Luton and Bedfordshire Green Party

The Green Party in Luton and Bedfordshire, UK

General Election 2010

In preparation for the imminent General Election, Green Party candidates are being selected for the constitutencies in Luton and Bedfordshire. In Mid Beds, former county councillor Malcolm Bailey has been selected, in Luton South Marc Scheiman is to be the candidate and Simon Hall has been selected for Luton North. The other constituencies are being actively considered, with a decision to be announced shortly. See our new special General Election page for more details.

Contents of the rest of this site

Introduction

News, annoucements and campaigns

Help us raise funds at no cost and little effort from you

What we stand for, in outline

Our local policies

Policies for Bedfordshire and Luton as a whole - Do you want the M1 widened in Bedfordshire?

Policies for Bedford

Policies for Luton

Policies for Mid Bedfordshire - Including support for the Safer Maulden campaign

Policies for South Bedfordshire

A simple question - yes or no?

Some useful external links

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Introduction

This page is your entry point for information about the Green Party in Luton and Bedfordshire generally, who we are and what we stand for, how to contact us plus links to other relevant organisations.

News, Announcements and Campaigns

Next Local Party Meeting

Why not come to our next local meeting to find out more about what the Green Party is doing and planning in Luton and Bedfordshire? Click here for details of the next meeting.

Flitwick Town Centre Consultation

There is an in-going consultation with the public about the future of Flitwick town centre, and another about the town's leisure centre. Read about it and have your say! See our special page on this important local issue.

Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority Elections 4th June 2009

Massive Green Vote Increase While Other Parties All Slump

Flitwick East

2009 election (2seats)

Conservative 1,213

Conservative 1,140

Green 685

Liberal Democrat 641

Green 496

Liberal Democrat 475

Independent 320

Labour 125

Labour 108

Comparison Based on
Votes of Leading Candidate of Each Party

Party Votes 2009 2005 County Change

Conservative 1,213 (40.7%) 1,893 (48.6%) -680 (-7.9)

Green 685 (23.0%) 502 (12.9%) +183 (+10.1)

Liberal Democrat 641 (21.5%) 1,502 (38.5%) -861 (-17.0)

Independent 320 (10.7%) No candidate n/a

Labour 125 (4.2%) No candidate n/a

Graph showing Green vote rise and LD and Con fall

The 2005 county council elections were the last elections fought on the same boundaries

Sandy

2009 election (2seats)

Liberal Democrat 1,383

Liberal Democrat 1,209

Green 748

Conservative 689

Conservative 619

Green 266

Labour 135

Labour 123

Comparison Based on
Votes of Leading Candidate of Each Party

Party Votes 2009 2005 County Change

Liberal Democrat 1,383 (46.8%) 1,863 (45.0%) -480 (+1.8)

Green 748 (25.3%) 198 (4.8%) +550 (+20.5)

Conservative 689 (23.3%) 1,306 (31.5%) -617 (-8.2)

Labour 135 (4.6%) 773 (18.7%) -638 (-14.1)

Graph showing Green vote rise and LD, Lab and Con fall

The 2005 county council elections were the last elections fought on the same boundaries

Save the Cheap Day Return!

Train

On June 11th 2008 train company First Capital Connect trashed the cheap day return. Every passenger going from London to Luton, Flitwick or Bedford between 4:30 and 7:00p.m. now has to pay the full price fare - No Travel cards! See our special campaign page on this issue, and sign Gareth's petition.

Flitwick Moor Still in Danger!

Despite Mid Beds Borough Council's courageous decision to continue the green belt status of land adjacent to Flitwick Moor, the final outcome is still in doubt. See our special campaign page on this issue.

Help Us Raise Funds with Little Effort

Recycling scheme

You can recycle your inkjet cartridges (unfortunately NOT including Epson) and old mobile phones through this scheme. You can register at:

http://www.recycle4charity.co.uk/intelsignup.aspx?supporterid=C11334

and they will send you freepost recycling bags to send your items away. We get Ł1 for every cartridge that they recycle and up to Ł30 for every phone.

It's easy, it's free, it's environmentally friendly.

Webshop

Visit the webshop site and shop from any of the affiliated shops and we earn commission which comes from the retailers not from you. There are well over 100 retailers offering from 2 to 15% commission. If you use this site make sure your browser accepts cookies otherwise the link is lost and we don't earn anything. You can book holidays, buy books, rent movies, do your Christmas shopping, insure your car, all worth a look.

What We Stand for in Outline

Listed below are just a few of the policies with which we want to improve the lives of everyone (in the longer term, even the super-rich and corporate directors who are most opposed to us). Details and reasoning can be found on the main Green Party web site.

Stop global warming You might like to see Jim Fisher's personal comment on this
Real democracy at all levels of government
Local control of local matters
Genuinely sustainable development
Government for ordinary people, not for big business
Social justice in place of greed
High quality education in every school, and one close to every child to minimise unnecessary travel
High quality services in every hospital, and one close to every household to minimise unnecessary travel
High quality, affordable public transport
Affordable, decent, energy-efficient housing, making maximum use of brown-field sites
Maintain and enhance local communities by preserving local shops, post offices and schools, especially in villages and clamp down hard on edge-of-town supermarkets. There is a non-party-political campaign on this topic

This photo shows a joint Green Party/Greenpeace demonstration against locating nuclear waste dumps in Bedfordshire, which took place recently in Bedford:

Green Party/Greenpeace joint demo