Will Duckworth has been elected Deputy Green Party leader. The results (after elimination of the women candidates - see below) was:
Will Duckworth 1329 votes (52%), Richard Mallender 1245 votes (48%)
Will is a Green councillor in the Black Country who won a traditionally Labour ward. He comes from a working class background and was a trade union activist in the NASUWT during a 30 year teaching career.
His campaign literature said:
Will Duckworth 1329 votes (52%), Richard Mallender 1245 votes (48%)
Will is a Green councillor in the Black Country who won a traditionally Labour ward. He comes from a working class background and was a trade union activist in the NASUWT during a 30 year teaching career.
His campaign literature said:
If ever there was someone who understands how to communicate the Green Party message to working class people and win seats in wards like this then it is Will Duckworth.I his election as a powerful corrective to the middle class image of a party that too often is seen as a green hued alternative to the Lib Dems.
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