Local Election Candidates 2022

Southampton & District Green Party are standing a candidate in 13 of the 16 Southampton wards., 

Here are the Southampton & District Green Party candidates you'll be able to vote for on 5th May:

 

Joe Cox, Bargate

Joe has  lived in Southampton 30 years having returned from living and working in Southern Spain for a few years. When possible he continues to cycle around the city and works as a part time garden. Joe's vision to help Bargate residents includes the following ideas:

  • Stop Southampton City Council planning department sign off so many concrete buildings which then become demolished within a few decades. 
  • Our open spaces like our city parks are vital and the management of Southampton Common needs to be reviewed so as to increase the biodiversity, especially in the more densely packed woodland areas. 
  • Fully operational Park & Ride for our city. Here we are behind almost every other UK urban settlement by encouraging cars to enter our city and pollute the air. 

  

Ron Meldrum, Bevois

Ron Meldrum is very knowledgeable and passionate about environmental issues, he lives in Portswood, is a regular cyclist and is keen to help Southampton become a cleaner and less stressful place.

Ron has a B.Sc. in computer engineering. He has spent many years in industry and has good knowledge of the needs of business.

Ron is particularly interested in politics of mental health and education. He believes that part of being Green is being a emotionally a well ground person and would like to see education directed more about personal development, than the ticks in boxes process that children are offered in today's environment.

Michael Mawle, Bitterne

Michael has been a committed party member for over fifteen years. Prior to retirement he worked as a solicitor in collaboration with the National Union of Students supporting students around the Country and particularly in London.

 

 

 

Helen has lived and worked in Southampton for forty seven years and  has been involved with the community through work as  School Governor and  Chair of   the local Community Action Forum.  She started a Resident’s Association and  become the Chair of the Forum of Residents’ Associations.  Helen was elected as a Southampton City Councillor, (some 25 years ago) and became Spokesperson for the Environment.

It was during this time that she helped to start the Councils’ 24 hour noise and nuisance call out service, amongst other things.  Helen’s objective is to help facilitate a linked-up plan for the progression of our City…presently it lacks direction and co-ordination.

Lucy Mundell, Shirley

Lucy has been a Hampshire resident for most of her life. She became interested in environmental issues as a young child and followed this with a degree in marine & environmental studies.

She has since started an upcycling business 4 years ago in order to find a moral way of living and at the same time reducing her impact on the planet.

Lucy joined the Green Party as she finds their social policy has a more balanced approach to both people and the world we live in.

Having a multi-cultural family and many friends with other nationalities she finds the UK’s position over Brexit appalling. Remaining in the EU gives us better voice.

Lindsi has lived in Southampton for over 30 years, has studied at both Southampton and Solent universities and worked in the public, private and charitable sectors. She has been involved in a variety of community activities including Southampton Cycling campaign and the Friends of Cobbett Road Library and is a member of The City of Southampton Society. She has five grown up children and if elected she would work to protect and enhance the environment and ecology of the city, to improve cycle provision and public transport and to provide better support for small businesses

 

Chris Bluemel, Harefield

Chris is a self-employed musician and teacher. As well as teaching in and around Southampton, he accompanies the local choir the Conchord Singers, as well playing in a couple of bands both here and away. He also volunteers in an independent bookshop.

He is a passionate campaigner for peace, social justice and environmental protection, and has been involved in a wide variety of campaigns over several years, including residents' opposition to a biomass plant in Freemantle, and limits on aircraft noise from Southampton Airport.

 

 

Jonathan Bean, Millbrook

Jonathan has lived in the Millbrook ward of Southampton since 2006 after moving here to study, and now works as a writer and charity fundraiser. He believes in a fair society that prioritises the wellbeing and health of people and the environment we live in.

Southampton is a great city with a fascinating history and a future full of exciting possibilities. Jonathan is proud to call Southampton his home town and would consider it a privilege to serve the community as a councillor. In his spare time, he enjoys music, art, running, gardening, and eating out.

 

 

Rosanna Newey, Peartree

Rosanna grew up in Hampshire and has lived in Southampton for just over four years, with a 14-month gap in-between to live in London to work for the Green Party MP Caroline Lucas in her Parliamentary office. She studied History at the University of Exeter (based at the Cornwall Campus) where she learnt economic history and the importance of social movements, and now works at the University of Southampton, where she commutes by foot and uses public transportation to get around the city.

She believes that a properly funded public transportation network and pedestrianisation of cities are vital in order to improve both air quality and the lives of residents, but also that more pressure needs to be put on large corporations responsible for polluting the planet. If elected as Councillor, Rosanna would focus on addressing air quality, traffic congestion and homelessness by pushing for improved cycling infrastructure and public transportation as a real alternative to taking a car and emergency accommodation with more social homes that people can realistically afford.

 

 

Katherine Barbour, Portswood

Katherine Barbour lives in Portswood where she is standing as the Green Party Candidate. Most of her career has been in health and social care and sees the NHS as one of our greatest resources to be protected at all costs. She leads community projects such as making Portswood, Highfield and St Denys dementia friendly and has worked with residents of Kent Road to address the excessive use of HGVs along a quiet residential street. Addressing air quality in the city is one of her priorities. 

Angela has lived in Southampton for over 20 years. Before retiring she worked at Southampton General Hospital as a Medical Physicist for over 30 years so is well aware of the challenges facing the NHS locally.

She is active as a volunteer in her local community and is currently co-chair of Transition Southampton, a community organisation working towards a more sustainable city through projects such as Southampton Repair Cafe. While she believes climate change is one of the most important issues we face, we also need to address chronic problems of traffic congestion and air pollution in the city, and the many social problems arising from poverty and social exclusion.

Charlie Cutt is our local candidate for Sholing and has lived in Southampton for almost six years, having moved here (her husband’s home city) to care for her elderly father-in-law. She has worked in wildlife conservation for fifteen years, supporting local communities to look after parks and nature reserves in the UK and overseas.

Charlie is passionate about nature and thinks Southampton is a haven for wildlife, with its huge variety of open spaces, rivers and coastal habitats. She believes we need more ambitious plans to connect our natural spaces and ensure people from all areas and communities can experience and enjoy nature and the unique landscapes across our city.

Charlie’s vision is for Southampton to move from being a car-dependent, traffic-clogged, concrete clad centre to a vibrant, bustling destination city, with well-connected green routes for safe walking and cycling, flagship waterfront parks and pedestrianised areas free of traffic where people can eat, play and socialise in clean air, enjoying the best our fantastic city has to offer!

  

Clive Hillman, Woolston

Clive is a Centenary Quay resident since 2016 and has previously been both a Town and District Councillor in West Berkshire. He has always been an environmentalist but after doing an OU Environmental Studies degree in retirement he really came to align with the Green Party.

He is a supporter of action for clean air, improved cycling infrastructure, proportional representation and of course, the 'Peoples Vote and Revoke Article 50' campaigns. The bottom line for us all is consume less and reduce our impact on the environment.

Clive believes that the UK can only prosper and build a strong economy in order to improve our society by staying in the EU, and is absolutely certain that local representation and actions can influence council thinking and decisions.

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