Friendly Farming Network farm on the Ash Levels. I love this corner of Kent where I’ve lived, worked and raised my family.  

I’m dedicated to making it the best it can be for local people now and in the future. I am known locally for speaking up and writing against environmental and social injustices. We must get enough funding for KCC child and adult social services, move the Making Space for Nature project forward and improve rural bus services. All of us will benefit from a fairer and more resilient Kent. Please vote Green in 2025.

Voters in Eastry, Ash, Goodnestone, Preston, Sandwich, Staple, East Stourmouth, Wingham, Woodnesborough and Worth will see Peter’s name on their postal vote or ballot paper.

Dover North VILLAGES

Sarah Waite Gleave

The new KCC council of 2025 will have a voice in shaping sweeping local government changes. Ministers in London want planning to be centralised in Maidstone under a new Kent mayoral authority.

In the villages of Dover North we need to protect our food-growing fields, our wildlife habitats.  The district needs to build the cheap-to-heat, low energy homes, in the right places close to services, to be sold or rented at genuinely affordable prices to solve the housing crisis.

As a planning spokesperson for our local party, I worked on our 25 page submission on the DDC Local Plan. I met many parish level campaigners at the hearings in November 2023.  Planning decisions must be made close to the communities who have local knowledge of traffic and land use.  And be subject to scrutiny. If elected I will stand up for this principle on all occasions.

I’ve campaigned here since 2009, and have served as a parish councillor twice since 2017.  I have often spoken up on highways, safe pavements, protection of woodland and green spaces.

I am very concerned by central government plans to make 5 East Kent councils into one, in the half of Kent with highest need, and lowest tax raising capacity. I was at protests in Maidstone and the House of Lords to ask for better in January 2025.

East Kent deserves more from KCC than 15 years of Conservative cuts to services, sadly cuts to councils continue under Labour. I would work for a fairer, more resilient Kent so we can help end the cost of living crisis. Please vote Green in 2025.

Voters in Aylesham, Great Mongeham, Guston, East Langdon, Nonington, Northbourne, Ringwould, Kingsdown, Ripple, St Margaret’s, Sutton and Tilmanstone will see Sarah’s name on their postal vote or ballot paper.

Dover West Villages

Nick Shread

I’m delighted to announce that I will be the Green Party’s candidate in my home town for the KCC elections on Thursday May 1st.

I live in a village in the Dover West KCC division and know well the concerns of our communities.  

I’ve been a hard-working Town Councillor in Dover since 2023, and this year I was extremely pleased to bring my Motion for the Ocean before the council. Aiming to ensure closer community links with the sea, the motion looks to support initiatives which embrace our unique location.

I would be delighted to have the opportunity to support the local community more, with the additional resources and influence afforded to County Councillors. Please vote Green in 2025.

Voters in Alkham, Capel-le-ferne, Denton, Wootton, Eythorne, Elvington, West Hougham, Lydden, Shepherdswell, Temple Ewell and Whitfield will see Nick’s name on their postal vote or ballot paper.