Today we have seen a historic result in the East Midlands, for the first East Mids Mayoral election. The Green Party candidate Frank Adlington-Stringer received 50,666 votes, turning predictions of Reform UK taking third place on its head.
From a standing start, and raising much of the £10,000 needed to compete in this election during the last three months, this is an astounding success for us in the East Midlands. Historically we have struggled to replicate strong Green successes seen elsewhere in the country, but we see this as a turning point.
A small, determined, team took to the road using whatever resources they could to spread Frank’s green manifesto across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Adlington-Stringer’s candidacy was welcomed by the Green Party’s deputy leader Zack Polanski. He said: “I’m delighted to see Frank has been selected to be the candidate for Mayor. I’ve seen how much Frank cares about the community and will be a vibrant and exciting Mayor that will always have people and planet at the heart of everything he does – he’d be a very wise choice for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire”.
We want to say a huge thanks to all those who voted for the Green Party for the first time and leave you with Franks reaction at the count where it became apparent that he’d achieved something special.