Islington Green Party is proud to announce that it is standing candidates in both Islington constituencies, such that all Islington voters have the opportunity to vote Green in the upcoming election.
Carne Ross is the Green Party spokesperson for global solidarity, and is standing for Islington South and Finsbury. He said: “It’s time to end politics as usual, in Islington and nationally. I want to put power in everyone’s hands, and end our ‘elective dictatorship’ where all the decisions that matter are taken by a tiny few in Westminster. The people of Islington know their circumstances best, and they should be in charge. Their needs will be my only priority if I’m elected.”
As the party’s candidate for Islington North, Sheridan Kates wants to put discussions of the economy front and centre: “Too often our government hides behind claims that ‘there’s no magical money tree’ and ‘we need to make hard decisions’ to justify underfunding crucial public services. The economic plans coming from the incoming Labour shadow government are based on continued economic growth, which widens inequality and harms our planet. We need political leaders who understand that we can already find the money, so we should be using it to eradicate poverty and build opportunity and a fairer society in Islington and the whole country.”
Candidates were invited to put themselves forward from the entire member base, and selected using free and fair member voting (including online hustings).
With the latest polling data showing that Greens are the second most popular political party in both constituencies1, the opportunity is real to show an incoming Labour government that they must not continue the Tory austerity of the last fourteen years.
Full bios for candidates can be found at https://islington.greenparty.org.uk/2024-ge-candidates.
1: Full polling results:
| Constituency | LAB | GRN | CON | LIB | REF | OTH |
| Islington South and Finsbury | 67 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| Islington North | 69 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 |