Worcester Green Party

RUTH STAFFORD - PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE FOR WORCESTER   

RUTH STAFFORD was selected as Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Worcester in January 2007. She lives and works in Worcester. Ruth shops and works locally; her job involves encouraging schoolchildren to bike or walk to school. She is an active member of the local Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace groups.

Ruth was previously local party contact and media officer with Montgomeryshire Green Party. She was Green Party candidate in St.Clement ward in the elections to Worcester City Council in May 2007, gaining 11.75% of the vote.

At the selection meeting, Ruth said:"I am particularly concerned about the effects our modern transport and shopping habits are having on our health, environment and wellbeing. These are the main issues I will campaign on, both before and during the general election." 

Ruth Stafford Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Worcester Contact: ruth@worcestergreen.com  

CHRIS LENNARD - PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE FOR WORCESTER   -   2005 GENERAL ELECTION   

CHRIS LENNARD was born in Worcester and has lived in Worcestershire all his life. He went to school at Blessed Edward Oldcorne in Timberdine Avenue, and in the 1990s he helped run a vegetarian cafe in Angel Place. He works in the NHS, caring for people in our local community. 

Chris has been a member of the Green Party for 24 years. He was elected to Malvern Hills District Council (1995-1998) and was co-opted as Malvern Town Councillor (2000-2001). In 1995 he spearheaded a successful campaign to close a highly-polluting incinerator in his locality. As one of the three-strong Green group on Malvern Hills District Council, he championed the Council's adoption of their Environmental Monitoring System and financial commitment to cycle routes and energy conservation.

In 2000 he became Scheme Initiator for Malvern's Walking for Health scheme - a Countryside Agency initiative - one of the first in the country. As co-ordinator of the GM-free Worcestershire campaign, Chris presented a 1,000-signature petition to Worcestershire County Council in January 2004.

In June 2004, Chris was the leading Green Party European Parliamentary candidate in the West Midlands, visiting 54 towns and cities across the region and talking to literally thousands of voters. The Green Party vote went up by 49%, with West Midlands Greens getting 74,000 votes. In 2005's general election in Worcester, Chris scored just over 900 votes. Chris is Press Officer for Worcester Green Party.