Green Party

Adrian Ramsay Hands Over to Claire Stephenson

Green Party councillors on Norwich City Council have chosen Councillor Claire Stephenson, a 35 year old English teacher, to be their new group leader.

She takes over from Councillor Adrian Ramsay, who has held the job since he was elected to the council in 2003. He is standing down now to focus his efforts on winning the Norwich South parliamentary seat from Charles Clarke at next year’s General Election.

The changes come at a time when Norwich could soon be making history by electing one of the first Green MPs, and, if local government boundaries remain unchanged, at the same time having the first Green – controlled city council in this country.

Councillor Stephenson, who has been deputy leader, was elected by the thirteen Green city councillors at a private meeting.

Claire says:

I am delighted to have the opportunity to lead the Norwich Green group at an exciting time: Next year’s local elections could see us pull ahead of Labour to take control of the council, while Adrian Ramsay is elected as MP for Norwich South. At the same time, I am under no illusions about the challenges presented by the current economic climate and the budget constraints we shall have to grapple with.”

Claire first came to Norwich in 2001 to study for her PGCE teaching qualification at the UEA. Since then she has taught at schools in Bungay, Fakenham and currently Norwich where her specialism is English and citizenship at AS level. With a special fondness for long train journies, Claire is also a well-travelled teacher of English as a foreign language, having worked in Moscow and Jakarta. She now teaches part time so that she has enough time for council duties.

Also, MA student Samir Jeraj was elected deputy leader. Samir is a former local authority economic development officer now studying international development at the UEA.

Green Party councillors maintain a full shadow executive to monitor and scrutinise the work of the Labour administration.

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