tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post4323527660314758176..comments2024-03-28T18:18:29.643+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Green vote share triples in LondonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-45918614886373383852015-05-08T17:40:57.502+01:002015-05-08T17:40:57.502+01:00A challenge within 'first past the post' e...A challenge within 'first past the post' electoral system -- especially for parties that do not have the media support of Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem and UKIP -- is attaining the 5% vote share required for candidates to retain their electoral deposit. Thus in the Brent Central and Brent North constituencies as well as Hampstead & Kilburn, the Green Party candidates lost their deposits.<br /><br />That will require additional fundraising.<br /><br />I would like to see London Federation of Green Parties giving greater prominence to investing in promoting the Green Party profile in such constituencies, so as to increase the spread of the Green Party voteshare in such Proportional Representation elections as for some Assembly Members in the Greater London Authority elections and elections to the European Parlaiment.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I am glad that my vote for Party Leader Natalie Bennett in Holborn & St Pancras contributed to her 12.8% share of the vote. The Holborn & St Pancras constituency has consistently been blessed with at least one Green Party councillor since 2006 council elections and when Natalie stood as parliamentary candidate in the 2010 General Election, the one Green Party councillor not standing down had such a great reputation that she received more votes than any other candidate in Highgate Ward. Cllr Maya De Souza (Green Party) even got more votes for the one council ward than Natalie got for the whole parliamentary constituency at a time of electoral wipe out for Green Party councillors as London council elections were hit by fallout from the 'three wise men' debate that brought hoardes to polling stations who would have otherwise stayed at home.Kilburn Unemployed Workers Grouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281633520479831796noreply@blogger.com