Clive Lord

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Clive Lord, in 2016.

Clive Richard Lord is a British political activist and long serving member of the Green Party of England and Wales. He was one of the first members of the PEOPLE Party, which later became the Green Party, and split to make three separate Green Parties. He has also campaigned widely for the introduction of basic income. He was a candidate in the 2016 leadership election.

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Political career

Lord stood for the PEOPLE Party in the February 1974 general election in Leeds North East, winning 0.7% of the vote. In 1975, the PEOPLE Party became the Ecology Party, and in 1985 the Green Party. In 1990, the Green Party split into three parties: the Scottish Greens and the Green Party Northern Ireland. The Wales Green Party became an autonomous regional party and remained within the new Green Party of England and Wales. Lord thus became a member of the Green Party of England and Wales. [1] [2] [3]

Lord is a campaigner for basic income, writing in 1993 that: "I'm afraid I cannot retire from Green politics until the significance of the Basic Income is understood and taken for granted on all sides: it will enable us to emerge from recession without returning to indiscriminate economic growth that will destroy itself, and us with it." [4] In 2003, he published a book, A Citizens' Income: A Foundation for a Sustainable World, which outlined his personal philosophy and political beliefs. [1] In 2012, he co-edited a second book, Citizen’s Income and Green Economics. [5] [6]

In June 2016, Lord announced his intentions to stand for Leader of the Green Party in the upcoming 2016 leadership election. In his election statement, he stated that he wanted Andrew Cooper, who ended up standing for Deputy Leader, to be Leader. [2] [7]

Electoral performance

Date of electionConstituencyPartyVotes % of votesResult
2005 general election Batley and Spen Green 6491.7Not elected
2001 general election Batley and Spen Green 5951.5Not elected
1997 general election Batley and Spen Green 3840.8Not elected
1992 general election Batley and Spen Green 6281.0Not elected
1983 general election Batley and Spen Ecology 4930.9Not elected
1979 general election Batley and Morley Ecology 4601.0Not elected
Feb. 1974 general election Leeds North East PEOPLE 3000.7Not elected

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References

  1. 1 2 "Clive Lord". The Great Debate. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "My Green Leadership Bid Latest". Clive Lord for Green Party Leader. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. Lord, Clive (22 July 2016). "No Limits to the Green Party's Growth". The Norwich Radical. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  4. Lord, Clive (16 March 1993). "Letter: Roots of the Green Party's political failure". The Independent. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  5. "Clive Lord". Gravatar. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  6. Citizens' Income and Green Economics, ed. by Clive Lord, Miriam Kennet and Judith Felton (Reading: Green Economics Institute Reading, 2012), ISBN   9781907543074.
  7. Walker, Peter (5 July 2016). "Five candidates in running for Green party leadership". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2016.