Our candidate in the December 2019 General Election is Cllr Sabrina Poole.
You can find out more about what the Green Party is standing for in this General Election here.
If you would like to contact Sabrina to ask a particular question regarding this election, invite her to a hustings or anything else, please email cotswoldsabrina@gmail.com.
You can keep up to date with the campaign by following Sabrina on Facebook.com/cllrsabrina or https://twitter.com/cllrsabrina.
28 year old Sabrina Poole has lived in the Cotswolds most of her life. She attended Chesterton Primary School, Deer Park School and Cirencester College, with her first interest in politics starting at the ‘No More Cuts’ rally to save Cirencester A&E. She went on to study Politics at the University of Leeds, where she was heavily involved in campaigning for better disabled access across the city and against the coalition increase in tuition fees. Writing for her student newspaper, she was not a stranger to holding institutions and levels of Government to account for their actions, particularly on behalf of marginalised students.
Having grown up in a house of multiple small businesses, Sabrina believes in the value of small enterprise in rural areas. She is aware of the pressures they face compared to multinational corporations, especially in times of recession and due to the current Brexit uncertainty. From her professional life, Sabrina also has experience of working on the expansion of community health access and rights, plus widening youth participation in political decision making processes. She is currently a Green Town Councillor on Cirencester Town Council, where she has been advocating for better environmental practices, increasing social mobility and adequate youth provision. Sabrina is also a strong believer in improving democracy and transparency at all levels of government.
Sabrina has a long family history in The Cotswolds, her great-grandfather was the caretaker of the Royal Agricultural University, and she is proud to be standing to represent its people in the General Election.
