On May 22nd 2024, Rishi Sunak announced that the next general elections will take place on July 4th.
Constituencies
As a result of the 2023 constituency boundaries review, Haringey is now divided into four new constituencies:
Parliamentary Candidates
Earlier this year local Green Party members voted for & selected the following parliamentary candidates:
Tottenham
David Craig
David is a professional journalist and external communications officer for Haringey Green Party.
“I am standing for Tottenham as I strongly believe that David Lammy and the wider Labour Party have let down members of this community. Their inaction over the horrifying scenes in Gaza and capitulation to unambitious, right-wing ideology does not align with the values that we hold in this constituency. People here want change, and I am a candidate that will deliver it by pushing for progressive, fair and moral policies that keep the most vulnerable in society at heart.”
See also the announcement about his selection.
X (formerly Twitter): @_david_craig
Southgate and Wood Green
Charith Gunawardena
Charith is a former councillor for Enfield (2018-22, Green party from May 2021), Enfield resident for nearly 30 years, and a local businessman (director & co-founder).
Website: https://southgatewoodgreens.org/about-charith/
Instagram: @cllrgunawardena
Facebook: /CllrCharithGunawardena
Hampstead and Highgate
Lorna Jane Russell
Lorna is the elected councillor for Highgate Ward.
She has been selected as our candidate for the new
Hampstead and Highgate seat, which covers the Highgate (Camden) ward, where she lives and serves as a councillor. It also includes her former ward of Fortune Green, which she represented on Camden Council from 2014 to 2022. Outside of politics, she is a trustee at a local community centre in the West Hampstead area.
X: @lornajane2
Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Fabio Vollono
Fabio is a social media officer for Barnet Green Party. He’s lived in Barnet since 1968.
“I have lived in the Borough of Barnet since 1968 and attended a school in Friern Barnet, so I know the area very well. After the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, I became more environmentally aware. I joined Greenpeace and started voting for the Green Party.
On May Day 2019, I protested in Parliament Square for the UK Parliament to declare a climate emergency. Since then the government has eroded our right to protest peacefully. Fourteen years of awful mismanagement of our environment and our society has spurred me to become more active locally.
Since joining the Barnet Green Party, I have kept our social media active, leafleted for campaigns and stood as a candidate councillor in my ward during the 2022 local elections. I am standing as Green MP candidate for Hornsey and Friern Barnet because I am passionate about democracy and giving voters the choice to vote for a greener environment and, most importantly, the existential climate crisis that we all face. I want Hornsey, Friern Barnet and this country to have environmentally friendly, well-funded, locally controlled, public services and I will advocate nationally for policies that prioritise renewable energy and community involvement in green issues.
As a British born European with Italian and French heritage I want us to rejoin the EU after the disaster of Brexit, which, right now, only the Green Party advocates for. The EU has stronger environmental policies on clean waterways and air, on reduction in soil pollution and pesticides that kill our wildlife, especially invertebrates, all of which the UK government blatantly ignores.
We need to apply progressive taxes for the super rich and corporations as well as close tax loopholes. Fairer taxation will improve all aspects of society and would fund the Green energy revolution we all desperately need.
I am ready to serve and work for you as your Green Party MP, should you choose to elect me. I will advocate for renewable energy, equitable healthcare, fairer taxes and community involvement in green issues. Together we can build a future that respects our planet and cares for all members of society.”