London Green Party

London Green Party
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	Green politics Progressivism [2]
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	21 / 1,851
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

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 but no MPs.

Current representatives

London Assembly Members

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

Councillors

As of May 2022, Green Party representation on London Councils are:

Council	Councillors
Camden	1 / 54	4th
Croydon	2 / 70	3rd
Hackney	3 / 48	3rd
Islington	3 / 48	Official Opposition
Lambeth	2 / 63	3rd
Kensington and Chelsea	1 / 50	4th
Lewisham	1 / 54	Official Opposition
Newham	3 / 66	Official Opposition
Richmond upon Thames	5 / 54	Official Opposition
Tower Hamlets	1 / 45	3rd

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.

Date		Votes won	% of Votes	Change	MPs	Change
	2005	78,595	2.7%		0	N/A
	2010	54,316	1.6%	1.1	0
	2015	171,670	4.9%	3.3	0
	2017	67,579	1.8%	3.1	0
	2019	115,527	3.1%	1.3	0
	2024	334,791	10.0%	6.9	0

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

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
	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

London Assembly elections

Date		Constituency Vote	% of Vote	Change	Regional Vote	% of Vote	Change	AMs	Change
	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

London Mayoral elections

Date		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.

London Borough Council elections

Date		Vote	% of Vote	Change	Councils	Change	Councillors	Change
	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

City of London Corporation elections

The Greens did not field any candidates in the 2022 City of London Corporation election ^[3]

Candidates for Mayor of London

• 2000: Darren Johnson
• 2004: Darren Johnson
• 2008: Siân Berry
• 2012: Jenny Jones
• 2016: Siân Berry
• 2021: Siân Berry
• 2024: Zoë Garbett ^[4]

References

1. "Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry: growing a sustainable London". The Guardian. 3 September 2015.
2. "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.
3. "Statements of Persons Nominated".
4. "Zoe4Hackney/status". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-02-12.