London Green Party

Last updated
London Green Party
ChairEugene McCarthy [1]
FoundedJuly 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 / 75
London Assembly [5]
3 / 25
Local councillors in London [6] [7]
45 / 1,817
Council control in London [6] [7]
0 / 32
Directly-elected Mayors [7]
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. The party holds 3 of the 25 seats in the London Assembly and 45 of the 1,817 London borough councillors. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Current representatives

London Assembly Members

The London Green Party won 3 of 25 seats in the London Assembly at the 2024 London Assembly election. The table below shows the party's current Assembly Members (AMs). [5]

AMConstituencyFirst electedMajorityMajority %
Caroline Russell Londonwide List 2016 N/AN/A
Zoë Garbett Londonwide List 2024 co-option [8] N/AN/A
Zack Polanski Londonwide List 2021 N/AN/A

Councillors

As of December 2025, Green Party representation on London Councils are: [9]

CouncilCouncillors
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

Electoral performance

UK general elections

The London Green Party won no constituencies at the 2024 general election. LondonParliamentaryConstituency2024Results.svg
The London Green Party won no constituencies at the 2024 general election.

The table below shows the London Green Party results at United Kingdom (UK) general elections since the London Government Act 1963 created the administrative area of Greater London in 1965. Results between February 1974 and October 1974 are for PEOPLE, results between 1979 and 1983 are for the Ecology Party, and results in 1987 are for the United Kingdom-wide Green Party. [10] All UK general elections use first-past-the-post voting.

The party has never won any seats in London. The London Green Party won 10.0% of the vote at the most recent general election in 2024, its highest ever vote share.

ElectionLeader(s) [a] VotesSeatsStatus
No.%±No.±
Feb-1974 Collective Leadership619<0.1N/A
0 / 92
Steady2.svgNo seats
Oct-1974 997<0.1Steady2.svg
0 / 92
Steady2.svgNo seats
1979 Jonathon Porritt 5,0710.1Increase2.svg 0.1
0 / 92
Steady2.svgNo seats
1983 More Than Two Principal Speakers
0 / 84
Steady2.svgNo seats
1987
0 / 84
Steady2.svgNo seats
1992 Jean Lambert Richard Lawson
0 / 84
Steady2.svgNo seats
1997 Peg Alexander David Taylor
0 / 74
Steady2.svgNo seats
2001 Margaret Wright Mike Woodin
0 / 74
Steady2.svgNo seats
2005 Caroline Lucas Keith Taylor 78,5952.7
0 / 74
Steady2.svgNo seats
2010 Caroline Lucas 54,3161.6Decrease2.svg 1.1
0 / 73
Steady2.svgOpposition
2015 Natalie Bennett 171,6704.9Increase2.svg 3.3
0 / 73
Steady2.svgOpposition
2017 Caroline Lucas Jonathan Bartley 67,5791.8Decrease2.svg 3.1
0 / 73
Steady2.svgOpposition
2019 Siân Berry 115,5273.1Increase2.svg 1.3
0 / 73
Steady2.svgOpposition
2024 Carla Denyer Adrian Ramsay 334,79110.0Increase2.svg 6.9
0 / 75
Steady2.svgOpposition

European Parliament elections

The London Green Party won no boroughs at the 2019 European Parliament election. 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom area results (Greater London).svg
The London Green Party won no boroughs at the 2019 European Parliament election.

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. [11] 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.

The party's best results were at the 2009, 2014, and final 2019 European Parliament elections, when it won 1 of 8 seats in London.

ElectionLeader(s) [a] VotesSeatsPos.
No.%±No.±
1979 Jonathon Porritt 6,4480.4N/A
0 / 10
N/A4th
1984 More Than Two Principal Speakers26,1321.6Increase2.svg 1.1
0 / 10
Steady2.svgSteady2.svg 4th
1989 298,32815.9Increase2.svg 14.4
0 / 10
Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg 3rd
1994 John Cornford Jan Clark 61,7863.8Decrease2.svg 12.2
0 / 10
Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg 4th
1999 Mike Woodin Jean Lambert 87,5457.7Increase2.svg 3.9
1 / 10
Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg 4th
2004 Mike Woodin Caroline Lucas 158,9868.4Increase2.svg 0.8
1 / 9
Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg 5th
2009 Caroline Lucas 190,58910.9Increase2.svg 2.5
1 / 8
Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg 4th
2014 Natalie Bennett 196,4198.9Decrease2.svg 2.0
1 / 8
Steady2.svgSteady2.svg 4th
2019 Jonathan Bartley Siân Berry 278,95712.4Increase2.svg 3.5
1 / 8
Steady2.svgSteady2.svg 4th

Regional elections

Greater London Council elections

The table below shows the results obtained by the Ecology Party in elections to the Greater London Council (GLC). The GLC was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985 and its powers were devolved to the London boroughs and other entities. All GLC elections were conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system. The Ecology Party never won any seats on the GLC.

ElectionLeaderVotesSeatsStatus
No.%±No.±
1977 298< 0.1N/A
0 / 92
N/ANo seats
1981 17,5150.8Increase2.svg 0.8
0 / 92
Steady2.svgNo seats

London Assembly elections

The London Green Party won three London-wide party list seats at the 2024 London Assembly election. London Assembly election, 2024.svg
The London Green Party won three London-wide party list seats at the 2024 London Assembly election.

The table below shows the London Green Party results at London Assembly elections since the Greater London Authority was established in 2000. Assembly elections use the additional member system, a form of mixed member proportional representation, with 14 directly elected constituencies and 11 London-wide top-up seats.

The party's best results were at the 2000, 2021, and 2024 London Assembly elections, when it won 3 of 25 seats.

ElectionLeaderConstituencyPartyTotal Seats±
No.%SeatsNo.%Seats
2000 Darren Johnson 162,45710.2%
0 / 14
183,91011.1%
3 / 11
3 / 25
N/A
2004 138,2427.7%
0 / 14
160,4458.6%
2 / 11
2 / 25
Decrease2.svg 1
2008 Jenny Jones 194,0598.1%
0 / 14
203,4658.3%
2 / 11
2 / 25
Steady2.svg
2012 188,6238.5%
0 / 14
189,2158.5%
2 / 11
2 / 25
Steady2.svg
2016 Siân Berry 236,8099.1%
0 / 14
207,9598.0%
2 / 11
2 / 25
Steady2.svg
2021 Caroline Russell 336,84013.0%
0 / 14
305,45211.8%
3 / 11
3 / 25
Increase2.svg 1
2024 319,86912.9%
0 / 14
286,74611.6%
3 / 11
3 / 25
Steady2.svg

London Mayoral elections

The London Green Party won no London Assembly constituencies at the 2024 London mayoral election. Green on the inset map indicates constituencies where the London Green Party placed third. London-2024-mayor.svg
The London Green Party won no London Assembly constituencies at the 2024 London mayoral election. Green on the inset map indicates constituencies where the London Green Party placed third.

The table below shows the London Green Party results in London Mayoral elections since the Greater London Authority was established in 2000. Elections between 2000 and 2021 were conducted using the supplementary vote system, which allowed voters to transfer votes from first to second preference candidates. The 2024 election used the first-past-the-post system. [12]

The London Green Party has never won a London mayoral election. The party's best result was at the 2021 London mayoral election, when it won 7.8% of the first preference vote. The party won 5.8% of the vote at the most recent election in 2024.

ElectionCandidate1st Round2nd RoundResult
No.%±No.%±
2000 Darren Johnson 38,1212.2N/AEliminatedLost
2004 57,3323.1Increase2.svg 0.8EliminatedLost
2008 Siân Berry 77,3963.2Increase2.svg 0.1EliminatedLost
2012 Jenny Jones 98,9134.5Increase2.svg 1.3EliminatedLost
2016 Siân Berry 150,6735.8Increase2.svg 1.3EliminatedLost
2021 197,9767.8Increase2.svg 2.0EliminatedLost
2024 Zoë Garbett 145,1145.8Decrease2.svg 2.0Lost

Local elections

DateVote% of VoteChangeCouncilsChangeCouncillorsChange
1990 141,5695.9%Increase2.svg4.7%0Steady2.svg0Steady2.svg
1994 48,7982.2%Decrease2.svg3.7%0Steady2.svg0Steady2.svg
1998 50,7322.9%Increase2.svg0.7%0Steady2.svg2Increase2.svg2
2002 95,3945.5%Increase2.svg2.6%0Steady2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
2006 169,1607.9%Increase2.svg2.4%0Steady2.svg12Increase2.svg11
2010 248,1756.6%Decrease2.svg1.3%0Steady2.svg2Decrease2.svg10
2014 246,8059.8%Increase2.svg3.2%0Steady2.svg4Increase2.svg2
2018 211,1708.6%Decrease2.svg1.2%0Steady2.svg11Increase2.svg7
2022 276,16011.9%Increase2.svg3.3%0Steady2.svg18Increase2.svg7

Notes

  1. 1 2 This post was known as Principal Speaker(s) until 2008.

References

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  6. 1 2 3 "London Councillors". London Green Party. London: The Green Party of England and Wales. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "London Councils 2025 (Total 33)". Open Council Data UK. Lawson Data Services Ltd. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
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