Number of Green Party councillors increased to 166 across the UK
- Number of Green Party councillors up to 166
- Green Party win 87 seats in English local council elections, bringing their total number of councillors to 166
- Greens now sit on 58 councils across England
- Greens gain 7 seats on Bristol Council
- Greens win seats for the first time on Bournemouth, Bath, North East Somerset, Forest of Dean, Lewes, Mendip and Warwick councils
Hackney Green Party has trebled its results from the 2010 General Election and seen two of the best results in the UK
Heather Finlay’s Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency voted the Greens into third place, with 14.6% of the vote share up from 4.6% at last election behind Conservatives 14.7%, Labour 63%.
Press Statement: Hackney Council's election planning shambolic, says Hackney Greens
"Hackney Council's election planning has been shambolic, to put it nicely," said Hackney Green Party in a statement today.
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