Our Candidate for the South West Constituency in the 2024 London Assembly Election

CHAS WARLOW

I’ve lived in Richmond for 14 years: my children went to Grey Court School in Ham, where I live, and then to Richmond College. I’ve been involved in several local community groups – helping residents to save energy at home and running environmental projects – since soon after moving to the area.

I’m one of 5 Green councillors in the London Borough of Richmond. I was elected in May 2022 – it was a huge moment for us collectively and I’m very proud of my colleagues and all our members who worked so hard to help us get elected.

In my work as a councillor I’m focusing on pushing the Council to do all it can to respond to the climate emergency that the Council declared in 2019 on the initiative of the Green Party Group. I want the Council to do more to help residents insulate their houses and install low-carbon technology like solar panels and heat pumps. As a group, we have also been pushing for our Council to become a registered social landlord so that we can insist on the highest standards of energy efficiency of future housing.

Before I became an active member of the Green Party I used to be involved in a lot of community projects like a hydro power project on the River Thames, and running energy advice projects to help people save money on their energy bills and cut carbon emissions. I also ran projects to help residents in Lewisham and Greenwich get grant funding for vital upgrades to their insulation and heating systems. Now I work for a renewable energy company that installs solar pv and electric vehicle chargepoints.

I got into politics because I saw that we need a positive vision in government at all levels. In the Green Party we share a common purpose to build a sustainable way of life, to preserve the planet’s biodiversity and resources, to create a future for future generations. It’s that positive vision that people are crying out for – because we all know that time is running out.

I’m the Green Party candidate for the South West constituency in the London Assembly elections in 2024 and I’m also the prospective parliamentary candidate for Richmond Park in the general election that is coming soon.

Former co-leader of the Green Party Sian Berry has given this endorsement: “Chas is a committed and multi-talented Green, with a fantastic way with words, a strong record of working hard as a councillor, plus real expertise in green energy and transport. We need to get more people with his kind of experience on the London Assembly in 2024 and I would love to gain him as a colleague.”

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