Following last night’s event in Manchester all campaigning in the General Election #GE2017 has been suspended.
We grieve with the victims and their families.
Month: May 2017
Green Manifesto
Full details of the Green Party manifesto are available on our national website.
The BBC has produced a handy guide to the key policies in the manifesto available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40003019
Hustings in Stapleford – 22nd May
A General Election hustings will take place in Stapleford on 22nd May at 7pm.
Full details: https://bramcotetoday.org.uk/2017/05/15/election-2017-stapleford-hustings-22-may/
Get General Election facts from IFS
To help voters make up their minds and avoid ‘fake news’, the IFS and Nuffield Foundation have launched a website for GE 2017.
See: https://election2017.ifs.org.uk/
Pat Morton nominated for 8th June election
Broxtowe Borough council have released the official list of persons duly nominated to stand in the General Election. Local Green, Pat Morton, has been official nominated to stand for the Greens.
There will also be candidates from Conservative, Labour, UKIP, and LibDems.
Full details are on the Broxtowe website: https://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/elections-voting/parliamentary-election-8th-june/
NOTE: The deadline for registering to vote is Monday 22 May 2017.
Contact the council if you are not registered to vote at your current address.
Pat Morton to run for Greens in Broxtowe
Local party activist, Pat Morton, was selected last night to be the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for Broxtowe Green Party for the ‘snap’ General Election in June.
At a meeting held at Middle Street Resource Centre, local members heard from a number of nominated candidates and voted for Pat to be the prospective candidate.
Green results in Nottinghamshire: as they come in
Our Broxtowe Green Party candidates and their results as they come in today:
Kimberley & Nuthall
Kat Boettge: 397 10.4% [Seat taken by CON]
Beeston Central & Rylands
Sylvia Rule: 217 5.5% [seat taken by LAB]
Greasley and Brinsley
Bethan Hewis 248 7.0%
Eastwood
Pat Morton 84 2.7% [seat taken by CON]
Toton, Chilwell and Attenborough
Richard David Eddleston 560 3.6% (seats taken by CON)
Mary Evelyn Venning 460 3.0%
Overall Green result in Notts:
Green Party 5,848 2.1% +0.2%
Full Notts results available on the Council’s website: http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/electionresults/2017/DetailedResults
Today is local elections day
Don’t forget to vote!
Today is local elections day across the UK. Voting takes places for County Councils and for some new Metro Mayors in places like Manchester, Birmingham and the West Country.
If you live in Broxtowe, don’t forget to vote for your County Council representative.
Polls open 9am – 10pm.
Notts results expected about 5pm tomorrow evening (there is no overnight count this year).
For a full timetable of UK results, see the Press Association list.
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