Shan Oakes – The Real Civil Liberties Candidate – Stands against David Davis for the Green Party

Shan Oakes will stand for the Green Party against David Davis in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election.

According to her Wikipedia profile, Shan has lived in the East Riding of Yorkshire since 1975, where she taught English at schools in Hull and Beverley. This was followed by eight years championing child welfare, parent partnership and special needs for Humberside County Council education department, and then further work in the Community Safety Partnership in the City of York. She is one of the founders of Voice International, an organisation working to promote sustainability through education, and Chair of the Trustees of the Development Education Centre (Hull), a registered charity. She is married with 2 sons.

She is also currently Yorkshire and Humber Green Party candidate for the European Parliament Elections in 2009.

Shan has a Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33635377720.

Check out Shan’s blog here, where she says:

After a democratic debate inside the Green Party about whether we should stand in this by-election, I’m thrilled to announce that today the national party gave the go-ahead to us standing in Haltemprice and Howden, after I was selected last night by the local party to contest the seat against the Conservatives’ David Davis on July 10th.

That’s 16 days time!

Our constituency-wide leaflet is due to go to the printers tomorrow, and we’re starting campaigning in earnest. Any offers of campaigning help can be directed to Martin Dean at sokuto12@sokuto12.karoo.co.uk

I’m looking forward to highlighting the Tories’ hypocrisy on civil liberties.