10 May 2023
4th May’s local elections signalled a huge success for the Green Party. Nationally a record gain of 200 seats was the biggest growth in a single step in the Party’s 50 year history.
Greens became the largest party in several councils across the country, including Lewes, where the Conservatives were wiped out, and East Hertfordshire, where they took 17 seats from the Conservatives. In all there were 155 gains from the Tories cementing the Greens as the true opposition to the government in many places.
In Mid Suffolk Greens gained majority control of a local authority for the first time. The leader of Mid Suffolk Greens Andy Mellen said votes for the Green Party can no longer be considered as purely a protest against the other main parties. "We are a serious political party. We got 57% of the vote in Mid Suffolk, we gained seats right across the region. I don't think we can call it a protest vote any more.”
Commiserations to our wonderful candidates who just missed being elected. You all put forth a lot of effort and ran campaigns with integrity. We sincerely admire your accomplishments and eagerly await your election the following time around.
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