Andrew Cooper (/u/AndrewCooperUK, the user with the gold and blue 'AMA' flair) is a Green Party Councillor on Kirklees Council in the UK and has been for the last 16 years.

He is one of the 24 members of the UK delegation to the EU Committee of the Regions and is a Political Co-ordinator on the European Union's Environment, Climate Change and Energy Commission which influences policy across the EU. On the Committee of the Regions Andrew is pushing for greater ambition from national Governments in the run up to the Paris COP21 talks. “We need to utilise the often untapped potential of local and regional Government” said Andrew “ If we treat national policies as a baseline for our local energy efficiency and renewables ambitions rather than a ceiling we can achieve so much more.”

Andrew has hands on experience of the energy efficiency and renewable sector having worked in this area for the last 20 years, which aids him in his work as the Green Party's official energy spokesperson and as a the Green Party's 2015 Parliamentary candidate in Huddersfield.

Closer to home, he is also a member of the Kirklees local council, as a member of the cabinet responsible for housing. In this role he has proposed the UK’s first universally free insulation scheme which saw over 60,000 homes insulated and he has also championed a 2000 house solar PV programme for Kirklees Council tenants and is also responsible for providing a free insulation scheme which has been copied by local councils across the UK.