Shirley Ford 

 Green Party Campaigner 

I was part of the group of local people who started South Tyneside Green Party in 2007, having joined the Greens in 2004. I found more and more people shared my determination to protect and restore our local environment and work for social justice through a fairer, decent way of doing politics. It has been really rewarding to be part of a team working to get Green councillors elected, as I work in a local primary school office and see every day the challenges that residents face, as well as the positive things our councillors can achieve.

I have carried out several different roles in the local party, having been coordinator, treasurer and now election agent and also a delivery coordinator. I was honoured to be selected to stand as our parliamentary candidate for South Shields in 2010, 2015 and 2017.