Sarah Wakefield, a Manchester city council councillor, will stand as the Green Party candidate in the Makerfield byelection after the initial candidate withdrew. She said she is proud to represent the Greens and emphasized the importance of giving voters a genuine choice in a democracy. She called for politics that creates a better life for people and their children. She referenced prior results in Gorton and Denton, saying the Greens can take on and beat Reform. She characterized Reform’s politics as backward-looking and divisive and urged voters to challenge it with a message about a better, fairer future. She urged people to vote in hope rather than anger.
"Sarah Wakefield, a councillor on Manchester city council, will stand for the party after its initial candidate withdrew from the race. Wakefield said she was proud to represent the Greens in the byelection. It is vital in a democracy that voters are given a choice of who they want to vote for. Together we can bring back the hope that politics can create a better life for ourselves and our children. This is what the Green party represents."
"We showed in Gorton and Denton we can take on and beat Reform, whose backward-looking and divisive politics needs to be challenged head-on with a message that the future can be better and fairer than the failed status quo. Don't vote in anger, vote in hope. More details soon"
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