Matt Edwards
Leader of the green party group on bradford Council | Tong Ward Councillor
He was the first Green Party councillor for Tong Ward.
Matt has been campaigning on a number of big issues across Bradford South including fly-tipping and making the areas safer. Matt has also been a prominent campaigner against Bradford Council's plans to build a new link road through the Tong Valley.
Matt was also the candidates for Bradford South in the last General Election in 2019.
In 2022, Matt was announced as the Green Party National Spokesperson for Transport and Healthy Streets. He has been campaigning for better public transport and for an end to expensive new road building projects.
Matt lives with his partner and their dog. After working in banking for 13 years, he now owns his own graphic design and printing business.
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The report by the International Panel on Climate Change, the world’s leading authority on climate science, warned that “Climate change is already affecting every region on Earth, in multiple ways. [IPCC Press Release]“ The report also states that temperatures have now risen by about 1.1oC since the period 1850 to 1900, but stabilising the climate […]
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Residents living on Holme Beck Park on the edge of Holmewood were alarmed to find that the green space, which had been set aside as public open space on the development, was found on an auction site based in Glasgow. The land is now owned by Greenbelt Energy Limited, a company based in Scotland. Shaun, […]
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