The General Election saw increases in vote share for the Conservatives and Labour at the expense of all the smaller parties. The Green Party was definitely affected across Northamptonshire, where we saw our vote share come in at between 1.5% and 2.4%. Green votes were significantly lower in constituencies where Labour genuinely a threat to the Conservatives. Unfortunately a lot of people who would have wanted to vote Green felt that it was more important to vote against the party they didn’t want to get in than to vote for who they actually wanted. I had lots of conversations with people after they voted and many said the Green Party had the best policies but they voted tactically.
This vote was polarised by the popularity of two very different party leaders, it was not an accurate reflection on how popular the Green Party are locally. Our campaign in the Wellingborough…
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