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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AWP Councillor Jane Smith Asks Cheshire East Cabinet to Provide Plant-Based Options in Schools

AWP Councillor Jane Smith Asks Cheshire East Cabinet to Provide Plant-Based Options in Schools
Post Date July 13, 2018
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This week AWP Councillor Jane Smith addressed Cheshire East Borough Council’s Cabinet asking them to provide daily plant-based options in school canteens across the borough, with a view to progressing towards a wholly plant-based menu one day a week.

Smith was given one minute to address the cabinet at it’s monthly meeting in Sandbach, Cheshire. 

AWP has long called for healthy plant-based options to be made available in all schools at every meal believing this to be key to lowering rates of childhood obesity …

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