The Green Party is a green political party that operates in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. As other like-minded Green parties,it has eco-socialist/green left and more moderate factions. It holds a pro-European stance. It was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981 by Dublin teacher Christopher Fettes. The party became the Green Alliance in 1983 and adopted its current English language name in 1987 while the Irish name was kept unchanged. The party leader is Eamon Ryan,and the deputy leader is Catherine Martin and the Cathoirleach (chairperson) is Pauline O'Reilly. Green Party candidates have been elected to most levels of representation:local government,Dáil Éireann,the Northern Ireland Assembly,and the European Parliament.
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 hundreds of councillors at the local government level and three members of the London Assembly.
The Scottish Greens are a green political party in Scotland. The party has seven MSPs in the Scottish Parliament as of May 2021. As of the 2022 local elections,the party sits on 13 of the 32 Scottish local councils,with a total of 35 councillors. They hold two ministerial posts in the third Sturgeon government following a power-sharing agreement with the SNP in August 2021,marking the first time Green party politicians will be in government in the UK.
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.
The Young Greens of England and Wales (YGEW) is the official youth branch of the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW). All members of the GPEW who are under 30 years old and/or full or part-time students are members of the Young Greens and are allowed to get involved with their activities.
Adrian Philip Ramsay is a British politician and co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Carla Denyer. He was previously the deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2008 to 2012. He served as a Norwich City Councillor from 2003 to 2011.
William Milroy Etheridge is an English politician who was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands region. He was elected in 2014 as a UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate,but left the party in October 2018 and joined the Libertarian Party. He joined the Brexit Party in 2019 but rejoined UKIP in September 2020.
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.
Mohammad Shahrar Ali,known as Shahrar Ali,is a British politician and academic who served as deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2014 to 2016. He was the first ethnic minority deputy leader of a party with representation in parliament in the UK.
The 2014 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election took place in Stepmber 2014 to determine the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. It was won unopposed by the incumbent leader,Natalie Bennett.
Michael Jon Wood is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dudley South since May 2015.
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 2017 Suffolk County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 75 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions,which returned either one or two county councillors each,by first-past-the-post voting,for a four-year term of office.
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.
The Green Party of British Columbia held an election between September 5 and 13,2020,to elect a leader to replace Andrew Weaver,who resigned on January 6,2020,due to a personal health issue. Adam Olsen was made interim leader shortly after Weaver's resignation. Party members cast votes online and by telephone,using ranked ballots. Members and supporters 16 years of age and older were eligible to vote.
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.
Zack Polanski is the deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales,having served in the role since 7 September 2022. He has been a Londonwide member of the London Assembly (AM) for the party since May 2021. Polanski is also the national spokesperson for the Green Party for Democracy &Citizen Engagement.
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.
The 2022 Green Party of England and Wales Party deputy leadership election was held between 1 July and 7 September 2022 to determine the next deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. Voting took place from 1 to 30 August 2022.
