The incumbent deputy leader Zack Polanski, who had been in office since 2022, declined to run, instead running for the leadership position.
Background
According to the constitution of the Green Party of England and Wales, deputy leader(s) of the party are elected every two years, at the same time as the leader(s). The election due to take place in 2024 was postponed due to the UK general election following a motion passed at the party's 2023 Autumn Conference.[2] Because of this, the leadership term will only be for one year. This election is being held concurrently with other elections to the executive of the party, including the leadership.[3]
Electoral system
Candidates put themselves forward as individuals. The leader and deputy leader team must consist of three individuals in total: either two joint leaders and one deputy leader, or one leader and two joint deputy leaders. As a result, the number of deputy leaders to be elected depends on the outcome of the concurrent leadership election: if two individuals are elected as leader then only one deputy will be elected, but if only one individual is elected as leader then two deputies will be elected.[4][5] In the latter scenario, the two deputy leaders must not be the same gender as each other.[6][4]
The election is held under a instant-runoff voting system. In the event that two deputy leaders are required to be elected, a form of single transferable vote is used. After the election of the first deputy leader, all candidates of the same gender as the first-elected deputy leader are eliminated and their vote preferences redistributed, thereby ensuring that the second-elected deputy leader is of a different gender to the first.[6] There is also an option to reopen nominations on the ballot.[1]
With Polanski elected as a single leader, two deputy leaders were to be elected. Mothin Ali was elected first after 7 rounds of vote transfers from other candidates; a second count was then calculated with all male candidates removed to ensure the second deputy leader being of a different gender to the first, in which Rachel Millward was elected. 16,013 ballots were cast.[19]
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