Adrian Philip Ramsay is an English politician and Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. First elected at the age of 21 in 2003, he was a Green Party councillor representing Nelson Ward on Norwich City Council, where he was Coordinator of a fourteen-strong Green groupuing and the Green Party's youngest ever councillor. In an interview in May 2006 with the BBC, Ramsay was described as "pursuing a full-time career through his council work on a £9,500 annual allowance".[1]
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Ramsay was "born and brought up in Norwich".[2] He studied as an undergraduate at the University of East Anglia (UEA), where he gained a first class honours degree in Politics.[2]
Ramsay began preparing to run in local elections for the Green Party at a young age and was described as “an active local campaigner since he was 16”.[3] In preparation for running, he apparently "spent three years working hard in the ward, talking to people and canvassing on behalf of the Greens" before being old enough to stand, as well as taking roles nationally within the Green Party, such as being the Planning and Economic Development Spokesperson and taking part in debates about youth issues on the party’s behalf.[4]
Ramsay was first elected to Norwich City Council representing Nelson Ward in May 2003 with 50% of the vote.[5] He was re-elected in June 2004 with 49% of the vote.[4] In 2007, he was again re-elected with 62% of the vote.[2]
As a councillor, Ramsay is or has been a member of the Licensing Committee, Regulatory Committee, Scrutiny Committee and Constitution Working Party Committee.[6] He, along with other members of the Council Green Group, have lobbied to make Norwich a Fairtrade City and campaigned for improvements in recycling facilities.[2][3]
Ramsay stood as parliamentary candidate in the Norwich South constituency. in the 2005 and 2010 General Elections.[4] In the 2005 General Election, Ramsay came fourth in the constituency with 7.4% of the vote (3,101 votes). In the 2010 general election, Ramsay polled fourth with 14.9% of the vote (7,095 votes).[7]
Ramsay was elected the first ever Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales on the 5th of September 2008, in which he ran unopposed.[8]
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