Mark Ereira-Guyer
Mark Ereira-Guyer | |
|---|---|
| Suffolk County Councillor for Tower Ward | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1961 |
| Political party | Green party |
| Other political affiliations | Labour |
| Residence | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK |
| Occupation | Charity campaigner and county councillor |
| Website | http://www.egconsulting.co.uk |
Mark Ereira-Guyer (sometimes known as Mark Ereira - his wife's surname is Guyer[1]) is the Green party's Suffolk county councillor for Tower division in Bury St Edmunds.[2]He was a candidate for the European election in 2014[3] and was the Green's prospective parliamentary candidate for Ipswich, before pulling out in October 2010.[4][5]
Parliamentary elections[edit]
Ereira-Guyer has stood for parliament three times, unsuccessfully representing Labour in 1997, 2001 and the Green Party in 2010. In the 1997 general election for the Bury St Edmunds constituency, lost by just 368 votes (0.7% of those cast) to the new Conservative candidate David Ruffley. This was the nearest that anyone had got to overturning the Conservative majority at least since 1935, even in those elections when there was only a single anti-Conservative candidate.[6]
Local elections[edit]
For over 10 years, Ereira-Guyer was a Labour councillor (and sometime Labour group leader and cabinet member)[7] on St Edmundsbury Borough Council before defecting to the Green Party.[8][9] In 2009 he was elected in that capacity to Suffolk County Council,[10][11] where he is the Green and Independent spokesperson on children, schools and young people's issues. In 2011 he lost his borough council seat to independent candidate Paul Hopfensperger.[12]
Personal life[edit]
Mark Ereira-Guyer attended The King's School, Ely, and Kent University[13] where he gained a B.A. (hons) in Government & Politics.[14] He has lived in Bury St Edmunds with his family since 1993, where he runs his own charity consultancy business,[15] having previously worked in the charity sector.[16] In August 2011 he was the subject of an article in The Daily Telegraph.[17]
References[edit]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2] Suffolk County Council website
- ↑ http://eastern.greenparty.org.uk/west-suffolk.html
- ↑ http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/politics/suffolk_greens_choose_westminster_hopefuls_for_four_seats_1_3322041
- ↑ http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich_green_party_candidate_hasn_t_the_heart_to_take_on_mp_ben_gummer_at_general_election_1_3801350
- ↑ [3] politicsrecources.net
- ↑ [4] East Anglian Daily Times
- ↑ This was triggered by the Heathrow expansion plans: [5] Bury Free Press
- ↑ [6] greenparty.org.uk
- ↑ [7] Bury Free Press
- ↑ [8] greenparty.org.uk
- ↑ [9] East Anglian Daily Times, May 6th 2011.
- ↑ [10] The Daily Telegraph
- ↑ [11] Linkedin.com
- ↑ [12] Website
- ↑ [13]
- ↑ [14]
External links[edit]
- [15] suffolk.gov.uk/your-council/councillors/mark-ereira/
- Mark Ereira-Guyer
- profile at ukpolitics
- Guardian profile
- local government association profile
- eastern green party profile
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