Malvern
Hills Green Party
 
Councillor John Raine
Guy Woodford
The
Green Party on Malvern Hills District Council
John
Raine was elected to Malvern Hills District
Council in May 2000, representing West Malvern Ward;
he had previously been Chairman of West Malvern
Parish Council. He was Chairman of the District
Council's Best Value and Planning Committees, and portfolio holder with responsibility for Planning
and Sustainability.
John
has lived in West Malvern for 27 years, is organist
at St.James's Church, and he organised the first
West Malvern Festival Weekend in 2003. He is a
professor in the Institute of Local Government
Studies at the University of Birmingham.
The
Green Party has been represented on Malvern Hills
District Council since 1987, when Guy Woodford
won the Frome Ward. He was joined in 1989 by Barbara
Hardwick (Baldwin Ward). Barbara lost her seat
two years later, but the election of Ann Storey-Day
(The Hanleys) and Chris Lennard (Morton Ward)
in 1995 saw a three-strong Green group on the
Council, which, because of the balance of power, was
able to introduce a number of Green initiatives.
MHDC took up the Home Energy Conservation Bill
(introduced into Parliament by the Green Party),
going into partnership with the Black Country Energy
Advice Centre to give advice on energy-saving
measures and grants. They built the long-awaited
cycle path between Hanley Castle and
Upton-upon-Severn and created a cycle path network
plan, and they adopted the Environmental Monitoring
System, securing financial savings for local Council
Taxpayers and reducing waste. After a three-year
spell of Conservative control, the LibDem/Green
group took control of the Council in 2003. They
lost control of the Council in May 2007, but John
Raine retained his seat.
  
Norbert
Tucker, Malcolm Victory, and Dave Shaw - Parish and Town Councillors in
Malvern, Pershore and Evesham
Suckley Parish Council
Mike
Jackson was returned unopposed to Suckley Parish
Council at the elections in May 2007.
Malvern
Wells Parish Council
Malcolm
Victory has been a Malvern Wells Parish
Councillor since May 2000. He has lived in Malvern
for twenty years, raising a family of four children.
He was Green Party candidate at the 2001 and 2005
general elections, and was consort to the last Mayor
of Malvern during her turbulent reign. Malcolm is
organiser of the Malvern Fringe.
He
was returned
unopposed to Malvern Wells Parish Council at the
elections in May 2007.
Anyone
wishing to join Malvern Hills Green Party, or to find
out more information, should contact Malcolm Victory
malcolmvictory@tiscali.co.uk
01684 575156.
Pershore
Town Council
Dave
Shaw has lived
in the Vale of Evesham since 1977. He is a tutor at
Farncombe Estate, and teaches dry stone walling for
bodies such as BTCV and the Cotswolds AONB. Dave was
honoured at an awards ceremony in 2006 for his
conservation achievements, particularly in the Vale
of Evesham.
Dave
lives in Pershore with his family. He has been a
Pershore Town Councillor since 1991, and chairs two
committees.
Evesham Town Council
Norbert
Tucker has been a Councillor on Evesham Town Council
since May 2003. A Green Party member for many years,
one of Norbert's main interests is in public
transport issues.
Norbert
lives in Evesham with his wife Julie and their two
children. He has worked in the horticultural and
agricultural sector. Norbert was School Governor for
16 years, at Bengeworth and at Evesham High School.
Gordon Matthews was elected to Evesham Town Council
at the
elections in May 2007.
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