Local Election Survey 2018 – Candidates
We’re surveying candidates in Greater Manchester for the 2018 election. Find out more about the survey.
Below is a summary of the responses across the areas of Greater Manchester. Where a candidate has already responded, you can see their response. If your candidates haven’t yet responded, follow the Twitter link to ask them to!
Name
Neil Greenhalgh
Party
Green
City/Borough
Bury
Area
Pilkington Park
Question 1
Climate Change
Climate Change
Do you agree that Greater Manchester should adopt the Tyndall Centre’s science-based carbon budgets, set targets to halve the region’s emissions in the next five years and become carbon neutral by 2038?
✓
Yes We should aim not just to meet this target, but to reach it earlier.
Question 2
Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Do you agree that the Greater Manchester Pension Fund should fully divest from fossil fuels in the next five years?
✓
Yes We need to be investing more into reneweaable energy
Question 3
Walking and Cycling
Walking and Cycling
Will you support your local council allocating funding to implement the walking and cycling (active travel) measures contained in Chris Boardman's ‘Made to Move’ report?
✓
Yes We need to move away from so much reliance on single occupancy vehicals. This would improve public and personal health through more exersize and less pollution.
Question 4
Air Quality
Air Quality
Will you call on your local council to introduce ‘parking exclusion zones’ around local schools at peak times?
✓
Yes We need to invest more in better public transport and encouraging people to walk short distances rather than drive them
Question 5
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Will you support a ban on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in your local council area and work to phase out the use of other pollinator-harming pesticides?
✓
Yes
Question 6
Plastics
Plastics
Will you support the phase-out of single-use plastics in your local authority by 2020?
✓
Yes Bury Green Party are pledging to work with local businesses to help them to do this.
Question 7
Aviation
Aviation
Will you support the introduction of a cap on emissions from flights to and from Manchester Airport?
✓
Yes
Question 8
Energy Efficiency
Energy Efficiency
Do you support the introduction of a GM-wide building standard for all new developments to be zero-carbon and climate resilient?
✓
Yes There's some exciting new work being done around the creation of carbon neutral homes and even homes that have a net contribution to the national grid through extreme energy efficiency. There are some great examples to inspire a new way of thinking and to set the example for the future
