A politician axed as the Green Party candidate for Sheffield Central over her views on transgender issue is to stand as an independent.
Alison Teal, a former councillor who won a national award from the Greens in 2017 in recognition of her campaigning against the Sheffield tree-felling scandal, had been selected by local members as the party’s candidate for the seat back in September 2022. But she has been suspended since October 2022 following a complaint about series of tweets she has made about transgender issues in recent years connected to her position that sex is an immutable biological characteristic.
In February, she also accused the Green Party of delaying the disciplinary process over the matter so she could be replaced with an “emergency selection” once the General Election was called. An emergency selection was made last month with Councillor Angela Argenzio chosen to replace Ms Teal as the candidate.
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