Green Wave in Whitstable: Historic Victory for Canterbury District Green Party! 8 May 2025 / 8 May 2025 by Thomas Isted The Canterbury District Green Party won its first ever seat on Kent County Council (KCC) at the elections held on Thursday 1st May, with Stuart Heaver scoring a resounding victory in Whitstable West, getting 35% of the vote. This was achieved in the face of a political tidal wave which all but wiped out Labour […] Read more »
GREENS CAMPAIGNING HARD FOR SEATS ON KENT COUNTY COUNCIL 7 April 2025 / 10 April 2025 by Thomas Isted For the first time, The Green Party will be fielding candidates in all eight Divisions in the Canterbury District of the Kent County Council Elections to be held on 1st May 2025. The Canterbury District campaign for the 2025 KCC elections was launched on the beach at Whitstable when Green Party deputy leader Zack Polanksi […] Read more »
The Green Party won a resounding victory in Whitstable Gorrell holding the seat with nearly 50% of the vote 9 March 2025 / 10 April 2025 by Thomas Isted The successful Green candidate was former naval officer and journalist, Stuart Heaver, who has lived in Whitstable for more than 20 years and will join fellow Green Councillor, Clare Turnbull, to serve local residents in the ward. “Greens work hard all year round on local issues like sewage pollution, excessive luxury housing development that fail […] Read more »
Success in Gorrell By-Election 7 March 2025 / 10 April 2025 by Thomas Isted Stuart Heaver was elected as Councillor for Gorrell ward (Whitstable) at the Canterbury City Council By-Election on 6th March with almost 50% of the vote. The Green Party successfully defended this seat after the resignation of Green Party Councillor Steve Wheeler. This reflects the hard work that Steve and fellow Green Party Councillor, Clare Turnbull, […] Read more »
Canterbury District By-Elections – Thursday 6th March 2025 28 February 2025 / 10 April 2025 by Thomas Isted Campaigning continues for the three Green Party Candidates for the By-Elections to be held on Thursday 6th March 2025 Stuart Heaver is defending the seat in Gorrell Ward (Whitstable) after Green Councillor Steve Wheeler was unable to continue in the role. With Whitstable as his home for nearly 20 years, Stuart was one of the […] Read more »
Candidates announced for March 2025 By-Elections 26 February 2025 / 10 April 2025 by Thomas Isted Green Party Candidates selected for Canterbury District By-Elections to be held on Thursday 6th March 2025 Three Canterbury City council by-elections are being contested on 6th March and the Green Party candidates have now been selected as follows: The by-election in Gorrell has been called after the resignation of serving Green Councillor, Steve Wheeler, who […] Read more »
Greens Backing a Plastic Free Whitstable 29 December 2024 / 10 April 2025 by Thomas Isted Councillor Clare Turnbull has been supporting the revival of Plastic Free Whitstable. Group members will be working with businesses and community groups to reduce single use plastic in the town and promote recycling. Contact Clare if you would like to know more or get involved. GREEN PARTY COUNCILLORS WORKING HARD ALL YEAR ROUND JOIN CLARE, […] Read more »
Clare Turnbull and Steven Wheeler stand up to bad housing development 17 December 2024 / 10 April 2025 by Thomas Isted Clare in Canterbury Road where she and Steve have been supporting residents Your Whitstable councillors have been working hard to support residents whose lives have been negatively affected by property development. Councillor Clare Turnbull ‘called in’ the planning decision for 49 55 Canterbury Road, Whitstable, working with residents of Essex Street. Residents reported that the […] Read more »
Where Did the Money Go? Greens Challenge Council Budget 29 November 2024 / 10 April 2025 by Thomas Isted Green Party councillors and activists scrutinise how Canterbury City council intends spending your money in their annual budget. Council officers were grilled about apparent anomalies including a £400,000 payment paid to a restaurant group that later went bankrupt. Read more »
