In a stunning result in the European Parliament elections in 2019, Catherine was elected the first ever Green Party MEP for the East of England.

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Another amazing result in 2023 saw her elected as the first ever Green Party County Councillor elected in the formerly Tory heartlands of rural South Norfolk. In West Depwade the Greens went from last place to first in just one year. The success was repeated in 2024 when the Green Party won the by election for a district Council seat in the same division. Before and after her time in the European Parliament, Catherine was a professor of philosophy at the University of East Anglia. She is deputy coordinator of the Eastern Region Green Party and the party's national spokesperson on issues relating to employment, work and social security. Catherine has previously stood as the parliamentary candidate for South Norfolk in 2015 and 2017. L

In launching her campaign in South Norfolk this year, Catherine said:

"Now more than ever South Norfolk needs the opportunity to vote Green, to deliver the action that we need in the face of multiple threats to rural livelihoods, natural habitats, quiet lanes and dark skies. Nationally we need to prioritise policies that enable people and businesses to thrive, restoring hope and health. Decades of Tory austerity and corruption have made us one of the most miserable countries in the world, with children going hungry and old people unable to get out and about. These are political choices. Greens would prioritise fairness over cruelty. It's that simple. We need to change the system from the bottom to the top, in finance, economy, housing, energy, transport and wage structures. We need committed Green politicians in government. We need a clear message to all politicians that what matters to us above all else is the urgent elimination of all our projects and practices that amount to destructive exploitation of our planet. If we don't say that now, we shall be too late.

The Green party has been preparing a blueprint for a better society for years. It will be a society that sits lightly on its natural home and cares for the woodlands and the bees, the birds, the badgers and the hedgehogs. No other party is so well placed to address the problem, and if you and other Norwich voters continue to suppress that option behind tactical voting for the same old stuff all over again, there will be no future for us or for our children.

All our funding comes from people like you, who desperately want to see that new vision enacted and are prepared to send money to see it happen. So we don't have to slow the pace of change because of the pressure from donors whose vested interests are in the old destructive way of doing things. And we have no difficulty with explaining why we absolutely need to stay in the European Union, even though the European Union is not perfect. It too needs our voice at the table to get a faster pace of change for the better there as well.

For every Green vote cast in South Norfolk, a small amount of "short money" will go to those Green Party MPs whom we successfully elect to Westminster across the country this time. This "short money" is there to help them to represent your views, even if you are not in one of the lucky constituencies that wins a Green MP. So no Green vote is a wasted vote. It also sends a message about which party you trust to look after the interests of future generations.