London Green Party | |
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Coordinator | Malcolm Powell |
Party secretary | Ruben Rojas |
Founded | July 1990 |
Headquarters | Development House, 56-643 Leonard Street |
Youth wing | London Young Greens |
Membership (2015) | 12,000 [1] |
Ideology | |
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 | 18 / 1,851 |
Council control in London | 0 / 32 |
Directly-elected Mayors in London | 0 / 5 |
Website | |
london.greenparty.org.uk | |
The London Green Party is the regional party of the Green Party of England and Wales that operates in Greater London.
As of May 2022, Green Party representation on London Councils are:
Council | Councillors | |
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Camden | 1 / 54 | 4th |
Croydon | 2 / 70 | 3rd |
Hackney | 2 / 48 | 3rd |
Islington | 3 / 48 | Opposition |
Lambeth | 2 / 63 | 3rd |
Newham | 2 / 66 | Opposition |
Richmond upon Thames | 5 / 54 | Opposition |
Tower Hamlets | 1 / 45 | 3rd |
The table below shows the London Green Party's results at UK general elections since the area of Greater London was created.
Date | Votes won | % of Votes | Change | MPs | Change | |
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2010 | 54,316 | 1.6% | 1.1 | 0 | N/A | |
2015 | 171,670 | 4.9% | 3.3 | 0 | ||
2017 | 67,579 | 1.8% | 3.1 | 0 | ||
2019 | 115,527 | 3.1% | 1.3 | 0 |
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 |
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1977 | 298 | 0.0 | N/A | 0 / 92 | Conservative win | ||
1981 | 17,515 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0 / 92 | Labour win |
The table below shows the results gained by the London Green Party in elections to the European Parliament. From 1979 to 1994, MEPs were elected from 10 individual constituencies by first-past-the-post; since 1999, MEPs were elected from a London-wide regional list by proportional representation.
Date | Votes won | % of Votes | Change | MEPs | Change | |
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1999 | 87,545 | 7.7% | N/A | 1 | N/A | |
2004 | 158,986 | 8.4% | 0.8 | 1 | ||
2009 | 190,589 | 10.9% | 2.5 | 1 | ||
2014 | 196,419 | 8.9% | 2.0 | 1 | ||
2019 | 278,957 | 12.4% | 3.5 | 1 |
Date | Constituency Vote | % of Vote | Change | Regional Vote | % of Vote | Change | AMs | Change | |
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2000 | 162,457 | 10.2% | N/A | 183,910 | 11.1% | N/A | 3 | N/A | |
2004 | 138,242 | 7.7% | 2.5% | 160,445 | 8.6% | 2.5% | 2 | 1 | |
2008 | 194,059 | 8.1% | 0.4% | 203,465 | 8.3% | 0.3% | 2 | ||
2012 | 188,623 | 8.5% | 0.5% | 189,215 | 8.5% | 0.1% | 2 | ||
2016 | 236,809 | 9.1% | 0.5% | 207,959 | 8.0% | 0.6% | 2 | ||
2021 | 336,840 | 13.0% | 3.9% | 305,452 | 11.8% | 3.8% | 3 | 1 |
Date | Popular Vote | % of Vote | Change | Place | Notes | |
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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. |
Date | Vote | % of Vote | Change | Councils | Change | Councillors | Change | |
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1990 | 141,569 | 5.9% | 4.7% | 0 | 0 | |||
1994 | 48,798 | 2.2% | 3.7% | 0 | 0 | |||
1998 | 50,732 | 2.9% | 0.7% | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
2002 | 95,394 | 5.5% | 2.6% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
2006 | 169,160 | 7.9% | 2.4% | 0 | 12 | 11 | ||
2010 | 248,175 | 6.6% | 1.3% | 0 | 2 | 10 | ||
2014 | 246,805 | 9.8% | 3.2% | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
2018 | 211,170 | 8.6% | 1.2% | 0 | 11 | 7 | ||
2022 | 276,160 | 11.9% | 3.3% | 0 | 18 | 7 |
The Greens did not field any candidates in the 2022 City of London Corporation election [3]
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