Pete Elliott (UK politican)
Pete Elliott | |
|---|---|
| Gipssy Hill's Ward Councillor | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Luke Murphy |
| Majority | 144 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | / / |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Residence | Lambeth, London |
| Alma mater | / |
| Occupation | Politician, Engineer |
| Website | https://twitter.com/pete556?lang=en |
Pete Elliott is a British engineer and politician.
Mr Elliott is also a councillor representing Gipsy Hill on the Lambeth Council in London since 2018.
Early life and local political career[edit]
Before moving to Lambeth in 2008, Pete spent 22 years as an engineer in the army and RAF, he moved to Gipsy Hill in 2018.[1] In his free time, Pete is a keen runner and cyclist. He has completed more than 150 marathons and ultra-marathons.[1]
2018 Election and 1st term as Councillor[edit]
He ran again in the 2018 Lambeth London Borough Council election for Gipsy Hill and became the 1st Green councillor of the ward.[2][1]
As a councillor and member of the Housing Scrutiny Sub-Committee he has been more active than the Labour Chair in securing quality housing for the borough, making it to the news several times as a champion for housing and environmental concerns.[3][4][5][6][7]
As well as a very vocal critic of the council on their own housing policies, criticizing a lack of strategy to help the 7,000 people in temporary accommodation, the Thousands of Council homes that have been sold off in Lambeth and the fact that local housing development will deliver 60% for private sale and only 25% will be for council level rents.[8]
Electoral Performance[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Luke Murphy | 1,220 | 43.4 |  26.9
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| Green | Peter Elliott | 1,184 | 42.1 |  31.2
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| Conservative | Leslie Maruziva | 210 | 7.5 | 7.0
| |
| Liberal Democrat | Rosa Jesse | 84 | 3.0 | 2.8
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| UKIP | Elizabeth Jones | 73 | 2.6 | 0.7
| |
| Independent | Robin Lambert | 24 | 0.9 | 0.9
| |
| TUSC | Steven Nally | 19 | 0.7 | 0.7
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| Majority | 36 | 1.3 | 29.2
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| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jennifer Braithwaite* | 2,063 | 40.7 | ||
| Labour | Matthew Bennett* | 2,054 | 40.6 | ||
| Green | Pete Elliott | 1,922 | 37.9 | ||
| Green | Becki Newell | 1,903 | 37.6 | ||
| Labour | Luke Murphy* | 1,778 | 35.1 | ||
| Green | Paul Rocks | 1,647 | 32.5 | ||
| Conservative | James Davis | 271 | 5.4 | ||
| Conservative | Irene Kimm | 229 | 4.5 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Hooberman | 208 | 4.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Alexander Davies | 132 | 2.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Samar Riaz | 124 | 2.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Alexander Haylett | 101 | 2.0 | ||
| UKIP | John Dodds | 42 | 0.8 | ||
| UKIP | David Kennett | 36 | 0.7 | ||
| UKIP | Dafydd Morris | 31 | 0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 5,076 | 48.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Green gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Pete Elliott".
- ↑ "Councillor details - Councillor Pete Elliott". 24 February 2022.
- ↑ "Coronavirus being used as 'smokescreen' for estate demolition". 9 April 2020.
- ↑ "'I can't shower in my home because the council won't install a stair lift'". 26 January 2022.
- ↑ "Lambeth Council to press on with estate demolition despite opposition". 11 August 2021.
- ↑ "Massive recycling plant in Lambeth 'most unpopular plan' council has seen". 14 July 2021.
- ↑ "Council tax hike approved".
- ↑ "Lively Lambeth Full Council Meeting as CLLR Matthew Bennett shares recording of fellow CLLR on his phone". 22 July 2021.
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