Kirklees Green Councillor Andrew Cooper has been selected by
Yorkshire and Humber Green Party as Lead Candidate in the 2014 European
Elections in a vote of Party members from across the region.
Andrew has been a Green Party Councillor in on Kirklees Council
since 1999 and has been re-elected 4 times. There are now 5
Greens elected to Kirklees Council. Andrew’s proudest achievement has been
establishing the UKs first universally free insulation scheme which insulated
over 50,000 homes in Kirklees. In 2008, in recognition of his work promoting
sustainable energy, Andrew was named as one of the UKs top 100
Environmentalists (number 59) in the Independent on Sunday’s Green List. Andrew
is also the national Chair of the Association of Green Councillors which has
over 130 Councillors from around the country. He is the Green Party’s National
Spokesperson on Energy and Climate Change
On
his selection Andrew said,
“I
am pleased to have been selected by the Green Party to contest these elections
in 2014. If elected, I would seek to ensure more European funds are levered
into our region to promote jobs and economic security. We want to ensure that
more people are able to work in the expanding green technologies sector.
This will help not just employment but peoples fuel bills through
improved energy efficiency. We will work hard to give more young people hope of
secure worthwhile employment. We need jobs which are
fulfilling, improve society and help protect our local and global environment.”
In
the last European Elections the Greens only narrowly missed gaining an MEP seat
by 1.3% in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Since then support for the BNP and
the Liberal Democrats has waned giving the Greens a real chance of electing
their first MEP in the region. The Green Party already has 2 MEPs in the
European Parliament representing London and the South East. The European
Elections are conducted under a list system of proportional representation
In
Yorkshire and the Humber the Green Party now has 15 Councillors on 6 Councils
in Yorkshire including Sheffield, Kirklees, Bradford, Leeds, Scarborough and
York.
ENDS
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