Welcome to North Lancashire Green Party - North Lancashire Green Party

North Lancashire Green Party is a local party of the Green Party of England & Wales covering the districts of Lancaster and Wyre including Morecambe, Carnforth, Garstang, Fleetwood, and the Lune Valley.

local Elections 2025 – 4 greens elected!

Congratulations to our new Green County Councillors – Gina Dowding (Lancaster Central), Paul Stubbins (Lancaster East) and Hamish Mills (Lancaster South East) – who have all been elected to Lancashire County Council with big majorities! They will form a Green Group of 4 along with Cllr Sohail Asghar (Accrington West & Oswaldtwistle Central), doubling the number of County seats we previously held.

Sadly we missed out on some other hoped-for wins, as Reform UK made huge gains. They have taken control of Lancashire County Council, winning a majority (53) of the 84 seats, including all of the Morecambe, Heysham, Skerton and Rural seats in the Lancaster District, and several more in Wyre.

Congratulations also to our youngest and newest Green City Councillor, Wilson Colley, whose excellent win in the John O’Gaunt by-election ensured that Greens remain the largest group (with 23 seats) on Lancaster City Council. Wilson gave a rousing acceptance speech, denouncing the politics of hate and division that have swept the country, and speaking of the real hope and real change that Greens bring to our communities.

You can see the detailed County results here.

Greens won 86 seats, which was a net gain of 43 seats across England, including breakthroughs onto three new councils. We now have a record 859 seats on 181 councils!

Our manifesto for lancashire County Council

Urgent action on the climate emergency

Seize the potential in the green skills sector (the fastest growing of the economy) for skilled jobs and training
Invest to save in clean energy: County should follow Lancaster City Council example and invest in its own renewable energy generation

ENABLING SMALL BUSINESSES, TOURISM AND CULTURE TO THRIVE

Support innovation, digital, and electronics technology manufacturing
Enable small businesses, tourism and culture to thrive

Affordable and cosy homes – in the right places!

Ensure well-designed affordable homes to minimise carbon emissions, keep household energy bills low and prevent illness caused by cold and damp in places with good connectivity.
Push for more social housing
County must push for energy efficient retrofit of existing homes at greater pace and scale.

Supporting local communities and vulnerable people

Invest in prevention measures to keep families and communities healthy
Prioritise resilience against flooding

Green spaces and public realm for people and wildlife

Defend nature in our valued parks and open spaces
Support local food growing and markets

A transport system for clean air and liveable streets

Fix our roads so that they are safe for all road users
Re-regulate bus services so that all areas have reliable integrated bus services
Invest in new safe cycling and walking not as an afterthought to roads

Local Government Re-Organisation

Specific proposals must: not be rushed; ensure public accountability; keep services local and guarantee service improvements; and have residents’ support.
Labour’s plans for mega-sized council will cost millions in tax payer’s money and should come with more funding for basic services.
Greens are not against ‘unitary’ councils in principle but this major upheaval of councils will be felt for decades-long.

Our candidates

The Green Party Manifesto and Local Government

Zack Polanski visits Lancashire

Some History: From Lancaster City Council, to Lancashire County Council, to Europe

Our first 5 Green Councillors were elected to Lancaster City Council in 1999. This rose to 7 in 2003, to 12 in
In 2007, down to 8 in 2011, up to 10 in 2019, to 21 in 2023, and up to 23 in 2024.

In 2001, Jonathon Sear became our first person elected to Lancashire County Council.

Jon Barry was Lancaster’s first Green Mayor in 2015/16.

Cllr Gina Dowding, a City Councillor (since 1999), and County Councillor for Lancaster Central (since 2013) was also (briefly – before Brexit!) a Green Member of the European Parliament for the North West.

You can learn more about Gina’s work at all levels at GinaDowding.org.uk/

We have been part of a shared administration of Lancaster City Council with other political parties since 2019.

Cllr Caroline Jackson was the first Green Leader of the Council from 2021-23.

In the 2023 Local Elections we won 21 (out of 61) seats on Lancaster City Council and emerged with 4 Councillors in the Joint Administration Cabinet along with 5 Labour and 1 Liberal Democrat Councillors.

Greens held the portfolios of Finance, Housing, Climate Emergency, and Economic Development. Cllr Caroline Jackson became the Deputy Leader.

In the 2024 General Election

Jack Lenox for Lancaster and Wyre received 5,236 votes, a 12.2% vote share – higher than 2015, our previous best, and triple our vote share in the last General Election in 2019.

Gina Dowding for Morecambe and Lunesdale received 2,089 votes, a 4.3% vote share.

Several resignations of Labour Councillors in 2024, and 2 by-election Green wins: in University Ward in July, and in Scotforth East in October, lead to a shift where we replaced Labour as the largest group on Lancaster City Council with 23 Councillors.

This makes us the joint second biggest group of elected Greens in the UK, along with Mid-Suffolk who also have 23 Green Councillors. Only Bristol has an even bigger elected Green Group, with 34.

In November 2024, after the sudden resignation of the Labour leader of the Council and Labour’s decision to go into opposition, Cllr Caroline Jackson was elected Leader of the Council. This makes Lancaster one of only 12 councils across England with a Green leader. A cabinet was formed of 9 members: 6 Green, 2 Liberal Democrat & 1 Morecambe Bay Independent). Greens hold the portfolios of Housing, Finance and Property, Regeneration & Local Economy (Lancaster), Climate, Planning, and Corporate Services.

For 2024/25, Cllr Abi Mills is the Mayor and her son Cllr Hamish Mills is the Deputy Mayor. You can follow the events of their mayoral year on Facebook – Mayor of Lancaster.

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