The Green Party of England and Wales is a green,left-wing political party in England and Wales. Since October 2021,Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay have served as the party's co-leaders. The party currently has one representative in the House of Commons and two in the House of Lords,in addition to over 800 councillors at the local government level and three members of the London Assembly.
The Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales is the most senior political figure within the Green Party of England and Wales. The role was introduced alongside that of deputy leader in 2008. Prior to this,the party's public spokespersons were principal speakers. There were two principal speakers,one female and one male,who were elected annually at the Green Party's Autumn Conference and held no vote on the Green Party Executive (GPEx).
The Wales Green Party is a semi-autonomous political party within the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW). It covers Wales,and is the only regional party with semi-autonomous status within the GPEW. The Wales Green Party puts up candidates for council,Senedd,and UK Parliament seats.
Derek Norman Wall is a British politician. He was the joint International Coordinator for the Green Party of England and Wales and stood against Prime Minister Theresa May as the Green candidate for Maidenhead at the 2017 general election. Formerly the party's Principal Speaker,he is known as a prominent eco-socialist,campaigning both for environmentalism and socialism. Alongside his political role,Wall is an academic and a writer,having published on the subject of ecosocialism and the wider Green politics movement. He is a contributor to the Morning Star newspaper and a blogger.
Siân Rebecca Berry is a British politician who served as a co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Jonathan Bartley from 2018 to 2021,and as its sole leader from July to October 2021. From 2006 to 2007,she was one of the Green Party's principal speakers.
Jonathan Charles Bartley is a British politician and was a co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales,a position he shared with Caroline Lucas from 2016 to 2018,and then,from 2018 to 2021,with Siân Berry. He was the Green Party's national Work and Pensions spokesperson and the party's Parliamentary candidate for Streatham in the 2015 general election. He was the Unite to Remain candidate for Dulwich and West Norwood at the 2019 general election.
Ashley Gunstock 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.
This article lists the Leaders of political parties in the United Kingdom to provide insight into the politics of the United Kingdom. It contains details including which party the leader belongs to,the leader's seat,and which form of leadership that person holds.
The 2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election took place in September 2008 to select the first leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. It was won by Caroline Lucas who received 92.4% of the vote. At the same time,Adrian Ramsay was elected unopposed as the party's first deputy leader.
The Green Party of England and Wales has its roots in the PEOPLE Party started in Coventry in 1972/3 by four professional friends. It then changed its name to the more descriptive Ecology Party in 1975,and to the Green Party ten years later. In the 1990s,the Scottish and Northern Ireland wings of the Green Party in the United Kingdom decided to separate amicably from the party in England and Wales,to form the Scottish Green Party and the Green Party in Northern Ireland. The Wales Green Party became an autonomous regional party and remained within the new Green Party of England and Wales.
The 2010 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election took place in September 2010 to determine the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. It was won unopposed by the incumbent leader,Caroline Lucas.
The 2012 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election took place in September 2012 to select a leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. The party's incumbent leader,Caroline Lucas,chose not to seek re-election. The position was won by the journalist Natalie Bennett.
Will Duckworth is a former British politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012 to 2014. He was the first Green Party councillor in the Black Country after serving on the Dudley Borough Council in the West Midlands from 2012 to 2015.
Amelia Helen Womack is a British Green Party of England and Wales politician. She served as the party's Deputy Leader from 2014 to 2022. She is a co-chair of the People's Assembly Against Austerity,and co-founded Another Europe Is Possible.
The 2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election took place from July to August 2016 to select a leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. The incumbent leader,Natalie Bennett,announced in May 2016 that she was not going to stand for re-election. The election was won by a joint platform of the party's former leader and only MP Caroline Lucas,with the party's work and pensions spokesperson Jonathan Bartley.
The 2018 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election was held from June to August 2018 to select a leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley had been elected as co-leaders in 2016. Lucas stood down,whilst Bartley stood for re-election with a new co-leadership candidate,Siân Berry. They won re-election in the first round,and Amelia Womack won re-election as the party's deputy leader.
Carla Suzanne Denyer is a British politician who has served as co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Adrian Ramsay since 1 October 2021. She was a city councillor in Bristol from 2015 to 2024. She is also noted for her lead role in bringing about Bristol City Council's declaration of a climate emergency in 2018,which was the first in Europe.
The 2020 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election took place in August 2020 to determine the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales,while an election for the party's deputy leader also took place simultaneously. Jonathan Bartley and Siân Berry,who were elected on a joint ticket in 2018,were re-elected as co-leaders while Amelia Womack was re-elected as the party's deputy leader.
The 2021 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election was held from August to September 2021 to select a new leader or leaders of the Green Party of England and Wales. It was triggered by Jonathan Bartley's announcement on 5 July 2021 that he would be standing down as party co-leader. Bartley had been co-leader of the party since 2016,initially serving with the party's Member of Parliament (MP) Caroline Lucas. Sian Berry,who had served as co-leader with Bartley since 2018,did not seek re-election with a new co-leader or by herself.
Adam McGibbon is a Northern Irish environmentalist and writer.
