The Green Party has its first ever councillor in Greenwich after Tamasin Rhymes won the Shooters Hill by-election. The result, which was announced just after midnight, is the biggest upset in Greenwich politics for a generation and a rare humiliation for Labour, whose candidate Jummy Dawodu boycotted local hustings, claiming they would not be impartial, […]
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Labour by-election candidate made ‘untrue’ asbestos claim about land sale
Labour’s candidate in the Shooters Hill by-election has made “demonstrably untrue” claims about asbestos in a building Greenwich Council plans to sell, according to a community association that wants to take on the site. Jummy Dawodu claimed in a letter to residents that Green Garth, an empty bungalow next to the Shrewsbury House community centre, […]
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Labour candidate boycotts hustings and criticises residents’ campaigns
Labour’s candidate for the Shooters Hill by-election boycotted community hustings held over the weekend, claiming campaigns to stop council land sales in the ward had attracted little support. Jummy Dawodu also used a letter sent to residents’ homes to accuse the ward’s former councillor, Ivis Williams, of “siding with the Conservatives” in speaking up for […]
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Don’t speak up for Green by-election candidate, Labour councillors warned
Greenwich’s Labour councillors have been ordered not to express their support for the Green candidate in this month’s by-election in Shooters Hill. The extraordinary warning came as organisers of hustings taking place this weekend said that Labour had not responded to a request to take part – even though all six other candidates had pledged to […]
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Seven candidates stand in Shooters Hill by-election following land sale row
Seven candidates will compete to succeed Ivis Williams as councillor for Shooters Hill at a by-election called after the Labour councillor’s resignation earlier this month. Williams quit after Labour threatened her with suspension for speaking up for residents in the ward who had protested against the planned sale of Green Garth, a bungalow in the […]
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Labour councillor who quit endorses Green candidate in Shooters Hill
A Greenwich Labour councillor who quit her role after facing disciplinary action for supporting local residents has endorsed the Green candidate for next month’s Shooters Hill by-election. Ivis Williams, who stood down three weeks ago in a row over plans to sell council land in her ward, has backed Tamasin Rhymes for the by-election, which […]
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Labour councillor quits after facing sanction for defending residents
A Greenwich Labour councillor who spoke up for local residents protesting against the sale of council land in her ward has quit after being threatened with a six-week suspension. Ivis Williams, who had been a councillor since 2018, spoke out in March about the disposal of the Greenwich Equestrian Centre, as well as the sale […]
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