Politics

The lobbying workshop runs from 11am to 1pm at Bishop Stortford Library in The Causeway, on Saturday, May 25.

The party broke the Conservatives' stranglehold, winning 6 seats on East Herts Council and 5 on Bishop's Stortford Town Council

UK goes to the polls on May 23 to elect MEPs after fellow EU members agreed a Brexit delay until the end of October

The Liberal Democrats made the biggest gains in the district council elections as the Conservatives saw their overwhelming majority dented

The Conservatives lost their position as the biggest party on Sawbridgeworth Town Council as Independent candidates won seven of the 12 seats

Council leader Howard Rolfe among 20 Conservative casualties as his party are almost wiped out by Residents for Uttlesford (R4U)

Former mayor Colin Woodward loses second seat in a day as Liberal Democrats make five gains and Labour one

Veteran councillor and community stalwart Angela Alder will be joined on the district council by Ruth Buckmaster and John Burmicz

Ex-Stortford mayors Colin Woodward and Keith Warnell lose – Labour and Green Party win in Hertford and Ware

In 2015 the Tories won all 50 seats on East Herts Council and all 18 on Bishop's Stortford Town Council

Greens want to look at implementing the Incredible Edible initiative in community planting and increase allotment space.

Tories support government’s Clean Energy Strategy and are working to procure 100% ‘green’ energy in corporate electricity supply contracts.

Party warns: "Without a sea change in policy, only a polluting, congesting gridlock can result."

After leaving the EU, UKIP would re-establish the successful local drainage supervisory boards run by those most affected by flooding.

"Treating each large development in isolation invariably leads to the whole being less and less the sum of the parts."

"We would put the plans for a 500-seat theatre on hold until we had carried out full research."

Party argues it is vital that the Rhodes is given continued help and support in the future.

"Stortford cannot support significant numbers of new shops and ORL is too important a site to just turn into flats."

"Vision for the Old River Lane site is a high-quality mixed-use scheme of good quality design."

Greens want local businesses to boost the town's economy.