Jean Lambert, the Green Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for London, was comfortably re-elected in the Euro election.

In London, the Green Party had the biggest rise in its share of vote of all the established parties – up 2.5% to 10.9%.

In the borough of Ealing the Green Party share was 10.3%, only 2% below the LibDems and well ahead of UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) and the BNP (British National Party).

Outside London, the Green Party share of the vote went up almost everywhere.  The vote nationally (excluding Northern Ireland) was up 2.4% to 8.6%.  This was much the biggest rise of any party.

Caroline Lucas was re-elected for SE England, but Greens failed by a narrow margin to be elected in the northwest and eastern regions.

In the European parliament, the Green block increased from 43 to 53. So Britain is lagging behind Europe!    

There were also local elections outside London. The Green Party increased its tally to 123 councillors on 42 councils.

The scandal of MPs’ expenses may mean that more people may vote for the smaller parties at the Euro elections, but it also might mean people don’t vote at all. Not voting at all is emphatically the wrong answer.  Voting Green is the right answer! (more…)

An electricity generating plant which runs on biofuel is proposed in Southall. Ealing Green Party is opposing the plant because it means that large areas of land that could be used for growing food would be used instead for growing fuel crops. Furthermore, the plant could, indirectly, cause more greenhouse gases to be emitted than one burning fossil fuel.  The plant would also increase air pollution. See our press release below. (more…)

So Peter Mandelson has made his intentions clear. At a time when unemployment is sky-rocketing, he would like to put tens of thousands of postal workers jobs at risk with a madcap scheme to part privatise the Royal Mail. This, according to former cabinet minister Peter Hain, is part of a long cherished Government agenda to privatise the entire service. (more…)

Ealing council held a special ’scrutiny committee’ meeting on 15th Jan 09. This was to consider whether there should be more 20mph (mile per hour) zones in the borough. Ealing Green Party made a substantive argument in favour, but the submssion was ignored by the committee. (more…)