Sarah Nicmanis
Parlimentary Candidate for Cambridge
I have been an active, enthusiastic and proud member of the Cambridge Green Party for 8 years. I have lived in Cambridge for over 20 years and am raising a 5-year old child with my partner. I have worked in both the education and housing sectors, and have observed the inequality of opportunity rife in our city.
Here in Cambridge, the obsession with growth has left us with threatened water supplies, a stripped-back green belt, a completely broken transport system, totally unaffordable house prices and shocking inequality.
As a member of parliament, I would focus resources on reducing that disparity by campaigning passionately for sensible Green policies that work to reduce poverty, keep healthcare free, bring energy companies, railways and bus networks into public hands, making public transport the cheapest and easiest option, insulating our homes to reduce emissions and lower bills and taxing dirty profits.
We are the only party that is challenging business as usual and our support is growing, with many people telling us that they see us as the best alternative to the status-quo. We need to seize the moment and make Cambridge Green!”
I have lived in Cambridgeshire for 15 years, am married, have 3 children and work for a large local technology company. I was also a parish councillor in Teversham for 9 years, where I worked on a variety of local community projects.
Being passionate about social justice and environmental issues, the Green Party has been my political home for about 7 years. Times are tough: we are living through a cost-of-living crisis while facing the twin threat of a climate and biodiversity emergency.
The Greens offer bold policies designed to tackle both, such as retrofitting homes for insulation, improving energy efficiency standards for new developments or investing into affordable and reliable public transport.
The future of South Cambridgeshire is bright but with a progressive Green MP it could be even brighter.
Oliver Fisher
Parliamentary Candidate for South Cambridgeshire
