First and foremost, a huge thank you to everyone who voted Green at the most recent elections! Wherever you live, you stood up for your community and voted boldly. It means so much to have your support and we promise to always work hard for you.
Before I go into the fantastic results here in Derbyshire, I want to just take a moment to set the scene and look at the national picture. The Green Party's gain of 88 seats this year is our second-best ever performance, which is beaten only by our breakthrough year in 2019 (when there were more seats in contention). This is certainly not happening by accident, more and more people are turning to the Green Party for strong and sensible politics. Keep reading to see what is happening here in Derbyshire...
The green wave has also swept across Derbyshire! You can see in the graph below that across the three areas of Derbsyhire which had elections this year, that rapid and sustained growth is taking place. The vote share in all regions of Derbyshire increased by an impressive margin. If you want to read more about how and why these election results happpened here in Derbsyhire, this article here by my colleague John Hill is very insightful.
In Wingerworth and Shirland, my local area, we saw the most impressive vote share increase in our local party's history! Despite having never stood a candidate in this County Council Division before, the Green Party finished in 2nd place with more votes than Labour and the Lib Dems combined! Whilst the vote share of Labour and Lib Dems crumbled locally, the incumbent Conservative councillor's vote share increased by a measly 79 votes.
Myself and my local party members are very excited for the next election as a Green Party win looks ever more likely! Again, I want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who delivered newsletters, attend our action days and voted Green (whether that be the first time or not!), without you none of this would have been possible.
If you are as excited as we are about these results and you are determined to see a Green win here next time please do get involved. My contact details are copied below and I'd very much appreciate any help you could offer!
07833 496912
p.s. you do NOT have to be a Green Party member to get involved!
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