Tong Ward Green Party

   Standing up for what matters

 

 

Working hard all year round, not just at election time

Tong ward is represented by three Green Party councillors: Matt Edwards, Celia Hickson and Ursula Sutcliffe.

They are campaigning on a few issues from from trying to tackle the fly- tipping problem in our area, protecting our green spaces and making our areas safer.

In May 2021, Matt was elected as the first Green Party councillor for Tong Ward and since then has been working hard for the different areas and communities in the ward.

If you have any issues that you want your local Green Party team to look into, please get in touch:

Your Tong Ward Team

Councillor - Tong Ward

Councillor - Tong Ward

Councillor - Tong Ward

Tel: 07811 505801

Email: matt.edwards@bradford.gov.uk

Facebook: Matt4Tong

Twitter: @greenmattbfd

Tel: 07977 590351

Email: celia.hickson@bradford.gov.uk

Facebook: Greens4Tong

Tel: 07974 865090

Email: ursula.sutcliffe@bradford.gov.uk

Facebook: Greens4Tong

Twitter: @plantoneonmebfd

 

Latest Tong Ward News

Shipley Green campaigner does his own lock-down litter pick

16th April 2020 | Comments Off on Shipley Green campaigner does his own lock-down litter pick

A local campaigner from Shipley has been using his daily exercise time to help clean up his local area. Darren Parkinson, a Green Party campaigner from Shipley has been using his daily exercise time to litter pick near his home. On Monday (13th April), Darren and his young family collected five bags of waste and […]

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Getting drainage issues on Westgate Hill fixed – finally

15th April 2020 | Comments Off on Getting drainage issues on Westgate Hill fixed – finally

For the last few years Matt Edwards – our Tong Ward community campaigner – has been trying to get Bradford Council and Yorkshire Water to fix a number of issues with drainage and standing water on Westgate Hill Street (A650) near Tong High School. Back in 2018, a few residents raised issues with large puddles […]

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Community campaigner speaks out about surge in fly-tipping during coronavirus crisis

8th April 2020 | Comments Off on Community campaigner speaks out about surge in fly-tipping during coronavirus crisis

Green Party campaigner Matt Edwards has spoken out against the surge of fly-tipping that has happened during the Coronavirus lockdown. Bradford Council, like most councils across the country, has been forced to close all household waste recycling centres across the district as it prioritises staff resources during the coronavirus crisis. Last week, Matt reported several instances of […]

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