Adrian Ramsay, Norwich, Norfolk, Jason Bye, 04/10/08

Adrian Ramsay is the first Deputy Leader of the British Green Party...Adrian Ramsay, 27, is Leader of the largest group of Green Party Councillors in the country on Norwich City Council. In the 2008 elections the Green Party increased its representation on Norwich City Council from 10 seats to 13, becoming the second party (just two seats behind Labour). Adrian is the first Green Party Councillor to become the Leader of the Opposition on a local authority...Born and brought up in Norwich, Adrian went on to gain a First Class Degree in Politics and Sociology from the University of East Anglia in 2002, where he received an award for his Politics essays. He later gained a Masters' Degree...Adrian joined the Green Party in 1998 at the age of 16 because he felt the other parties were overlooking environmental issues and were not tackling poverty and animal cruelty. He still feels strongly that the Green Party is the only party with strong and coherent policies on these issues...As a prominent councillor and prospective MP, Adrian is motivated by the need to make a difference on these issues at a local and national level...Adrian himself was first elected as a City Councillor in 2003 at the age of 21, gaining 50% of the vote. He was re-elected in 2007 with 62% in Norwich's Nelson Ward...Adrian is Parliamentary Candidate for the Norwich South constituency - one of three target constituencies for the Green Party at the General Election. In the 2008 local elections the Green Party obtained 33% of the vote across Norwich South and was three thousand votes ahead of Labour...This is the highest percentage that the party has ever gained across a Parliamentary constituency anywhere in a local election. If this is repeated at the next General Election Adrian will unseat former Home Secretary Charles Clarke and become one of the first Green MPs...Adrian lives with his partner Jenny in the Unthank Road area of Norwich. .Photograph by Jason Bye.Credit Mandatory.t: 07966 173 930.e: mail@jasonbye.com.w: http://www.jasonbye.com.