Animal Welfare Party To Stand Four Candidates in 2024 General Election

Animal Welfare Party To Stand Four Candidates in 2024 General Election
Post Date June 7, 2024
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Animal Welfare Party will stand four candidates in London, Hampshire and Dorset in the July 4th General Election.
AWP Leader, Vanessa Hudson will stand in the constituency of Bethnal Green and Stepney in London for the second time. Professor Andrew Knight will also stand for a second time in the constituency of New Forest East in Hampshire. Gavin Ridley will stand in the constituency of New Forest West in Hampshire for the first time and Sasha Jolliffe will stand in the constituency of Christchurch in Dorset …

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AWP Celebrates 2024 London Mayor & Assembly Election Results

AWP Celebrates 2024 London Mayor & Assembly Election Results
Post Date May 5, 2024
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AWP’s is celebrating a set of inspiring results in the 2024 London Mayor and London-wide Assembly Elections.

Mayor of London Election 

In the election for Mayor of London, AWP’s Femy Amin received: 29,280 votes (1.18% of the vote) and came 8th out of 13 candidates.

The party previously contested the London Mayoral election for the first time in 2021 when the election was then held under the Supplementary Vote system. With the Mayoral election now held under the First Past The Post, there were no second preference votes.

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AWP’s Femy Amin to stand in Mayor of London Election

AWP’s Femy Amin to stand in Mayor of London Election
Post Date March 28, 2024
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Femy Amin will stand as Animal Welfare Party’s candidate for the Mayor of London election while a party list of 7 candidates, a record for AWP, will contest the London-wide Assembly Election on 2nd May.

Amin, a healthcare professional, came to the UK as a teenage Afghan refugee and describes herself as long being motivated to create a fairer, more compassionate society. She first stood for election for AWP in 2019, in the constituency of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner before standing again in the 2021 London-wide …

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Animal Welfare Party Gains Representative on Hexham Town Council, Northumberland

Animal Welfare Party Gains Representative on Hexham Town Council, Northumberland
Post Date January 20, 2024
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Hexham, Northumberland: Animal Welfare Party has gained a representative on Hexham Town Council, the second in the party’s history, after sitting Town Councillor, Lee Williscroft-Ferris switched from being independent to representing AWP

On 20th January, Lee Williscroft-Ferris, a serving councillor on Hexham Town Council in Northumberland made a small piece of history when he announced his decision to switch from being independent to Animal Welfare Party, becoming the second representative in the party’s history, the first in Northumberland and the North East. 

Williscroft-Ferris, who has served on …

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2023 Local Elections Update

2023 Local Elections Update
Post Date April 4, 2023
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AWP is happy to announce that Gavin Ridley will stand for election in the ward of Alderney and Bourne Valley in Dorset and Jane Smith will stand for election to Smallwood Parish Council in Cheshire East, in the 2023 local elections to be held in England on 4th May. 

In the Alderney and Bourne Valley ward in Dorset, with the biodiversity and climate crises a key concern, Gavin Ridley intends to focus his campaigning on the urgent need to make space for nature in the ward.

In Smallwood, Jane …

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AWP Celebrates Encouraging Local Election Results

AWP Celebrates Encouraging Local Election Results
Post Date May 11, 2022
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Animal Welfare Party is celebrating encouraging results in last week’s local elections in which the party stood two candidates:

In Southend’s Victoria Ward, where AWP’s candidate Rik Moran stood for the first time, he received 105 votes / 3%.

In Croydon’s Addiscombe West ward, where AWP’s candidate Saffron Gloyne stood for the first time, she received 155 votes / 1.6%.

Although our candidates weren’t elected, both results are impressive for a first time standing and given that many of the parties AWP was standing against had larger campaign …

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Halt Pigeon Cull in Dunbar, says Animal Welfare Party

Halt Pigeon Cull in Dunbar, says Animal Welfare Party
Post Date February 2, 2021
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Photo Credit: Railway bridge crossing Spott Road © Copyright Jthomas, Creative Commons Licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

 

Local campaigners from Animal Welfare Party are calling on East Lothian Council to halt a planned cull of pigeons in Dunbar.

The railway bridge on Spott Road and its resident wild pigeon population is the focus of attention from local people and wildlife groups after East Lothian councillors proposed to cull the pigeons and install anti-roosting bird netting under the bridge.

“The birds certainly shouldn’t be killed” said local resident and AWP Member, Kay Hamilton, Dowager …

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AWP Committee of National Officers Re-elected at Online AGM

AWP Committee of National Officers Re-elected at Online AGM
Post Date November 29, 2020
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Animal Welfare Party’s Committee of National Officers were re-elected today during the party’s online Annual General Meeting.

Vanessa Hudson continues as the Party Leader.

Jane Smith continues as Deputy Leader.

Louise Cobham continues as Treasurer.

Jon Homan continues as Nominating Officer.

Due to coronavirus restrictions, the AGM was held online with an increased attendance on previous years.

The meeting reviewed the party’s activities over the past year and looked at potential activities for the year ahead which include the possibility of the party contesting the London Assembly, Scottish Parliament and Welsh …

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London: UK’s Animal Welfare Party perform celebratory conga dance outside Parliament to kick off 2014

London: UK’s Animal Welfare Party perform celebratory conga dance outside Parliament to kick off 2014
Post Date January 1, 2014
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Release Date: 01.01.14

London: UK’s Animal Welfare Party perform celebratory conga dance outside Parliament to kick off 2014, the year the party predicts history will be made for animals

Today, New Year’s Day, the Animal Welfare Party performed a celebratory conga dance outside Parliament to usher in 2014, the year the party predicts history will be made for animals when dedicated representatives are returned to the EU Parliament for the first time ever.

Despite heavy rain and winds and much to the amusement of New Year’s Day …

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