Support for the Greens is building year by year thanks to its camapaigning work, local consultation and an effective team of Green councillors. Kirklees Green Party is growing and is now able to support local ward
representatives across the borough. The Party's selected candidates
are backed by an area team supported by the full party membership
in campaigning for local improvements. We support residents to get their issues with
the Council addressed with the help of the Green group.
Paul
Cooney, Green Party Candidate for Greenhead writes:
Hi
I'm Paul Cooney,
I've
written the profile below to give you a chance to get to know a
little bit more about where I came from and what I think about politics
in Greenhead.
I've
lived in Greenhead for 17 years, Greenhead and its community are
an area and people I care deeply about and hope I've supported fully
over the last few years. I'm already well known here but for those
who I've not yet met I hope to meet you soon.
I'm
52 and work for the local NHS in clinical development.
What
I'd really love is for you to contact
me and let me know what we can do to help improve the area for you.
Working
for the community Treasurer
of the Marsh Community Forum.
UNISON Steward at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust.
Served for 7 years on committee of Kirklees CHAS housing advice
service.Elected
member of Amnesty International UK Section conference committee,
and is a speaker for Amnesty International.
Ex-Chair of Paddock Labour Party
Issues
for Greenhead In
conjunction with my work on the Marsh Community Forum, my main focal
point is the establishment of a real community facility for Marsh,
the only area in Kirklees without a community resource since the
sale of the St. James Road Centre. Its future is in doubt, but the
covenant which is still placed upon it, restricts its use to educational
and religious purposes. Its current owners have campaigned to have
the covenant lifted and we must ensure this does not happen.
20's
plenty, reclaim the streets by backing
the restriction of speed to 20mph in side streets and, near schools
and care homes. This will reduce accidents and injuries by approximately
40% and help make the streets safer for all, which in turn will
encourage more use of local shops and businesses.
Sustainable
communities - Fight to keep local shops and post offices,
and act against edge of town superstores reliant on car use. I support
the Sustainable Communities Bill, and will try to get our Council
to add its support to this.
Better
recycling facilities, nearer to you and easier
to access.
Britain
needs a new intelligent, radical and compassionate vision for politics. The Green Party is the Real Choice for Change at a time when the three main parties are increasingly indistinguishable.
People are disillusioned with traditional politicians, inter-party
bickering and scandal and yet feel it has never been more important
to have a trustworthy voice that backs radical, distinctive and
genuine alternatives.
Even
as a smaller party working within an unbalanced electoral system,
we have begun to be elected and stand for values you probably share.
Our elected MEP's and Local Councillors around the country are implementing
policies that put the local economy, local services and the quality
of the local environment first. Voting Green is a vote cast for
a party you can truly trust.
Thanks
to All Who Voted Greenhead Greener - 28th July 2006
Greenhead
By-Election marked growing support for Kirklees Green Party who surpassed
the votes of the BNP and Respect by a huge margin.
Green voters also massively decreased the voter share margin with the
Conservatives who gained only 47 votes more. Green Party Candidate Paul
Cooney today said,
" I thank Greenhead voters from my heart for their support, and will
continue to work with this community to prove voting Green is a vote cast
for a party you can truly trust. Now the By-Election is over my work continues
in even greater earnest and I am ready to take up issues and fight for
the rights and ideas of people who live in Greenhead Ward"
If
you'd like to read more about the achievements the Green Party has made
since Green Councillors were first elected to represent people in Kirklees
then please go to the Successes
page by clicking here. Kirklees
Green Party value the growing support we are receiving in Greenhead. Local
councillors are your representatives, use them to ensure your views and
voice make a positive difference in the communities you live in.
Polling
day for the By-Election is July 27th 2006 and Polling Stations will be
open between 7am and 10pm.
In
order to vote if you live in the Greenhead Ward you will need to make
sure you are registered; even if you get your council tax bills this doesn't
always mean you have been registered with Electoral Services to vote.
To check you are registered to vote contact Kirklees Electoral Services:
Once
registered you will be able to vote by post, or proxy (this is a special
system which means you can get somebody else to vote for you), if you
register to do so.
For
a postal or Proxy vote you must have let Kirklees Electoral Services know
you would like one find out more by contacting Kirklees Electoral Services:
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