About us

Who we are

We are a small local party. Meet the people who have stood for us, and see what we stand for locally.

Where we stand today

The party has no councillors at present. At the Essex County Council election on 7 May 2026 we stood in all five Uttlesford divisions and 3,251 people voted Green, 9.3% of the vote. We did not win a seat.

The next elections are on 6 May 2027. Read what is being elected, and our results since 2021.

What we have done

Some of what we have been up to, from our news archive.

2026

• Five of us stood for Essex County Council, one in each Uttlesford division. Read more
• Edward Gildea stood in the Audley ward by-election for Saffron Walden Town Council. Read more

2024

• Edward Gildea responded to the district council’s draft Local Plan, arguing for a long-term vision of an economy free of fossil fuels. Read more
• Edward wrote to our MP asking her to back community energy schemes and the Local Electricity Bill. Read more
• Edward stood for North West Essex at the general election. Read more

2023

• Members joined Saffron Walden Quakers in a vigil for climate action. Read more
• Edward interviewed the local author Oliver Franklin-Wallis when he launched his book Wasteland at Harts Books, Saffron Walden. Almost 40 people came. Read more
• We stood in 13 of the 22 wards at the district council elections, on our manifesto “A Sustainable Green Future for Uttlesford”. Read more

2022

• We had a stall at the Saffron Walden Eco-Market. Read more
• Members “waved” outside our MP’s office in Saffron Walden, asking the Government to waive visa requirements for people fleeing Ukraine. Read more
• Edward proposed less mowing and more wildflowers on Castle Mound in Saffron Walden. Read more
• Members joined the mayor’s vigil for Ukraine in the Jubilee Gardens. Read more

2021

• Edward spoke to the district council’s scrutiny committee in support of its proposed Climate Crisis Action Plan. Read more
• Trilby Roberts and Edward gave copies of The Lorax to all four primary schools in Saffron Walden. Read more
• Trilby and Edward gave Saffron Walden County High School’s library a collection of books about the contribution of black people to our history. Read more
• We more than doubled our vote at the county council elections. Read more
• By 2021 our councillors had started the district council’s Chairman’s Charter, to encourage businesses to cut single-use plastics, and set up the EcoForum, a community group open to people of any party. Read more

2020

• Saffron Walden Town Council unanimously passed a motion drafted by our councillor Trilby Roberts, condemning the murder of George Floyd and supporting Black Lives Matter. Read more

2019

• We won our first seat on Saffron Walden Town Council. District councillors Dr Barbara Light and Paul Fairhurst then joined us from Residents for Uttlesford, becoming the first Green councillors on the district council. Read more
• The district council declared a climate emergency. Councillors who joined us that year helped to propose it. Read more

The area we cover

Uttlesford is a district in north-west Essex. Most of it is in the North West Essex parliamentary constituency. The Felsted & Stebbing and The Sampfords wards are in the Braintree constituency. The Broad Oak & the Hallingburys and Hatfield Heath wards are in the Harlow constituency.

Come along, or get in touch

See our next meetings. The quickest way to reach us is by email: secretary@uttlesford.greenparty.org.uk.

You can also follow us on Facebook⁠ (Facebook) and Instagram⁠ (Instagram).

Part of a national party

We are one of the local parties of the Green Party of England and Wales⁠ (national Green Party site). You join through the national party. Ways to get involved.