Huddersfield
Andrew is a
Green councillor on Kirklees council, having been re-elected six times to the Newsome ward over the course of 25 years, having first been elected in 1999.
He introduced the motion for a
ceasefire in Gaza to Kirklees council, has spoken at numerous
Palestine events and has said that we should not be afraid to use the words
Genocide and
Apartheid.
In 2024, Cooper ran for election as West Yorkshire mayor and came in
third, securing 12.2% of the vote, coming just behind the Tories with 15.1% of the vote.
Analysis of the recent local elections shows that within the Huddersfield wards, the Green party was less than 3% behind Labour.