Hi! I'm Andy and I'm your Green Party candidate for Derringham.

Full statement

Originally from Merseyside, I moved to Hull in 2022. I'm a welfare rights advocate specialising in disability benefit claims and appeals, and an amateur field mycologist with experience of fungi focused biodiversity surveys. I previously worked for a number of years supporting children and young people with disabilities, and have served as a parish Councillor in the Thornton area of Merseyside from 2019 to 2022, where I focused heavily on fighting against planning applications which threatened green spaces and biodiversity, and increased risks of flooding.

If elected, I would push to protect and enhance green spaces within the ward, recognising the necessity of these urban havens for people, wildlife and the environment, and their role as natural drainage to mitigate ongoing issues with flooding within the ward. I would also fight to ensure adequate social support for all residents in a time when the cost of living is skyrocketing and the ongoing effects of years of austerity are still acutely felt by many residents.

Green Party councillors are not compelled to toe a party line, so unlike other councillors who are beholden first and foremost to their party bureaucracy, I would be free to act on the wishes and in the best interests of the residents of Derringham ward. Having even a single Green on the council will allow us to work together for meaningful change, and put pressure on the major parties to step up, instead of simply offering more of the same.