Our Election Priorities and Questions for Candidates
On 19 March, TDEG members got together to create a list of our election priorities and some specific questions for two forthcoming elections. You can read the summary of those discussions here.
A General Election has been called for Thursday 4 July. So we have sent all the candidates in our Derbyshire Dales ward a copy of our questions, and promised to publish their responses.
The seven candidates are listed below (alphabetically), alongside links to their own campaign websites, followed by their responses (if any) to our questions. We will keep adding their responses to this list until 4 July (so please do check again before you vote).
As well as our own election priorities and questions, we have joined a partnership of local environmental groups who have created a campaign to help people to hold Neighbourhood Nature Forums. The aim is to decide on local priorities in relation to biodiversity and effectively campaign for these ahead of the general election. These groups are Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, the British Mountaineering Council, Down to Earth, Rural Action Derbyshire, CPRE and the Woodland Trust. You can read more about their Neighbourhood Nature plans here.
You may like to read the assessments of some of those national organisations of each party’s policies and promises:
- The Friends of the Earth manifesto assessment and ranking
- The Wildlife Trusts have a web page with useful information about the general election, including assessments of individual parties manifestos.
Responses from our seven candidates:
Kelda Boothroyd – Green Party
Responses to our election questions – not yet received.
Sarah Dines – Conservative Party
Responses to our election questions – not yet received.
Rachel Elnaugh-Love – Independent
Responses to our election questions – here
Edward Hudson Oakenfull – Reform Party
Responses to our election questions – not received yet.
The Big Climate and Nature Debate
This event was held earlier in the election campaign. Organised by the Wildlife Trusts and Wildlife & Countryside Link, it has a panel representing many of the main political parties answering questions about their climate action and nature policies. You can watch it on YouTube here.
