Jan Clark

British politician

Janet Clark is an environmentalist and politician in the United Kingdom.

Living in South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire, Clark worked as a deputy headteacher. In 1982, she joined the Ecology Party, following concerns about nitrate levels in drinking water.[1] At the 1989 European election, she stood in Humberside, taking 14% of the votes cast.[2]

In 1990, she became the renamed Green Party's first member of Glanford District Council.[1] From 1993 until 1995, she served as a Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales.

References

  1. ^ a b Polly Ghazi, "The Greens bow out, victims of their own success", The Observer, 12 June 1994
  2. ^ "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England: Part 1". Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
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Jean Lambert
Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales
1993–1995
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Peg Alexander
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