Manchester Climate Forum Candidates Debate

Manchester Climate Forum

Manchester and Climate Change: the candidates' debate

On Thursday 24th April, from 7.30pm, four people representing the four political parties with seats on Manchester City Council will debate about Climate Change. Is the Council taking the right actions? If not, what should it be doing instead?

Each speaker will be given 5 minutes to make their opening remarks. The moderator of the debate will then pose different questions to the speakers. Then the moderator will pose questions that have been asked by audience members.

The debate will take place at the Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, central Manchester (behind the Central Library)

The following speakers have confirmed:

Steven Durrant,
Green Party
steve durrant

Candidate for
Hulme Ward

Cllr Neil Swannick
Labour Party

Bradford Ward,
Executive Member
for the Environment

Cllr Graham Shaw
Liberal Democrats

Didsbury West Ward,
Shadow Executive team,
serving as Environment
Spokesperson

Cllr Faraz Bhatti
Conservative Party

Whalley Range Ward

For links through to the local and national websites of these four parties, and two others who will be represented in the booklet but not on the platform, please click here.

Further information about the City Council's position on climate change can be found here.
An unofficial hyper-linked version of MCC's principles document can be found here.

For four posters advertising the event, each with a different panellist at the left, please click on poster 1 (Bhatti), poster 2 (Durrant), poster 3 (Shaw) or poster 4 (Swannick)
For an A5 flyer, again with each panellist at left, please click here.

MCF will produce a booklet for the event with information on each party's position, the council's strategy and action that individuals and groups are taking on climate change in Manchester

The evening is free to attend, but we will be shaking a bucket and hoping to get a gold coin or two out of everyone.