Green Party of England and Wales

Green Party Autumn Conference 2016

Oxfordshire Green Party hosting a "Green Fair"

The Green Party of England and Wales is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales. The party's policies promote environmentalism and progressive social reform. It wants to create a system of proportional representation for British elections. It has progressive policies on animal rights, LGBT rights and believes in drug policy reform. The party also supports a universal basic income (UBI).

The party has 4 out of 573 English and Welsh seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, three members of the London Assembly and hundreds of elected members of local government. The party is close to the Scottish Green Party and the Green Party of Northern Ireland. The party's first leader was Caroline Lucas from 2008 until 2012. Its current leaders are Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, who were elected as co-leaders on 1 October 2021.^[1]

The Green Party includes several regional parties.^[2] The Cornish Green Party supports autonomy for Cornwall.^[3]

Green Party Of England And Wales Media

Lucas speaking as the first Leader of the Green Party at its autumn conference in 2008.
Green Party protestors marching against government cuts in 2011.
Natalie Bennett - Take Back Our World! - Global Justice Now
Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley in 2017
Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley in 2018
Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay in October 2022
"Welfare not Warfare" sign, indicating the Green Party's policy towards social justice and non-violence
Green Party poster calling for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan
A Green Party banner at Bristol Pride in 2018