"after she joined the party in January 2006. Bennett was born on 10 February 1966 in Eastwood, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, the daughter of John and Joy Bennett. She was born to working class teenage parents: a part-time secretary and an apprentice carpenter. Her mother was killed in a car crash in 1989. Having been awarded a scholarship, she was educated at MLC School, an independent day school for girls in Burwood, New South Wales. She then took the degrees of Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgrSc Hons) at the University of Sydney, Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) in Asian"
"2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election The Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, 2016 took place from July to August 2016, with the campaign period taking place in July, and voting period in August. The incumbent leader, Natalie Bennett, announced on 15 May 2016 that she was not intending to stand for re-election after four years as the leader of the party, resulting in the first contested leadership election since 2012. Former Leader Caroline Lucas MP and Jonathan Bartley won the leadership election with a job share arrangement with 86% of the vote; the results"
"Key figures in the Green Party of England and Wales This is a list of key figures in the Green Party of England and Wales: Leader: <br> Natalie Bennett <br> Deputy Leader: <br> Shahrar Ali, Amelia Womack Leader of Brighton & Hove Council:<br> Bill Randall Darren Johnson AM<br> Jenny Jones AM Jean Lambert MEP<br> Keith Taylor MEP Molly Scott Cato MEP Caroline Lucas MP Chair:<br> Jayne Forbes<br> Elections Co-ordinator:<br> Judy Maciejowska<br> Policy Co-ordinators:<br> Chris Hyland and Jim Jepps<br> Finance Co-ordinator:<br> Dean Walton<br> External Communications co-ordinator: <br> Penny Kemp<br> Campaigns Co-ordinator:<br> Romayne Phoenix<br> Publications Co-ordinator:<br> Edward Milford<br> International Co-ordinator:<br> John Street<br>"
"Gareth Bennett (politician) Gareth John Bennett (born 1 December 1968) is a Welsh politician who has been a UK Independence Party Member of the National Assembly for Wales for South Wales Central since the National Assembly for Wales election, 2016. On 10 August 2018 he was elected the leader of UKIP in the National Assembly for Wales. Bennett was born in Cardiff on 1 December 1968. He was educated at Llandaff City Primary School and Radyr Comprehensive School. He studied sociology at Middlesex Polytechnic but left halfway through the course, returning to Cardiff to study journalism at the Cardiff Institute"
"2014 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election The Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, 2014 took place in September 2014. The party has elections every two years for Leader and Deputy Leader roles and this was the fourth election since the party decided to switch from having principal speakers to having a leader and a deputy leader, or co-leaders. Incumbent Leader Natalie Bennett was re-elected unopposed with 93% of the vote, while Amelia Womack and Shahrar Ali won the two Deputy Leadership positions. Unlike in other years, the Green Party did not publish the full breakdown"
"Internal Communications Co-ordinator:<br> Charlotte Dingle<br> Local Party Support Co-ordinator:<br> Gayle O'Donnovan<br> Management Co-ordinator:<br> Tom Beaton<br> Equality and Diversity Co-ordinator:<br> Polly Lane Derek Wall - Former Principal Speaker<br> Rupert Read Cllr<br> Sian Berry - Former Principal Speaker and 2008 London Mayoral candidate<br> Margaret White Cllr - Former Principal Speaker (1) <ref name=""http://www.greenparty.org.uk/people/executive.html""> </ref> (2) <ref name=""http://www.greenparty.org.uk/people.html""> </ref> Key figures in the Green Party of England and Wales This is a list of key figures in the Green Party of England and Wales: Leader: <br> Natalie Bennett <br> Deputy Leader: <br> Shahrar Ali, Amelia Womack Leader of Brighton & Hove Council:<br> Bill"
"party leader from December 2015 until her resignation in March 2017 was Alice Hooker-Stroud; the current Leader is Grenville Ham, and the current Deputy Leaders are Benjamin Smith and Pippa Bartolotti. Wales is represented internally within the GPEW by Chris Simpson and Chris Carmichael on the Green Party Regional Council (GPRC). Both sets of positions are directly elected by postal ballot. The Green Parties in the United Kingdom have their roots in the PEOPLE movement which was founded in 1972. This became the Ecology Party three years later, and then the Green Party in 1985. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland"
"sales to Saudi Arabia. She has also voiced support for polygamy and polyamorous relationships. On 3 September 2012, Bennett replaced Caroline Lucas as leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. 3,127 ballot papers were returned in the 2012 Green Party leadership elections, a turnout of 25.1%. This turnout was explained by Bennett in a BBC interview: ""if you hold an election in the month of August you kind of expect that turnout won't be particularly high"". On election as party leader Bennett told a press conference that the policies of the Green Party were ""the only viable way"
"opportunity to get well known, to have some profile in the party, hopefully to use that to get themselves elected as well."" In the 2012 leadership election, Natalie Bennett, a journalist for ""The Guardian"", was elected as Leader. She was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 leadership election, and then led the party in the 2015 general election. At the general election, the Green Party's vote share increased from 1.0% to 3.8%, but they did not increase their parliamentary representation. Following the 2016 local elections, in which the Green Party lost four local councillors but came third in the London Assembly"
"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"
"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"
"Democrat, Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru MPs. In February 2012, Eden Project founder Tim Smit added his support for a Cornish Assembly in an interview with BBC Spotlight. He hoped that greater devolution of powers and control of finances to Cornwall would aid in the development of green and other innovative technologies by Cornish companies. In May 2014, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Natalie Bennett, expressed her party's support for a Cornish Assembly and signed a declaration to support Mebyon Kernow's proposals. In September 2014, a Pirate FM poll on a Cornish Assembly ended with"
"Liberal Democrats. In May 2014, Molly Scott Cato became the party's third MEP. History of the Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales has its roots in the PEOPLE Party started in Coventry in 1972/3 by four professional friends (Michael Benfield, Freda Sanders, Tony and Lesley Whittaker). 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"
"elections in England and Wales, the Green Party in Brighton and Hove took minority control of the City Council by winning 23 seats, 5 short of an overall majority. At the 2012 local government elections the Green Party gained 5 seats, and retained both AMs at the 2012 London Assembly election. At the London Mayoral Election the party's candidate Jenny Jones finished third, and lost her deposit. In May 2012, Lucas announced that she would not seek re-election to the post of party leader. In September, Natalie Bennett was elected party leader and Will Duckworth deputy leader in the leadership"
"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"
"History of the Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales has its roots in the PEOPLE Party started in Coventry in 1972/3 by four professional friends (Michael Benfield, Freda Sanders, Tony and Lesley Whittaker). 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"
"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"
"Nicholas Bennett Nicholas Jerome Bennett (born 7 May 1949 in Hampstead, London) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 to 1992 representing the constituency of Pembrokeshire, and was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Welsh Office from 1990 to 1992. Bennett was a school teacher from 1976–1985, and also worked for a period in educational publishing. Bennett was a Conservative Councillor in the London Borough of Lewisham from 1974 to 1982, serving as the Leader of the Opposition in the Borough from 1979 to 1981. He"
"candidate on the London-wide list for the Green Party. Bennett has considered herself a feminist since she was a young child, claiming that it was her ""first politics"". She also founded the Green Party women's group and was a trustee of the Fawcett Society between 2010 and 2014. She became interested in environmental issues when she obtained a degree in Agricultural Sciences. She is in favour of abolishing the monarchy. In an April 2015 interview, she said that she supports the Green Party policy of an economic and cultural boycott of Israel, and also thought that Britain should cease arms"
"Mann (1856–1941) the noted British trade unionist and co-founder of the Labour Party (UK). Bennett was educated at Sedgehill School, before taking his O-Levels and A-Levels at further education colleges. He completed a BA in Philosophy at the Polytechnic of North London, a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) at the Institute of Education, University of London, and an MA in Educational Management at the University of Sussex. Nicholas Bennett Nicholas Jerome Bennett (born 7 May 1949 in Hampstead, London) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 to"
"session in May 2015, Redfern Jon Barrett questioned Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, about her party's stance towards polyamorous marriage rights. Bennett responded by saying that her party is ""open"" to discussion on the idea of civil partnership or marriages between three people. Bennett's announcement aroused media controversy on the topic and led to major international news outlets covering her answer. A follow-up article written by Barrett was published by PinkNews on May 4, 2015, further exploring the topic. Polyamory was the subject of the 2018 Louis Theroux documentary ""Love Without Limits"", where Theroux"
"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,"
"Catherine West Catherine West (born 14 September 1966) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey and Wood Green in May 2015. West was born on 14 September 1966 and was raised in Sydney, Australia. She was educated at Ravenswood School for Girls. She studied at the University of Sydney and gained a master's degree in Chinese politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. West is fluent in five languages, including Mandarin Chinese, which she became proficient in during her time living"
"Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Natalie Jessica Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park, (born 29 November 1975) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Leader of the House of Lords. She was made a life peer in 2014. She was educated at Rockport School, Henrietta Barnett School and at the New Hall, Cambridge, where she studied social and political sciences and graduated in 1998. In May 2010, she stood for election to the London Borough of Haringey as a Conservative Party candidate to be one of three councillors in the Bounds Green ward. She achieved 647 votes"
"Giz Watson Elizabeth Mary ""Giz"" Watson (born 18 January 1957) is an English-born former Australian politician, and a former leader of The Greens, Western Australia. Watson is the current co-convenor for the Australian Greens and a candidate for the Western Australian seat of O'Connor at the 2016 federal election. Watson was born in 1957 in Eastleigh, a town in Hampshire, England, and emigrated to Western Australia in September 1967, travelling extensively through the state. She studied environmental science at Murdoch University and, after leaving university to do voluntary work for a couple of years, graduated with a Bachelor of Science"
"Eleonora Tennant Eleonora Elisa Fiaschi Tennant (19 December 1893 – 11 September 1963) was an Australian political activist, best known for her campaigns in the United Kingdom. A society figure, she was mainly associated with groups on the right-wing fringes of the Conservative Party. Born in Sydney as Eleonora Fiaschi, the daughter of Brigadier-General Thomas Fiaschi, she was sent to school in England. In 1911, while in Australia, she met Ernest Tennant, a British merchant banker who did a lot of business with Germany. They married soon afterwards, while Tennant was still seventeen, and settled in the UK, living at"
"became the first Leader of the Labour Party to have been born in England; prior to this, all party leaders had been born in Scotland. In 1924, Ramsay MacDonald became the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority administration which lasted nine months. Clement Attlee would become the first Labour leader to lead a majority government in 1945. The first to be born in Wales was Neil Kinnock, who was elected in 1983. The most electorally successful Leaders of the Labour Party to date are: Tony Blair, who won three consecutive electoral victories in 1997, 2001 (both landslide victories),"
"Green party leader. Jane Sterk was born and raised in Edmonton with her father, who worked as the dean of education at the University of Alberta, and her mother, who was a pianist. At 20 years old, in 1967 she married a man named John, who went on to become a lawyer and author. Together they raised two sons. Sterk worked as a school teacher for Edmonton Public Schools for seven years. At the University of Alberta, she earned a master's degree in education and a doctorate in counseling psychology. She opened a private psychologist practice and worked for the"
"2015. Since 1990, Watson has lived with her same-sex partner, June Lowe, a social researcher. Giz Watson Elizabeth Mary ""Giz"" Watson (born 18 January 1957) is an English-born former Australian politician, and a former leader of The Greens, Western Australia. Watson is the current co-convenor for the Australian Greens and a candidate for the Western Australian seat of O'Connor at the 2016 federal election. Watson was born in 1957 in Eastleigh, a town in Hampshire, England, and emigrated to Western Australia in September 1967, travelling extensively through the state. She studied environmental science at Murdoch University and, after leaving university"
"of Wales, Bangor. She holds honorary Doctorates from Thames Valley University, Brunel University and Kingston University. Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (""née"" Parry; born 7 July 1944) is a British politician and former teacher. She was a Labour Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 2009. She is the wife of Neil Kinnock, who was leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992. When Neil Kinnock received a life peerage in 2005, Glenys became entitled to the style ""Lady Kinnock"", which she chose not to use. She was"
"party won 12 seats out of 120. Naftali Bennett was born in Haifa, Israel, on 25 March 1972. He is the youngest of three sons born to Jim and Myrna Bennett, American Jewish immigrants who moved to Israel from San Francisco in 1967, a month after the Six-Day War. His father's Jewish roots come from Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands. His maternal grandparents moved to San Francisco from Poland 20 years before the outbreak of World War II, and relocated to Israel as seniors, settling on Vitkin Street in Haifa. Some of his mother's other family members who remained in"
"Tina Green Christina ""Tina"" Green, Lady Green (b. 1948 or 1949), is an English billionaire businesswoman, who is based in Monaco. She was born in England (not South Africa as is sometimes suggested) to a father who ""worked in the wine trade"", and travelled widely when young. Married to British retail businessman Sir Philip Green, her second husband, Tina Green owns all of the family shares in Jersey-registered Taveta Investments. As a result, she has been referred to as the wealthiest and second-wealthiest woman in the UK. Via Jersey-registered Taveta Investments and its subsidiaries, Green owns 2,300 shops in the"
"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"