"favour of the new leadership model, with a 48.3% turnout of Green Party members. Supporters of the 'Green Yes' campaign for a yes vote in the referendum include the then-Principal Speaker Caroline Lucas MEP, Siân Berry, Darren Johnson AM (a Green member of the London Assembly), environmental commentator and Green member Mark Lynas, former Principal Speaker Jonathon Porritt, councillors from Lewisham, Brighton, Norwich, Leicester and Lancaster, and members of the Green Party Executive (GPEx), including Jim Killock (External Communications Officer), Elections Coordinator Peter Cranie and Khalid Hussenbux, the party's Financial Coordinator. The Green Yes campaign believe that the Green Party"
"Jenny Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Jennifer Helen Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (born 23 December 1949) is an English politician and member of the Green Party of England and Wales. She is the only Green member of the House of Lords. Jones represented the Green Party in the London Assembly from its creation in 2000 until standing down in 2016. She was the Green candidate for Mayor of London in the 2012 election, coming third with 4.48% of first preferences. She served as Deputy Mayor of London from May 2003 to June 2004. She was also the sole Green"
"Jenny Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Jennifer Helen Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (born 23 December 1949) is an English politician and member of the Green Party of England and Wales. She is the only Green member of the House of Lords. Jones represented the Green Party in the London Assembly from its creation in 2000 until standing down in 2016. She was the Green candidate for Mayor of London in the 2012 election, coming third with 4.48% of first preferences. She served as Deputy Mayor of London from May 2003 to June 2004. She was also the sole Green"
"of the London Assembly. Brighton Pavilion was the Green Party's first and only parliamentary seat to date, won at the 2010 general election and held in 2015 and 2017. As with other small parties, representation at the House of Commons has been hindered by the first-past-the-post voting system. The party's first life peer was Baron Beaumont of Whitley, who left the Liberal Democrats and joined the Green Party in 1999. He sat as a Green until his death in 2008. As of December 2015, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb is their only representative in the House of Lords. Since the first"
"office in Hennock, and spent his spare time sailing his yacht and developing computer programmes. Tony Whittaker Anthony Michael ""Tony"" Whittaker (4 May 1932 – 1 April 2016) was a British solicitor and politician, best known as the co-founder and first leader of PEOPLE, forerunner of the Green Party. Born in Coventry, Whittaker was educated at Warwick School and the University of Birmingham. He completed National Service with the Royal Air Force, then worked as a solicitor in Kenilworth, where he joined the Conservative Party and was elected to the local council. In 1971, Whittaker married his second wife, Lesley"
"Tony Whittaker Anthony Michael ""Tony"" Whittaker (4 May 1932 – 1 April 2016) was a British solicitor and politician, best known as the co-founder and first leader of PEOPLE, forerunner of the Green Party. Born in Coventry, Whittaker was educated at Warwick School and the University of Birmingham. He completed National Service with the Royal Air Force, then worked as a solicitor in Kenilworth, where he joined the Conservative Party and was elected to the local council. In 1971, Whittaker married his second wife, Lesley Hill. The two founded their own solicitors' practice back in Coventry. The following year, Lesley"
"like to help the Better Together campaign and that there was a ""significant minority"" of Greens who were opposed to independence. Robin Harper Robin Charles Moreton Harper, (born 4 August 1940) is a Scottish politician, and was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region (1999–2011). He was co-convener of the Scottish Green Party (2004–2008). Harper became an MSP in the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, the first ever elected Green parliamentarian in the United Kingdom. Harper was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School and Elgin Academy, Moray. He graduated from the University of"
"Shahrar Ali Mohammad Shahrar Ali, known as Shahrar Ali (['ʃɑːrɑː ɑː'liː]), is a British politician and former Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, a post in which he served alongside Amelia Womack. He was the first black and minority ethnic deputy leader of a parliamentary party in the UK and was elected in September 2014 at the Green Party conference in Aston, Birmingham for a two-year term. Shahrar Ali has degrees in biochemical engineering (BEng) and philosophy (BA, MPhil, PhD) from the University of London. His 1997 MPhil thesis was on ""Practical reason with reference to"
"Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb Charles Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, , known as Henry, (born 27 March 1925) is a British farmer who went into politics as a leader of the National Farmers Union. He later became active in the Conservative Party and was elected as a Member of the European Parliament. He served as an MEP from 1979 to 1999, serving as President of the European Parliament from 1987 to 1989, the first and only Briton to hold the post. Plumb's family were from Cheshire and had been in farming for several generations. His father farmed at Coleshill in Warwickshire,"
"Robin Harper Robin Charles Moreton Harper, (born 4 August 1940) is a Scottish politician, and was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region (1999–2011). He was co-convener of the Scottish Green Party (2004–2008). Harper became an MSP in the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, the first ever elected Green parliamentarian in the United Kingdom. Harper was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School and Elgin Academy, Moray. He graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1962. He worked as a Modern Studies teacher at Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh, and before that was an English"
"Siân Berry Siân Rebecca Berry (born 9 July 1974) is an English politician and, since 4 September 2018, co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Jonathan Bartley. From 2006 to 2007, she was one of the Green Party's Principal Speakers. She was the party's candidate in the 2008 London mayoral election, and again in the 2016 election, at which she came third. She currently serves as a member of the London Assembly and the only Green Party councillor on Camden Council, representing Highgate. Born and raised in Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, Berry was educated at Pate's Grammar School,"
"modern times, this has usually occurred when a sitting member leaves their party, and some such MPs have been re-elected as independents. The only independent MP in the current parliament is Sylvia Hermon, previously of the Ulster Unionist Party. However, since 1950, only two new members have been elected as independents without having ever stood for a major party: Other UK political parties exist, but generally do not succeed in returning MPs to Parliament. The Scottish Green Party has 6 MSPs in the Scottish Parliament and a number of local councillors. The Green Party (Ireland) has one MLAs in the"
"Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint Stephen Keith Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint (born 7 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician, former Minister of State for Trade and Investment, former Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc, and Anglican priest. Stephen Green was born on 7 November 1948 to Dudley Keith Green and Dorothy Rosamund Mary Green (née Wickham). After a private education at Lancing College, near his family home in Brighton, he attended Exeter College, Oxford obtaining a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) in 1966. Green’s parents were active churchgoers and influenced his religious activities both as"
"the person of George MacLeod, Baron MacLeod of Fuinary, who died in 1991. He was the first British Green parliamentarian. In 1990, 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. Green Party (UK) The Green Party, also known as the Green Party UK, was a Green political party in the"
"Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW; ) is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales. Headquartered in London, since September 2018, its Co-Leaders are Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley. The Green Party has one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, one representative in the House of Lords, and three Members of the European Parliament. It has various councillors in UK local government and two members of the London Assembly. The party's ideology combines environmentalism with left-wing economic policies, including well-funded, locally controlled public services within the confines of"
"Tim Beaumont Timothy Wentworth Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (22 November 1928 – 8 April 2008) was a United Kingdom politician and an Anglican clergyman. He was politically active, successively, in the Liberal Party, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party. A life peer since 1967, he became the second Green Party member of either of the British Houses of Parliament of the United Kingdom when he joined the Green Party in 1999. Tim Beaumont's father, Michael Beaumont, was a Conservative MP for Aylesbury, and his paternal grandfather, Hubert Beaumont, was the Radical MP for Eastbourne from 1906 to 1910"
"Green Party (UK) The Green Party, also known as the Green Party UK, was a Green political party in the United Kingdom. Prior to 1985 it was called the Ecology Party, and before that PEOPLE. In 1990, it separated into three political parties: Despite the UK Green Party no longer existing as an entity, ""Green Party"" (singular) is still used in most media to refer collectively to the three separate parties; for example, when they report opinion polls and election results. An interview with overpopulation expert Paul R. Ehrlich in ""Playboy"" magazine inspired a small group of professional and business"
"Midlands. He died in June 2015, aged 80. Michael Gallagher (British politician) Michael Gallagher (1 July 1934 – 12 June 2015) was a British miner, politician and software development company executive. He was the only Member of the European Parliament to have been a member of the original Social Democratic Party, when he left the Labour Party in 1984. Gallagher was born in Seaham in the mining area of County Durham, and attended St Mary Magdalene Junior School and St Joseph's Secondary Modern School in the town. He himself became a miner on leaving school; he was employed in the"
"Wales Green Party The Wales Green Party (WGP; ) is a semi-autonomous political party within the Green Party of England and Wales. It covers Wales, and is the only regional party with semi-autonomous status within the GPEW. The WGP contests elections for the National Assembly for Wales (as well as at the local, UK and European level) and has its own newsletters, membership list, AGMs and manifesto. The WGP leader is Grenville Ham, and the Deputy Leaders are Benjamin Smith and Mirka Virtanen. Wales is represented internally within the GPEW by Louise Davies and Kathryn Driscoll on the Green Party"
"MP Blair Wilson joined the Green Party during Parliament's summer recess, technically becoming its first Member of Parliament (MP). He was defeated in the 2008 federal election, which was called before he had a chance to sit in the House of Commons as a Green MP. On 2 May 2011, Green Party leader Elizabeth May became the first elected Green Party MP to sit in the House of Commons. She won the riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands in coastal British Columbia. In winning her seat, May also became one of the few Greens worldwide to be elected in a federal, single-seat"
"He has a sister, Elizabeth, who lives in the USA and a brother, George Francis Green, who is Professor of Labour Economics and Skills Development at the Institute of Education, University of London. Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint Stephen Keith Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint (born 7 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician, former Minister of State for Trade and Investment, former Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc, and Anglican priest. Stephen Green was born on 7 November 1948 to Dudley Keith Green and Dorothy Rosamund Mary Green (née Wickham). After a private education at Lancing College, near"
"Michael Gallagher (British politician) Michael Gallagher (1 July 1934 – 12 June 2015) was a British miner, politician and software development company executive. He was the only Member of the European Parliament to have been a member of the original Social Democratic Party, when he left the Labour Party in 1984. Gallagher was born in Seaham in the mining area of County Durham, and attended St Mary Magdalene Junior School and St Joseph's Secondary Modern School in the town. He himself became a miner on leaving school; he was employed in the Nottinghamshire coalfield. He was a member of the"
"Green Ltd, a textile manufacturers based in Normanton, Derby. Albert Green (British politician) Albert Green (3 November 1874 – 25 September 1941) was a British Conservative Party politician. At the 1918 general election he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby, winning the second of the city's two seats. He had a narrow margin of only 2.2% of the votes over his Liberal Party opponent W.B. Rowbotham, and at the next general election, in 1922, he was defeated by the Liberal candidate Charles Henry Roberts. After losing his seat, Green did not stand for Parliament again. He"
"Jonathon Porritt Sir Jonathon Espie Porritt, 2nd Baronet, CBE (born 6 July 1950) is a leading British environmentalist and writer. He is known for his advocacy of the Green Party of England and Wales. Porritt frequently contributes to magazines, newspapers and books, and appears on radio and television. Jonathon Porritt was born in London, the son of The Lord Porritt, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand and his second wife, Kathleen Peck. Lord Porritt, who served as a senior officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II, was also the bronze medalist in the 1924 Summer Olympics ""Chariots"
"Isle of Man Green Party The Isle of Man Green Party is a green political party in the Isle of Man founded in August 2016 by Andrew Newton. The party is currently led by Andrew Newton and deputy leader Kylie Rollins. On the 10 August 2018, current chair Andrew Bentley became the party's first elected councillor after winning a by-election in Derby ward on Douglas Borough Council. His term ends in 2020. Though established in August 2016, the party decided not to endorse any candidates in the general election that September. It has thus not contested any parliamentary seats. The"
"with no honest belief in the facts stated in it. Hickson withdrew the action before the final judgment and costs of £1,243 were awarded against Greene. Though proceedings were started to bankrupt Greene, these were never brought to court. Greene continued to be involved in right-wing politics. He left the BPP to form the English Nationalist Association. Ben Greene Ben Greene (28 December 1901 – October 1978) was a British Labour Party politician and pacifist. He was interned during the Second World War because of his fascist associations and appealed to the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords against"
"of Parliament has been affiliated with the Green Party, but was never a caucus member: The Green Party of Canada has fielded candidates in all of the nation's ridings in two federal elections. In the Federal election of 19 October 2015 May was re-elected to her seat in the riding of Saanich–Gulf Islands and is the Green Party's only elected member to the Canadian Parliament, and the only one to sit in Parliament. Blair Wilson, the existing MP for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, joined the Green Party on 30 August 2008, and became the first Green MP. However,"
"Chris Green (politician) Christopher Patrick James Green (born 12 August 1973) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bolton West; he has held the seat since gaining it from the Labour Party at the 2015 general election. He was elected again in the 2017 general election, increasing his majority and vote share. On 8 July 2018, he resigned as a PPS over the government's Brexit position, citing the lack of total removal from the EU. Green was born on 12 August 1973 in Northern Ireland during The"
"Maurice Macmillan Maurice Victor Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (27 January 1921 – 10 March 1984) was a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament. He was the only son of Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Macmillan was the only son of Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton and Lady Dorothy Cavendish, daughter of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He served with the Sussex Yeomanry in Europe in the Second World War. Like his father, he"
"saw a drop of 7.8% in the share of Green votes as well as a drop in its position from second to third (out of eight candidates) with 3,848 votes. Bennett lives in Sheffield. Her partner is Jim Jepps, a left-wing activist who was a member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) for approximately a decade before leaving the party around 2003. Natalie Bennett Natalie Louise Bennett (born 10 February 1966) is a British politician and journalist who was born and raised in Australia. She led the Green Party of England and Wales from September 2012 to September 2016. She"
"policy. The main reasons were the neoliberal policies and unequal extortionate swaps of state forests made by the ruling Coalition. Green Party held a number of protests against these actions of the government and submitted ""The law for restoring the swapped forests and lands"". The famous conservationist Thomas Belev was nominated as a candidate from the civil quota in 2007. The party received 9976 votes and 0.51% of the vote. The party has not participated in elections for national [4] or European Parliament.[5] in 2009 and 2013. On presidential election . At the same time local elections were held and"
"left-wing party in the UK, by membership, is the Green Party of England and Wales. , membership was 45,643. The party has one Member of Parliament, Caroline Lucas, who was a Co-Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales; and was first elected as the MP for Brighton Pavilion at the 2010 general election. The other two political parties on the left and with representation in parliament are the centre-left Scottish National Party (SNP) and the left-wing Plaid Cymru. The SNP are only active in Scotland and Plaid are only active in Wales. The SNP has 35 MPs and"
"the Green Party of England and Wales. She came fourth, ahead of the Liberal Democrat candidate. Having achieved 2.5% of the vote. Tamsin Omond Tamsin Omond (born 19 November 1984) is a British author, environmental activist and journalist. They have campaigned for the government of the United Kingdom to take action to avoid man-made climate change. In 2009, they were included in the ""Sunday Times"" list of ""Top 30 Power Players Under-30"". Having completed her secondary education at Westminster School, Omond graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, and also has an MA degree in Ecology and Social Justice from the Open"