24 April 2019
The Green Party has today announced its lead candidates in all 9 English regions and Wales to fight the European elections. The list includes: Molly Scott Cato, MEP for the South West and Brexit spokesperson, who has consistently championed a People’s Vote within the European Parliament; Magid Magid, outgoing Lord Mayor of Sheffield who banned Donald Trump from the city; Gina Dowding, Lancashire councillor and prominent anti-fracking campaigner at Preston New Road; Alex Phillips, Deputy Mayor of Brighton and Hove and Scott Ainslie, a councillor in Lambeth who made his name fighting housing demolitions.
The Greens will fight the election under the banner ‘For now. For the future’ and will highlight a policy platform which says ‘Yes to Europe, No to Climate change.’
The Green Party is the UK’s biggest pro remain party in the European Parliament, and have led the calls for a People’s Vote across the country. In Westminster, Caroline Lucas has been the driving force in Parliament and has consistently held the government to account. The Green Party are the most credible option for those who want to remain in the European Union and the most likely to deliver the change necessary, and the natural home for those who want to see urgent action on climate change.
But beyond Brexit, the Greens are the only party fighting on a remain platform which consistently champions free movement and clean energy, while opposing austerity and climate damaging infrastructure. The Greens come without the need for a rebrand and name change to erase their history.
Molly Scott Cato MEP, lead candidate for the Green Party in the South West region, has said the Green Party are the real party of change with a strong track record on changing Europe.
Molly Scott Cato said:
‘Polls show that Greens are the most popular pro-EU Party standing in this election and Green votes are more likely to send pro-EU MEPs to Brussels than votes for any other party. We are unflinchingly pro-European. We have led the national movement for a people’s vote and unequivocally defend freedom of movement – the right to study, work, travel and love across our continent.’’
Magid Magid said:
‘Remaining in Europe is priority, particularly for young people. We must protect our right to freely move across 27 other European countries. But this election is also massive chance to do politics differently and to make real change.
‘Greens don’t just want to remain in the EU, we want to transform it. Green MEPs will fight for serious climate action, to protect migrant rights and build a shared, equal future for all our constituents and all Europeans. Green MEPs will stand for your future. Elect Greens and we will deliver on the defining issues of our time.’
Full list of Green Party candidates:
Eastern
Catherine Rowett
Rupert Read
Martin Schmierer
Fiona Radic
Paul Jeater
Pallavi Devulapalli
Jeremy Caddick
East Midlands
Kat Boettge
Gerhard Lohmann-Bond
Liam McLelland
Daniel Wimberley
Simon Tooke
Carl Benfield
London
Scott Ainslie
Gulnar Hasnain
Shahrar Ali
Rachel Collinson
Eleanor Margolies
Remco van der Stoep
Kirsten de Keyser
Peter Underwood
North East
Rachel Featherstone
Jonathan Elmer
Dawn Furness
North West
Gina Dowding
Wendy Olsen
Jessica Northey
Geraldine Coggins
Rosie Mills
Astrid Johnson
Daniel Jerrome
James Booth
South East
Alexandra Phillips
Elise Benjamin
Vix Lowthion
Leslie Groves Williams
Phelim Mac Cafferty
Jan Doerful
Larry Sanders
Isabella Moir
Oliver Sykes
Jonathan Essex
South West
Molly Scott Cato
Cleo Lake
Carla Denyer
Tom Scott
Martin Dimery
Karen La Borde
Wales
Anthony Slaughter
Ian Chandler
Ceri Davies
Duncan Rees
West Midlands
Ellie Chowns
Diana Toynbee
Paul Woodhead
Julian Dean
Louis Stephens
Helen Heathfield
Kefentse Dennis
Yorkshire and the Humber
Magid Magid
Alison Teal
Andrew Cooper
Louise Houghton
Lars Kramm
Ann Forsaith
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