Amelia Womack

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Amelia Womack
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Womack in May 2017
Deputy Leader of the Green Party of
England and Wales
In office
1 September 2014 –7 September 2022
Servingwith Shahrar Ali (2014–2016)
Labour Ruth Jones 18,977 43.7 −8.6
Conservative Matthew Evans18,07541.6+2.3
Liberal Democrats Ryan Jones2,5655.9+3.7
Brexit Party Cameron Edwards1,7274.0N/A
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Clark1,1872.7+0.3
Green Amelia Womack9022.1+0.9
Majority9022.1−10.9
Turnout 43,43365.2−2.3
Registered electors 66,657
Labour hold Swing −5.5

2019 by-election

2019 Newport West by-election [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Jones 9,308 39.6 −12.7
Conservative Matthew Evans7,35731.3−8.0
UKIP Neil Hamilton 2,0238.6+6.1
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Clarke1,1855.0+2.5
Liberal Democrats Ryan Jones1,0884.6+2.4
Green Amelia Womack9243.9+2.8
Renew June Davies8793.7N/A
Abolish Richard Suchorzewski2050.9N/A
SDP Ian McLean2020.9N/A
Democrats and Veterans Philip Taylor1850.8N/A
For Britain Hugh Nicklin1590.7N/A
Majority1,9518.3-4.7
Turnout 23,51537.1-30.5
Registered electors 63,623
Labour hold Swing –2.4

2016 Welsh Assembly election

2016 Welsh Assembly Election: Cardiff Central [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jenny Rathbone 10,01638.4+0.5
Liberal Democrats Eluned Parrott 9,19935.3−2.4
Conservative Joel Williams2,3178.9−6.2
Plaid Cymru Glyn Wise 1,9517.5+0.3
UKIP Mohammed Islam1,2234.7+4.7
Green Amelia Womack1,1504.4+4.4
Independent Jane Croad2120.8+0.8
Majority8173.1+2.9
Turnout 26,06845.6+7.6
Labour hold Swing +1.7

2015 general election

2015 general election: Camberwell and Peckham [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harriet Harman 32,614 63.3 +4.1
Conservative Naomi Newstead6,79013.2+0.1
Green Amelia Womack5,18710.1+7.1
Liberal Democrats Yahaya Kiyingi2,5805.0−17.4
UKIP David Kurten 2,4134.7N/A
All People's PartyPrem Goyal8291.6N/A
NHA Rebecca Fox4660.9N/A
TUSC Nick Wrack2920.6N/A
CISTA Alex Robertson1970.4N/A
Workers Revolutionary Joshua Ogunleye1070.2−0.3
Whig Felicity Anscomb860.2N/A
Majority25,82450.1+11.3
Turnout 51,56162.3+3.0
Registered electors 82,746
Labour hold Swing +2.0

2014 European elections

2014 European election: London
ListCandidatesVotes%±
Labour Claude Moraes , Mary Honeyball , Lucy Anderson , Seb Dance ,
Ivana Bartoletti, Kamaljeet Jandu, Sanchia Alasia, Andrea Biondi 		806,959
(201,739.75)		36.67+15.4
Conservative Syed Kamall , Charles Tannock ,
Marina Yannakoudakis, Caroline Attfield, Lynne Hack, Sheila Lawlor, Glyn Chambers, Annesley Abercorn		495,639
(247,819.5)		22.52−4.8
UKIP Gerard Batten ,
Paul Oakley, Elizabeth Jones, Lawrence Webb, Alastair McFarlane, Andrew McNeilis, Anthony Brown, Peter Whittle 		371,13316.87+6.1
Green Jean Lambert ,
Caroline Allen, Haroon Saad, Shahrar Ali, Danny Bates, Tracey Hague, Violeta Vajda, Amelia Womack		196,4198.93−2.0
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ludford, Jonathan Fryer, Richard Davis, Anuja Prashar, Rosina Robson, Turhan Ozen, Simon James, Matt McLaren 148,0136.73−7.0
4 Freedoms Party Dirk Hazell, NoelleAnne O'Sullivan, Geoff Gibas, Aline Doussin, Andrew Bell, Deborah Phillips, Royston Flude, Brendan Donnelly 28,0141.27N/A
An Independence from Europe Patrick Burns, Marlene Daniel, Gareth Griffiths, Munpreet Bhathal, Sharon Greenfield, Eddie Yeoman, Fred Atkins, Jean Atkins 26,6751.21N/A
CPA Sid Cordle, Yemi Awolola, Ashley Dickenson, Sharmilla Swarma, Laurence Williams, Ethel Odiete, Kevin Nicholls, Steven Hammond23,7021.08−1.9
NHA Louise Irvine, Chidi Ejimofo, Marcus Chown, Kathryn Anderson, Rufus Hound, Jessica Ormerod, Andrew Sharp, Alex Ashman23,2531.06N/A
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson, Alexander Bourke, Kirsteen Williamson-Guinn, Andrew Knight, Dimple Patel, Meg Mathews, Guy Dessoy, Ranjan Joshi21,0920.96N/A
BNP Stephen Squire, Donna Treanor, Paul Sturdy, John Clarke, David Furness, Cliff le May, Ray Underwood, Kevin Lazell19,2460.87−4.1
Europeans PartyTommy Tomescu, Andrzej Rygielski, Vanessa Del Carmen Guerrero Rodriguez, Robin Ashenden, Emil Rusanov, Georgios Papagrigorakis10,7120.5N/A
English Democrat Jenny Knight, Matthew Roberts, Maggi Young, Graham Clipperton, Gary Butler, Nick Capp, Louise Dutton, Natalie Smith10,1420.5−0.9
Communities United Kamran Malik, Humera Kamran, Cydatty Bogie, Mary Coleman Daniels, Idris Aden Ali, Reuben Edokpayi, Sunita Kaur Singh, Joanne Flanders 6,9510.3N/A
National Liberal Graham Williamson, Jagdeesh Singh, Sockalingham Yogalingam, Doris Jones, Upkar Singh Rai, Yuseef Anwar, Araz Yurdseven, Bernard Dube6,7360.3N/A
NO2EU Edward Dempsey, Alexander Gordon, April Ashley, Annie Ngemi, Mary Davis, Paula Mitchell, Natasha Horau, Michael Clarty3,8040.2N/A
Harmony PartyDavid Vincent1,9850.1−0.84
Turnout 2,200,475N/AN/A

2014 Lambeth London Borough Council election

Herne Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michelle Agdomar2,42049.5
Labour Jim Dickson *2,373
Labour Jack Holborn2,198
Green Amelia Womack1,35727.8
Green Nicholas Edwards1,269
Green Luke Hildyard1,103
Conservative Claire Baker4709.6
Conservative Simon Hooberman387
Conservative Heidi Nicholson381
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Keen3517.2
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Price241
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Price187
UKIP Steven Stanbury1683.4
TUSC Louise Scott1212.5
Total votes
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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