Former Labour Councillor Defects to the Green Party in Southwark

Former Labour councillor defects to the Green Party in Southwark

Sam Foster, former Chair of Southwark's Housing Scrutiny Commission, is the second councillor in a month to join the Southwark Greens

Labour loses further London councillors amid wave of defections in capital

Labour has been haemorrhaging councillors in the capital to the Lib Dems, Greens, Tories and independents for several months

London Councillor Defects to Greens From ‘Fascistic’ Labour

A London councillor has defected to the Green party after having the whip withdrawn by “fascistic” Labour. Sam Foster, the former chair of Southwark’s Housing Scrutiny Commission, will now represent the Greens as a councillor in central London’s Faraday ward. He is the second member of Southwark council to defect to Zack Polanski’s party in the past month.  Foster told Novara Media that he finds “hope” in the Greens, and called the Labour party …

A Southwark councillor is the latest to ditch Labour for the Greens

Councillor Sam Foster has joined the Green Party and will be its second Southwark Council councillor, alongside Kath Whittam who joined the

Labour councillor defects to Greens over “betrayal” of working-class values

Cllr Sam Foster, the former chair of Southwark Council’s Housing Scrutiny Commission, has defected from Labour to the Green Party, condemning Keir Starmer’s policies as “fascistic” and accusing the party of betraying working-class voters. Announcing his move at a photocall in Burgess Park, with the Aylesbury Estate looming in the background, Foster becomes Southwark’s second Green councillor, joining Cllr Kath Whittam, who defected last month. …

Second ex-Labour councillor defects to Greens

A former Labour councillor has announced his defection to the Southwark Greens, weeks after quitting Labour to sit as an