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 over 800 councillors at the local government level and three members of the London Assembly.
Caroline Patricia Lucas is a British politician who has twice led the Green Party of England and Wales and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion from the 2010 general election until 2024. She was re-elected in the 2015,2017 and 2019 general elections,increasing her majority each time. She is the Green Party's first and only MP.
The Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the United Kingdom that was founded in 1989 as a continuation of the original Liberal Party by members who opposed its merger with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to form the Liberal Democrats. The party holds five local council seats. The party promotes a hybrid of both classical and social liberal tendencies.
Keith Richard Taylor was a Green Party of England and Wales politician who was MEP for South East England from 2010 to 2019 and was the Party's animal rights spokesperson until his retirement in 2019. He was one of the two Principal Speakers of the party from August 2004 to November 2006.
Brighton Pavilion is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Caroline Lucas of the Green Party.
Brighton Kemptown is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Lloyd Russell-Moyle,an Independent,after being suspended by the Labour Party in May 2024. The seat is often referred to as Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven by local political parties,and will formally adopt that name following the 2024 general election.
Hove is a borough constituency in East Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Peter Kyle on behalf of the Labour Party.
East Midlands was a constituency of the European Parliament in the United Kingdom,established in 1999 with six members to replace single-member constituencies. Between 2009 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020 it returned five MEPs,elected using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
South East England was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected 10 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
Brighton and Hove City Council is a unitary authority in East Sussex,England. It was created as Brighton and Hove Borough Council on 1 April 1997 replacing Brighton and Hove Borough Councils. It was granted city status in 2001.
The Green Party of England and Wales has its roots in the PEOPLE Party started in Coventry in 1972/3 by four professional friends. 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 Northern Ireland. The Wales Green Party became an autonomous regional party and remained within the new Green Party of England and Wales.
This article lists the election results of the Green Party of England and Wales in the UK parliamentary,European parliamentary,London Assembly,and Senedd elections.
Elections to Brighton and Hove City Council were held on 5 May 2011,in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom. The whole council,a unitary authority,was up for election with 54 councillors elected from 21 wards.
Alexandra Louise Mayer is a former British Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England region for the Labour Party. She took up the post in November 2016 following the resignation of Richard Howitt,and lost her seat in the 2019 European Elections.
Elections to Brighton and Hove City Council election took place on 2 May 2019,electing all 54 members of the council,alongside other local elections in England and Northern Ireland.
Alexandra Lesley Phillips is a British journalist and former politician. She served as a Brexit Party member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South East England constituency from 2019 to 2020. She was the second candidate on the party's list for the constituency after party leader Nigel Farage. Phillips was previously head of media at the UK Independence Party (UKIP),which she left in September 2016. She was a GB News presenter between June 2021 and September 2022. In February 2023,Phillips joined Reform UK.
The 2019 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from the United Kingdom was held on 23 May 2019. These were the last elections to the European Parliament to be held before Brexit.
Phélim Mac Cafferty is a former Green Party of England and Wales politician and the former leader of Brighton and Hove City Council,in Brighton and Hove,England. He served as a councillor for the Brunswick and Adelaide ward from 2011 until 2023 when he lost his seat.
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 2023 Brighton and Hove City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Brighton and Hove City Council,England. This was at the same time as other local elections in England. Due to a boundary review,there was a change in ward boundaries,but the city council continued to comprise 54 members.
