Local Election Candidate for Hillsborough

Chris McMahon

Chris works in property management but is better known as a talented local musician whose bands include Haze, Treebeard and Outlandish Knights
Chris has been involved in many green campaigns including “No Asda” in Hillsborough and the anti-incinerator campaign.

Chris campaigned strongly against the merger of Wisewood and Myers Grove Schools. Chris says “We must fight to retain local schools for our children that are run by the council not private companies or religious organisations”.

Chris has been the Green Party candidate in Hillsborough since 2001. Chris says “We have 2 councillors in Central ward and I believe more will follow soon as our influence spreads rapidly across the city. I hope to be part of a wave of Green councillors that will spread across the city over the next decade.”

Sheffield council and budget cuts

While Labour and the Lib Dems on Sheffield Council fight each other over small differences our city suffers. Green Councillors have offered real alternatives for residents eg :

• Opposition to the Highways PFI on the grounds of it’s huge, rising cost.
• Help for local people most affected by the proposed change to fortnightly bin collections.

Green councillors fought to stop the cuts from government unfairly affecting the most vulnerable. Our council budget for 2012/13 tried to cut backroom functions and the wages of top executives.

We wanted to :

• support frontline services like Citizen’s Advice and the Youth Service
• support children, elderly and disabled people
• raise standards in private-rented housing
• stop cuts to teams fighting anti-social behaviour

But we were voted down by Labour and the Lib Dems