Ahead of next Thursday’s local elections, JesmondLocal spoke with Martin Evison who hopes to claim the South Jesmond seat for Reform UK. Evison, a former professor at Northumbria University, says the pandemic has had detrimental consequences for younger generations and hopes for the opportunity to support local health and care organisations if elected.
JesmondLocal is hosting a Zoom version of its traditional local election hustings on Tuesday May 4th from 7:30pm to 9:30pm.
JesmondLocal meets Tom Appleby, standing for election in Jesmond next month
As part of our regular profiles of candidates standing in this year’s election, we meet Deborah Burns – standing for the LIberal Democrats in North Jesmond
JesmondLocal meets Melissa-Jane Pearson, standing for the Conservatives in North Jesmond at this year’s local elections
We continue our series of interviews with May’s local election candidates by meeting South Jesmond’s Conservative hopeful, Olly Scargill – a medical student at Newcastle University who is campaigning on issues of climate change, the reopening of roads and council tax cuts.
Standing for the Labour Party in South Jesmond in May’s elections, Charlie Gray grew up locally and attended St Catherine’s School in Sandyford. He’s now a student in forensic science and works at Northumbria University.
We begin our series of interviews with this year’s local election candidates with Tanya Pretswell, who is standing for Labour in North Jesmond in May.
The Conservatives’ two Jesmond candidates have been announced for May’s local elections, Daniel Wales reports
Azu Mugnier speaks to Jesmond-based Extinction Rebellion member Chris Riches