Ashley Gunstock | |
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| Born | 1956or1957(age 67–68) |
| Political party | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Residence | London |
Ashley Gunstock (born 1956or1957) is a British Green Party politician and actor. He unsuccessfully ran against Caroline Lucas to become the first leader of the Green Party in 2008 and was a candidate in the 2021 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election. He is now a substitute teacher at Haberdasher's Borough Academy.
Gunstock played the role of Robin Frank in The Bill from 1984–1989. [1] [2] In 2016, he collaborated on a translation into English of the Dario Niccodemi play Scampolo. [3] He played Shylock in his own adaptation of The Merchant of Venice in 2019. [4]
Gunstock is a member of the Green Party of England and Wales. He was previously a member of the UK Green Party before it separated, running for the party in the 1990 Barnet London Borough Council election. He ran for the successor party in every London Borough Council election until 2014. He stood as the Green parliamentary election candidate in Finchley in 1992, Finchley and Golders Green in 1997 and in Leyton and Wanstead for every election since 2001.
He stood for the London Assembly for the Havering and Redbridge constituency in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 elections.
In 2007 Gunstock stood to be the male Principal Speaker of the Green Party, a public spokesperson role the party had instead of leaders until 2008. [5] He came in third place with 9.1% of the vote. [6] He was a candidate in the 2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election. Caroline Lucas, the other candidate, was considered much better-known in the party. [7] She won the election by 2,559 votes to Gunstock's 210. [8]
On 17 August 2021, Gunstock announced he was running in the party's 2021 leadership election. He said that he wanted to get more Green Party candidates elected in order to address climate change. [9]
| Date | Constituency | Votes | % votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Finchley | 564 | 1.4 | 4th |
| 1997 | Finchley and Golders Green | 576 | 1.1 | 5th |
| 2001 | Leyton and Wanstead | 1,030 | 3.1 | 4th |
| 2005 | Leyton and Wanstead | 1,522 | 4.6 | 4th |
| 2010 | Leyton and Wanstead | 562 | 1.4 | 5th |
| 2015 | Leyton and Wanstead | 2,974 | 7.3 | 3rd |
| 2017 | Leyton and Wanstead | 1,351 | 2.9 | 4th |
| 2019 | Leyton and Wanstead | 1,805 | 4.1 | 4th |
| Date | Constituency | Votes | % votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Havering and Redbridge | 6,803 | 6.2 | 5th |
| 2004 | Havering and Redbridge | 6,009 | 4.7 | 6th |
| 2008 | Havering and Redbridge | 9,126 | 5.4 | 5th |
| Date | Council | Ward | Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Barnet London Borough Council | Childs Hill | 267 | 10th |
| 1994 | Barnet London Borough Council | St Paul's | 314 | 11th |
| 1998 | Barnet London Borough Council | Finchley | 365 | 8th |
| 2002 | Redbridge London Borough Council | Snaresbrook | 368 | 8th |
| 2003 by-election | Redbridge London Borough Council | Valentines | 86 | 5th |
| 2006 | Redbridge London Borough Council | Wanstead | 810 | 7th |
| 2009 by-election | Redbridge London Borough Council | Wanstead | 256 | 4th |
| 2010 | Redbridge London Borough Council | Wanstead | 810 | 7th |
| 2014 | Redbridge London Borough Council | Wanstead | 484 | 10th |
| Date | Votes | % votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 210 | 7.6 | 2nd |
| 2021 | 212 | 1.8 | 5th |
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