THE Green Party in Ludlow and south Shropshire is planning a long campaign leading to the elections next May.

Hilary Wendt and Steve Hale who have been selected as Green Party candidates for Church Stretton and Craven Arms in the elections to Shropshire Council in May 2017.

They both want to see a change to the system under which local councillors and members of parliament are elected.

“Our voting system is clearly very unfair and proportional representation is urgently needed to make sure that the way people vote is reflected in the number of MPs from different parties in the House of Commons,” said Hilary Wendt.

Steve Hale also wants a move to proportional representation but is urging some caution.

“There are many things wrong with the current voting system and the way we elect MPs but as we make progress towards PR we must make sure that we do not make things worse,” he said.

“This means we must make sure constituencies exactly match our council areas and very large constituencies, in terms of area, should not be imposed on sparsely populated areas.

“There is a persuasive case for smaller constituencies in places like south Shropshire where it is very difficult to move around.”