Who, in 2010, became the first Green Party member of the House of Commons?
"an early pioneer of ecosocialism. The book is recommend as 'a great handbook for activists and engaged students of politics'. The Member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for Brighton Pavilion, and then leader of the Green Party of England and Wales Caroline Lucas wrote of the book 'with our planet in the grip of a severe environmental crisis we should never tire of seeking fresh alternatives. And, with so many our environmental problems being caused and sustained by an unrelenting demand for economic growth, Derek Wall’s The Rise of the Green Left sets out a new"
"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"
"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"
"Green Party of England and Wales election results This article lists the election results of the Green Party of England and Wales (and its predecessors) in the UK parliamentary, European parliamentary, London Assembly, and Welsh Assembly elections. The 2010 general election was a milestone for the Green Party as party leader Caroline Lucas was elected Britain's first Green MP in Brighton Pavilion with 31.3% of the vote. The Green Party fielded 310 candidates, six of whom saved their deposits. Green candidates came 4th in Norwich South, Hove, Brighton Kemptown, Cambridge and Lewisham Deptford. Overall the Green party received 1.0% of"
"Caroline Lucas Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960) is a British politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion since the 2010 general election, when she became the Green Party's first MP. She was re-elected in the 2015 and 2017 general elections with an increased majority. Born in Malvern in Worcestershire, Lucas graduated from the University of Exeter and the University of Kansas before receiving a PhD from the University of Exeter in 1989. She joined the Green Party in 1986 and held various party roles, also serving on Oxfordshire County Council from 1993 to"
"first leader on 5 September 2008, gaining 92% of the vote (against one other candidate, Ashley Gunstock) on a turnout of 38%. Previously the party had operated under a collective leadership. The change ""was about having a face the country recognises - or hopefully"", she told Decca Aitkenhead in 2009, ""comes to recognise. It was in recognition of the fact that people don't really relate to abstract ideas, they relate more to the people who embody them."" Lucas was elected as the Green Party's first-ever MP (for Brighton Pavilion) at the general election of 2010. In July 2010, Lucas expressed"
"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"
"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"
"Pavilion for the Greens at the 2017 general election. Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency) Brighton Pavilion is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Caroline Lucas of the Green Party; who on being elected, became the first MP for that party in the United Kingdom. 1950–1983: The County Borough of Brighton wards of Hollingbury, Montpelier, Patcham, Pavilion, Preston, Preston Park, Regency, St Nicholas, St Peter's, and West. 1983–1997: The Borough of Brighton wards of Hollingbury, Patcham, Preston, Regency, St Peter's, Seven Dials, Stanmer, and Westdene. 1997–2010: The Borough of Brighton wards of"
"UK election to the European Parliament with proportional representation, in 1999, the Green Party of England and Wales has had representation in the European Parliament. From 1999 to 2010, the two MEPs were Jean Lambert (London) and Lucas (South East England). In 2010, on election to the House of Commons, Lucas resigned her seat and was succeeded by Keith Taylor. In 2014, Taylor and Lambert held their seats, and were joined by Molly Scott Cato who was elected in the South West region, increasing the number of Green Party Members of the European Parliament to three for the first time."
"Mary White (Green Party politician) Mary Alexandra White (born 24 November 1948) is a former Irish Green Party politician who served as Minister of State for Equality, Human Rights and Integration from 2010 to 2011 and Deputy Leader of the Green Party from 2001 to 2011. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 2007 to 2011. White was born in Bray, County Wicklow, educated at the Ursuline Convent, Waterford and Trinity College, Dublin. At Trinity, she was a founding member of the English Society and received a ""Pink"" (award) for sporting excellence. She is married"
"Gareth Hughes (politician) Gareth Thomas Llewelyn Hughes (born 31 October 1981) is a New Zealand politician and member of the Green Party. He took a seat in Parliament as the next person on the Green party list following the retirement of Jeanette Fitzsimons in February 2010. Hughes grew up in Gisborne, and, after attending Gisborne Boys' High School, studied religious studies, history and politics at Victoria University of Wellington. He became a vegetarian while a student. He worked for Greenpeace in Australia and New Zealand from 2000–2005, and then worked for the Green Party on climate change issues. He is"
"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"
"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"
"the party won 11,985 first preference votes or 1.7% of the total – a rise of 1.4% since the 2003 Assembly election. In 2009, the Green Party stood Steven Agnew in the European election he secured 15,674 votes, trebling the Green Party's share of the vote. The Greens fought the election on the Green New Deal, calling for job creation in the green energy sector. The Greens fielded four candidates in the 2010 UK general election, none of which managed to secure a seat. However, the number of votes for Green candidates more than trebled. Brian Wilson MLA stood down"
"left Parliament on 11 February 2010, and was replaced by the next candidate on the Green Party list, Gareth Hughes. In the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours, Fitzsimons was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for public services. Fitzsimons is married, and has two adult children. She and her husband manage an organic farm in the Kauaeranga Valley east of Thames at the base of the Coromandel Peninsula. Jeanette Fitzsimons Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons (born 17 January 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. She was the co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand from"
"Kate Green Katherine Anne Green (born 2 May 1960) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston in 2010. Green was born in Edinburgh, to Jessie Craig (""née"" Bruce) and Maurice Green. She attended Currie High School and the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws degree. After university, Green began a career at Barclays Bank, working for the organisation from 1982 to 1997. From 1997 to 1999 she worked as a Whitehall and Industry Group secondee to the Home Office. Green was employed as Director"
"election in the West Central constituency, again not being elected. In 2009, Green was selected as the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Stretford and Urmston through an all-women shortlist following Beverley Hughes's announcement that she would not be seeking re-election. She was elected as Member of Parliament on 6 May 2010 securing 48.6% of the vote, increasing the majority Hughes gained in the 2005 general election. Since entering Parliament, Green has been elected as a Vice-Chair of the Labour Party's National Policy Forum and serves as the chairman of the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party. Following a reshuffle of Labour's shadow ministerial"
"of GreenLeft in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, Voortman went on maternity leave. In the parliamentary elections of 2012 Ellemeet had occupied number nine of the GreenLeft party list. As the party conquered four seats she was not elected. Three persons higher on the list than Ellemeet (Rik Grashoff, Arjan El Fassed and Niels van den Berge) declined to take up the temporary seat of Voortman. In the parliamentary elections of 2017, she was elected to the House of Representatives for GreenLeft. She took office on 23 March 2017. Corinne Ellemeet Corinne Elisabeth de Jonge van Ellemeet (born"
"Jeff Green (politician) Jeffrey Edwin Green (born 5 May 1957) is a British Conservative politician and former leader of Wirral Council between 2010 and 2011 and in 2012. He was the first Conservative to hold the role in 24 years. Green was first elected to Wirral Council in 1986 in the Tory safe seat of Thurstaston. After boundary change in 2004, Thurstaston was abolished and Green was successfully re-elected to the new West Kirby and Thurstaston ward. In 2002, he succeeded John Hale as leader of the Conservative group, a role he held until 2017 when he lost a leadership"
"party's annual convention. Roderic O'Gorman was elected party chairperson. The Green Party lost all its Dáil seats in the 2011 general election. Party Chairman Dan Boyle and Déirdre de Búrca were nominated by the Taoiseach to Seanad Éireann after the formation of the Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats–Green Party government in 2007, and Niall Ó Brolcháin was elected in December 2009. De Búrca resigned in February 2010, and was replaced by Mark Dearey. Neither Boyle nor O'Brolchain was re-elected to Seanad Éireann in the Seanad election of 2011, leaving the Green Party without Oireachtas representation until the 2016 general election, in which"
"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"
"was the first woman leader of a political party to be elected to the House of Commons since former NDP leader Alexa McDonough. As they hold only two seats, the Greens are not recognized as having official party status in the House of Commons. As well as a record number of women overall, the 41st Parliament will also contain a record number of younger women, with 18 women MPs who were under the age of 40 on election day, compared to just five in the previous Parliament. The longest-serving women in the 41st Parliament are Hedy Fry and Diane Ablonczy,"
"candidate to win a seat in the House of Commons. On 13 December 2013, Ontario MP Bruce Hyer announced that he would join the Green Party of Canada, doubling the number of members the party has in the House of Commons. On 19 October 2015, May was re-elected, in the riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands in British Columbia as the single Green Party member to win a seat. Bruce Hyer lost his seat in the riding of Thunder Bay-Superior North. Source: History of Federal elections since 1867 There have been three Green Members of Parliament in Canadian history: One other Member"
"Greens in the 2002 federal election and France's Europe Ecology – The Greens in the 2012 legislative election, in which they both won more seats than any other third party. In some countries Greens have found it difficult to win any representation in the national parliament. Three reasons can be found for this. It includes countries with a first past the post electoral system, such as the United Kingdom. However, despite the first past the post system in the United Kingdom, the Green Party of England and Wales won their first seat in the House of Commons when Caroline Lucas"
"Amelia Womack Amelia Helen Womack (born 12 January 1985) is a British politician. She has served as Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales since September 2014 (alongside Shahrar Ali for the period 2014–16). She grew up in Newport in South Wales, before moving to London. She was re-elected Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales in September 2016 for a second two-year term, and then again in September 2018. Womack attended Bassaleg School, a state comprehensive school in the suburb of Bassaleg in the city of Newport in South Wales, from 1996 to"
"record in Parliament. A List MP since 2010, Gareth Hughes was ranked 5th on the party list. He was serving as the Green Party's Musterer (whip) as well as their spokesman for energy, mining, ICT, and science. Hughes (aged 33) was seen as a choice representing a generational shift and was seen as the strongest voice on environmental issues, a key area of concern for the party. Vernon Tava was a member of the Waitematā Local Board, Green Party Auckland co-convener and was an electorate candidate for Northcote in 2011. Tava was pitched as an outsider (having never been an"
"New Era Party by 74 votes to 22. Indulis Emsis Indulis Emsis (born 2 January 1952 in Salacgriva, Limbaži District) is a Latvian biologist and politician. He was Prime Minister of Latvia for ten months in 2004, the first Green politician to lead a country in the history of the world. He was Speaker of the Saeima, the Latvian parliament from 2006 to 2007. Emsis' political views are described as rather conservative, unusual for members of green parties around the world. Emsis graduated from Riga First Secondary School in 1970, and graduated from the University of Latvia with a degree"
"Ireland Assembly and European Parliament. The Green Party first entered the Dáil in 1989. It has served in the Irish government once, from 2007 to 2011 as junior partner in a coalition with Fianna Fáil. The party suffered a wipeout in the February 2011 election, losing all six of its TDs. In the February 2016 election, it returned to the Dáil with two seats. Following this, Grace O'Sullivan was elected to the Seanad on 26 April that year. The party gained its first representation in the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2007, the Green Party in Northern Ireland having become a"
"group. In September 2008 Caroline Lucas was elected as the party's first leader. Lucas was reelected in 2010 but chose not to stand in 2012, when Natalie Bennett was elected her successor. After Bennett stood down in 2016 Lucas returned as leader, this time sharing the position with Jonathan Bartley. Prior to 1992 six principal speakers were elected annually. The Female Principal Speaker post was won by Siân Berry, without a contest. The Female Principal Speaker post was won by Caroline Lucas, without a contest. Not all regions of the Green Party used the Principal Speaker system. In particular, the"
"During the 2017 general election, the Green Party's party vote dropped to 6.3% with the Party gaining eight seats in the House of Representatives. The Green parliamentary caucus' newest members are Chlöe Swarbrick, who is currently the youngest member of the House, and Golriz Ghahraman, the first refugee member of the House. Following the election results, Party Leader Shaw stated that the Greens would not be seeking a coalition with the National Party. He added that the Party was pursuing a coalition rather than a support agreement with the Labour and socially-conservative New Zealand First parties. On 9 October, the"
"in the 2007 election but was not elected. In September 2007 Alison Johnstone took over as co-convener. In the 2010 UK general election she stood for Dundee East but was unsuccessful. Shiona Baird Shiona Baird (born 14 September 1946) is a Scottish Green Party politician and former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) 2003–2007 and co-convener of the Scottish Green Party 2004–2007. Baird was born on 14 September 1946, in Hereford, England. She is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh. She worked on her family farm near Dundee before standing for election. In 2003 she was elected as an"