The rise of the Green Party

The first Green Party councillors have been elected in Northants - so what happens now?

By Sarah Ward

Emily, Dez and Sarah (L-R)

As the results came in at the North Northamptonshire Council election count last Friday, there was buzz around the Green Party candidates. Quite unexpectedly, the party took all three seats in the Cloverhill ward of Kettering, claiming the Conservative stronghold lock, stock and barrel and gaining 56 per cent of a…