European Elections 2009

The European Elections are on 4 June 2009.

Voting takes place in ten regions across England and Wales and seats are allocated in each region using a system of proportional representation.

The Green Party already has two MEPs: in London and the South East. Next year, we aim to increase this by gaining seats in our target regions of Eastern and North West.

Candidates

Our candidate lists for each region in England and Wales are below, with links to their pages on the regional websites.

Find out more about the campaign in each region via the region links in the middle of this page.

Eastern region:

1. Cllr Rupert Read

Dr. Rupert Read is a Senior Lecturer at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. He is one of 13 Green Councillors on Norwich City Council - the largest Green group in England. Active in politics for many years, Rupert worked with the Clinton Presidential campaign whilst working on his Ph.D in the USA.

2. Peter Lynn

3. Cllr James Abbott

4. Marc Scheimann

5. Angela Thomson

6. Councillor Andrew Stringer

7. Amy Drayson

East Midlands region:

1. Cllr. Sue Mallender

2. Cllr. Richard Mallender

3. Cllr. Ashley Baxter

4. Cllr. Matthew Follett

5. Barney Smith

London region:

1. Jean Lambert MEP

Jean has been London's Green MEP since 1999 and is standing for re-election in 2009. She is first on the London European election list.

North West region:

1. Peter Cranie

Peter works for a Parenting Support Charity on Merseyside and has extensive experience as a lecturer and working in the social care sector.

2. Cllr. Maia Whitelegg

7. Margaret Westbrook

8. Geoff Smith

North East region:

1. Chris Haine

2. Shirley Ford

3. Mike Toms

South East region:

1. Caroline Lucas MEP

Caroline is the Green Party Leader, and has been an MEP since 1999. In 2007, Caroline was voted Politician of the Year by Observer readers in their annual Ethical Awards and in 2008 was judged one of the Guardian’s top “eco-heroes.”

2. Cllr. Keith Taylor

3. Derek Wall

4. Cllr. Miriam Kennet

5. Cllr. Jason Kitcat

6. Hazel Dawe

7. Jonathan Essex

8. Matthew Ledbury

9. Steve Dawe

10. Beverley Golden

South West region:

1. Ricky Knight

Ricky is a Modern Languages teacher at a Specialist Language College in Barnstaple, North Devon. He has been a Town Councillor for five years, stood for Westminster in 2005 and has been selected to run again next time. He has been a Green Party member for 25 years.

2. Roger Creagh-Osborne

Wales:

1. Jake Griffiths

2. Kay Roney

3. Ann Were

4. John Matthews

West Midlands region:

1. Felicity Norman

Felicity has been an active member of the Green Party for 25 years, serving on different committees at both local and national level and is a former agriculture spokesperson for the party.