The fourth most popular political party in Alsager's parliamentary constituency are ready for a general election.

Cheshire East Greens have called for the country to go to the polls in wake of Boris Johnson resigning.

The Cheshire East Green Party responded to Alsager Nub News' request for comment, following Mr Johnson's announcement on Thursday.

Responding to the news that Boris Johnson is resigning as Prime Minister, Cheshire East Green Party co-Chair Melanie English said the following statement.

Melanie English called Boris Johnson's premiership a 'shameful and unedifying period of British politics'.

"That it has taken so long and so many scandals for us to reach this stage is a travesty," she said.

"I hope that Boris Johnson's resignation will bring to an end this shameful and unedifying period of British politics.

"It is clear though that this resignation has come far too late to avoid doing lasting damage to our democracy and country at large, and the Conservative MPs - including some Cheshire East representatives - who have backed him until now are the ones to blame for that.

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"For too long, the Tories have allowed the situation to drag on while protecting a Prime Minister who has lied and lied again in order to cling on to power despite the fact it was rendering the government useless during multiple crises.

Alsager: Boris Johnson signing the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. On Thrusday, Mr Johnson cited Brexit as one of his favourite parts of his tenure. (Image - bit.ly/3yN47qZ Open Government Licence v3.0 Unchanged)

"The British public cannot forget the damage the Conservative Party as a whole has wilfully inflicted on this country in the middle of a pandemic, a cost of living crisis and the accelerating climate crisis. 

"Boris Johnson was not just one bad apple, the whole tree is rotten. The public have lost confidence in this government and that is why it is so important that we now have a general election to give people a say on how they want their country to be run."

The Green Party have contested three general elections in Alsager's parliamentary constituency of Congleton since 2015.

The Green Party finished fourth out of five candidates in the 2019 election, and fifth out of five candidates in the 2017 election.

80,930 (2019) people live in the parliamentary constituency of Congleton, according to 2015 figures. Please note: this includes Congleton, Sandbach, Middlewich and Alsager. (Image - Alexander Greensmith / Alsager Nub News)

Their record showing was in 2015, when Alec Heath won 1,876 votes (3.7%) share of the Congleton constituency vote.

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Their most recent candidate was Richard McCarthy, but it is unclear who would stand for the party ahead of a prospective election.

Congleton has been held by the Conservatives since 1983, the current MP is Fiona Bruce, who has been elected four times since 2010.

In Westminster, there is no confirmation of an upcoming general election, but it would likely be held after the conclusion of the national Tory leadership contest.

Alsager's MP Fiona Bruce won December 2019's general election with a majority of 18,561 votes. Turnout in the constituency was 70.7%. (Image - GOV.UK)

At local government level, The Green Party are represented by six Town Councillors across the Cheshire East borough.

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