London Green Party

London Green Party
London Green Party
Chair	Eugene McCarthy
Founded	July 1990
Youth wing	London Young Greens
Membership (February 2026)	34,000
Ideology	Green politics ; Progressivism ; Faction:; Eco-socialism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Green Party of England and Wales
European affiliation	European Green Party
International affiliation	Global Greens
Colours	Green
House of Commons (London seats)	0 / 73
London Assembly	3 / 25
Court of Common Council	0 / 100
Local councillors in London	43 / 1,817
Council control in London	0 / 32
Directly-elected Mayors in London	0 / 5
Website
	london.greenparty.org.uk
	Politics of the United Kingdom ; Political parties ; Elections ;

Last updated February 09, 2026

The London Green Party is the regional party of the Green Party of England and Wales that operates in Greater London. The Greens are currently the third biggest party on the London Assembly. In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Greens got a record 10% of the vote in London.

Current representatives
London Assembly Members
Councillors
Former representatives
Members of the European Parliament
Electoral results
United Kingdom general elections
Greater London Council elections
European Parliament elections
London Assembly elections
London Mayoral elections
London Borough Council elections
City of London Corporation elections
Candidates for Mayor of London
Notes
References

Current representatives

London Assembly Members

Caroline Russell - Leader of the City Hall Greens
Zoë Garbett
Zack Polanski

Councillors

As of December 2025, Green Party representation on London Councils are: ^[6]

Council	Councillors
Barking and Dagenham	3 / 51	Official Opposition
Barnet	0 / 63
Bexley	0 / 45
Brent	5 / 57	3rd
Bromley	0 / 58
Camden	1 / 54	4th
Croydon	2 / 70	3rd
Ealing	0 / 70
Enfield	0 / 63
Greenwich	2 / 55	3rd
Hackney	3 / 48	3rd
Hammersmith & Fulham	2 / 50	3rd
Haringey	2 / 57	3rd
Harrow	0 / 55
Havering	0 / 55
Hillingdon	0 / 53
Hounslow	1 / 62
Islington	3 / 48	Official Opposition
Kensington and Chelsea	1 / 50	4th
Kingston upon Thames	0 / 48
Lambeth	4 / 63	Official Opposition
Lewisham	2 / 54	Official Opposition
Merton	0 / 57
Newham	3 / 66	3rd
Redbridge	0 / 63
Richmond upon Thames	5 / 54	Official Opposition
Southwark	3 / 63
Sutton	0 / 55
Tower Hamlets	1 / 45	3rd
Waltham Forest	0 / 60
Wandsworth	0 / 58
Westminster	0 / 54

Former representatives

Members of the European Parliament

Jean Lambert (1999–2019)
Scott Ainslie (2019–2020)

Electoral results

United Kingdom general elections

The table below shows the London Green Party's results at UK general elections since the area of Greater London was created.

	Votes won	% of votes	Change	Change
2005	78,595	2.7%		N/A
2010	54,316	1.6%	1.1
2015	171,670	4.9%	3.3
2017	67,579	1.8%	3.1
2019	115,527	3.1%	1.3
2024	334,791	10.0%	6.9

Greater London Council elections

The table below shows the results obtained by the Ecology Party in elections to the Greater London Council. The GLC was abolished by the Local Government Act 1985.

Date	Leader	Votes won	% of votes	Change	Councillors	Change	Result
1977		298	0.0	N/A	0 / 92		Conservative win
1981		17,515	0.8	0.7	0 / 92		Labour win

European Parliament elections

During the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union (1973–2020), Greater London participated in European Parliament elections, held every five years from 1979 until 2019.^[7] The table below shows the London Green Party results in elections to the European Parliament. Results between 1979 and 1984 are for the Ecology Party, while results in 1989 are for the United Kingdom-wide Green Party. From 1979 to 1994, London members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected from ten individual constituencies by first-past-the-post voting; from 1999 to 2019, MEPs were elected from a London-wide regional list by proportional representation.

Election	Leader(s)^[a]		Votes			Seats		Pos.
Election	Leader(s)^[a]		No.	%	±	No.	±	Pos.
1979	Jonathon Porritt		6,448	0.4	N/A	0 / 10	N/A	4th
1984	More Than Two Principal Speakers		26,132	1.6	1.1	0 / 10		4th
1989	More Than Two Principal Speakers		298,328	15.9	14.4	0 / 10		3rd
1994	John Cornford	Jan Clark	61,786	3.8	12.2	0 / 10		4th
1999	Mike Woodin	Jean Lambert	87,545	7.7	3.9	1 / 10	1	4th
2004	Mike Woodin	Caroline Lucas	158,986	8.4	0.8	1 / 9		5th
2009	Caroline Lucas		190,589	10.9	2.5	1 / 8		4th
2014	Natalie Bennett		196,419	8.9	2.0	1 / 8		4th
2019	Jonathan Bartley	Siân Berry	278,957	12.4	3.5	1 / 8		4th

London Assembly elections

Election	Leader	Constituency			Party			Total Seats	+/–
Election	Leader	#	%	Seats	#	%	Seats	Total Seats	+/–
2000	Darren Johnson	162,457	10.2%	0 / 14	183,910	11.1%	3 / 11	3 / 25	N/A
2004	Darren Johnson	138,242	7.7%	0 / 14	160,445	8.6%	2 / 11	2 / 25	1
2008	Jenny Jones	194,059	8.1%	0 / 14	203,465	8.3%	2 / 11	2 / 25
2012	Jenny Jones	188,623	8.5%	0 / 14	189,215	8.5%	2 / 11	2 / 25
2016	Siân Berry	236,809	9.1%	0 / 14	207,959	8.0%	2 / 11	2 / 25
2021	Caroline Russell	336,840	13.0%	0 / 14	305,452	11.8%	3 / 11	3 / 25	1
2024	Caroline Russell	319,869	12.9%	0 / 14	286,746	11.6%	3 / 11	3 / 25

London Mayoral elections

	Popular Vote	% of Vote	Change	Place	Notes
2000	38,121	2.2%	N/A	6th
2004	57,332	3.1%	0.9%	7th
2008	77,347	3.2%	0.1%	4th
2012	98,913	4.5%	1.3%	3rd
2016	150,673	5.8%	1.3%	3rd
2021	197,976	7.8%	2.0%	3rd	Best result to date.
2024	145,114	5.8%	2.0%	4th

London Borough Council elections

	Vote	% of Vote	Change	Councillors	Change
1990	141,569	5.9%	4.7%	0
1994	48,798	2.2%	3.7%	0
1998	50,732	2.9%	0.7%	2	2
2002	95,394	5.5%	2.6%	1	1
2006	169,160	7.9%	2.4%	12	11
2010	248,175	6.6%	1.3%	2	10
2014	246,805	9.8%	3.2%	4	2
2018	211,170	8.6%	1.2%	11	7
2022	276,160	11.9%	3.3%	18	7

City of London Corporation elections

The Greens did not field any candidates in the 2022 City of London Corporation election ^[8]

Candidates for Mayor of London

Notes

↑ This post was known as Principal Speaker(s) until 2008.

References

↑ "Executive Committee". London Green Party. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
↑ "London Green Party". London Green Party. Green Party of England and Wales. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
↑ "Green Party of England and Wales elects new leaders". europeangreens.edu. European Green Party. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
↑ "Green leaders: Who came before Caroline Lucas?". BBC News. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
↑ http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councils.php?model=L&y=0
↑ http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councils.php?model=L&y=0
↑ Cracknell, Richard; Uberoi, Elise; Burton, Matthew (9 August 2023). "UK Election Statistics: 1918–2023, A Long Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. pp. 65–67. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
↑ "Statements of Persons Nominated".
↑ "Zoe4Hackney/status". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-02-12.

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[1] "Executive Committee". London Green Party. Retrieved 17 December 2025.

[2] "London Green Party". London Green Party. Green Party of England and Wales. Retrieved 2 February 2026.

[3] "Green Party of England and Wales elects new leaders". europeangreens.edu. European Green Party. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

[4] "Green leaders: Who came before Caroline Lucas?". BBC News. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2024.

[5] ttp://opencouncildata.co.uk/councils.php?model=L&y=0

[6] ttp://opencouncildata.co.uk/councils.php?model=L&y=0

[EP-7] Cracknell, Richard; Uberoi, Elise; Burton, Matthew (9 August 2023). "UK Election Statistics: 1918–2023, A Long Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. pp. 65–67. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[9] "Statements of Persons Nominated".

[10] "Zoe4Hackney/status". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-02-12.

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London Green Party
Chair	Eugene McCarthy^[1]
Founded	July 1990
Youth wing	London Young Greens
Membership (February 2026)	34,000^[2]
Ideology	Green politics Progressivism ^[3] Faction: Eco-socialism ^[4]
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Green Party of England and Wales
European affiliation	European Green Party
International affiliation	Global Greens
Colours	Green
House of Commons (London seats)	0 / 73
London Assembly	3 / 25
Court of Common Council	0 / 100
Local councillors in London ^[5]	43 / 1,817
Council control in London	0 / 32
Directly-elected Mayors in London	0 / 5
Website
london.greenparty.org.uk
Politics of the United Kingdom Political parties Elections