Simon Cross
Your Green Party candidate for Southend East & Rochford
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Simon's statement:
Simon Cross is the Green Party's General Election candidate for the Southend East & Rochford constituency.
Simon is a well-known local campaigner, and has represented the Green Party twice in parliamentary elections in the constituency; in 2015 and 2017.
Simon is a passionate representative of the natural environment and is known for his participation in many local campaigns to protect wild areas and natural assets, including recently the Holt Farm Oak tree and the trees threatened by the Shoeburyness Cantel development.
Simon is an advocate and champion of several Mental Health and SEND causes, and is a stalwart campaigner in the long-running Save Southend NHS group which successfully campaigned against the downgrading of Southend Hospital's A&E department.
More recently, Simon has taken a leading role in the efforts to save the Ironworks culture and community centre in Southend High Street.
Simon said;
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