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.

In …

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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 2021 Local Election Results

AWP Celebrates 2021 Local Election Results
Post Date May 9, 2021
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Animal Welfare Party is celebrating some of its best results to date in the London Mayoral and Assembly Elections and in Lothian Region in the Scottish Parliament Elections. 

In the London Mayoral Election, AWP’s Vanessa Hudson received 16,826 first preference votes and 63,619 second preference votes.

In the London-wide Assembly election, AWP stood a party list of six candidates and received 44,667 votes from across the capital (1.7% of the vote) – ranking seventh overall and gaining almost 19,000 more votes than the party received in this …

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AWP Standing in London Mayoral, Assembly & Scottish Parliament Elections

AWP Standing in London Mayoral, Assembly & Scottish Parliament Elections
Post Date April 2, 2021
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Animal Welfare Party is standing for the first time in the London Mayoral Election and in Lothian Region in the Scottish Parliament Elections which take place on 6th May. The party will also contest the London-wide Assembly Election for the second time.

In London, party leader, Vanessa Hudson is contesting the Mayoral Election and acting as Lead Candidate for AWP in the London-wide election. Sam Morland, Alex Bourke, Femy Amin, Mark Scott and Julian Weisman join on the party list.

“I’m standing because, as we emerge from the …

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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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Animal Welfare Party Councillor’s Hedgehogs Success Sparks National Interest

Animal Welfare Party Councillor’s Hedgehogs Success Sparks National Interest
Post Date April 27, 2018
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Image Credit: British Hedgehog Preservation Society

In March, Animal Welfare Party deputy leader and elected town councillor Jane Smith successfully tabled a motion that for every new planning application coming before Alsager Town Council in Cheshire, native hedging should be stipulated for all new boundaries, and that if native hedging isn’t possible, any solid walls or fences must incorporate ‘wildlife tunnels’ to allow hedgehogs and other animals through access.

It’s estimated that the UK has lost a third of its hedgehog population in the past decade alone, …

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Leave or Remain? AWP’s Position on How to Vote in the Interest of Animal Welfare

Leave or Remain? AWP’s Position on How to Vote in the Interest of Animal Welfare
Post Date May 30, 2016
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On Thursday 23rd June, registered voters in the UK will be able to vote to decide if we should remain in or leave the European Union.

The debate so far, led by Westminster parties from both the REMAIN and LEAVE campaigns, has often proved confusing at best and manipulative at worst, leaving many voters frustrated and unsure how to vote. Also, those debates have focused almost entirely on the interests of people, while the interests of animals and the environment have received scant attention. In this …

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