I would like to say a MASSIVE thank you to all the people who helped with the GREEN PARTY General Election campaign in East Devon. There were lots of dedicated passionate souls beavering away behind the scenes and my thanks to everyone involved. You are all superstars, thank you so very much.
We were over the [...]
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Thank You to 815 East Devon Green Voters!
Posted May 12th, 2010 by sharon. Comments (8).
Show your Support for East Devon Greens!
Posted May 5th, 2010 by sharon. Comments (27).
Well, after weeks and weeks of hard slog – election day is almost upon us. I’ll be at The Knowle in Sidmouth with my husband Dan, the wonderful Sharon Howe and our fabulous election agent Geoff Sharples at the count, all through Thursday night into Friday morning waiting to hear how many votes we’ve achieved for [...]
King’s School Mock Elections
Posted May 3rd, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
I’ve been chatting to Oscar Pearson of The King’s School in Ottery St Mary. Oscar is chair of the Student Council and has organised the school’s mock general election this coming Thursday. They have a Labour representative, Tory, Lib Dems, and UKIP representatives, and Oscar is representing the Green Party.
The students have released their election campaigns – [...]
Endorsed by PAD
Posted May 2nd, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
This is an email I received this morning. PAD (Protecting Animals in Democracy) have endorsed me as THE candidate to vote for in East Devon on Thursday if you want to protect millions of animals from the cruelty of bloodsports, intensive farming and experiments.
Brilliant news!
Dear Sharon
Thank you very much for responding to the Protecting [...]
The Greens Are Coming to Devon!
Posted April 23rd, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
Across the county of Devon everyone will now have the opportunity to vote Green, during the past 2 years whilst other political parties
have had dwindling recruits The Green Party has seen unprecedented growth in its membership. Now for the first time the whole county
will be able to enjoy the full experience of voting Green, a [...]
Greens in the lead in East Devon!
Posted April 21st, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
ExmouthPeople.co.uk are running a pre-election poll and what a surprise to find we’re in the lead today with 40% of votes. This is echoed on the national website Votes for Policies where the Green Party are in first place too!
Woodland Trust Election Campaign
Posted March 21st, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
As a candidate at the general election I believe that creating new woods and planting trees is a priority if we are to tackle challenges such as climate change mitigation and adaptation, wildlife loss, improving public health – both physical and mental – and shaping places where people want to live, work and spend their [...]
Protecting Animals in Democracy (PAD) project
Posted March 21st, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
In the forthcoming General Election, I aim to support campaigns that helps ensure improved protection for animals from cruelty and abuse. Animal protection should be a priority for any civilised society, and I believe that political debate has so far tended to ignore the deep concerns of millions of voters on this issue. I am participating [...]
The Greens Are Coming!
Posted March 21st, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
The Green Party will be standing in around half the seats in England and Wales in the 2010 General Election. We do not have the resources to put up candidate in every constituency. If there is no candidate for your area please get in touch with the local Green Party to help provide a Green [...]
The election run-up: what about women?
Posted March 11th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (1).
Winning the female vote is crucial to winning the forthcoming general election, so much so it’s even been billed the “Mumsnet election”.
High-profile website, Mumsnet recently celebrated its 10th birthday and, with an estimated one million users, political parties have been tripping over themselves to court this group.. The main political leaders have participated in webchats [...]