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{{Infobox political party
[[File:GPLogoStackGreenForWeb.jpg|thumb|right|Green Party of England and Wales party logo]]
| name = Green Party of England and Wales
| native_name = Plaid Werdd Lloegr a Chymru
| logo = GPEW logo.jpg
| logo_size = 150px
| colorcode = {{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| leader1_title = [[Leader]]
| leader1_name = [[Zack Polanski]]
| leader2_title = Deputy Leaders
| leader2_name = Rachel Millward <br/> Mothin Ali
| foundation = July 1990; 35 years ago
| ideology = [[Green politics]] <br/> [[Progressivism]]
| website = {{URL|greenparty.org.uk}}
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| position = [[Left-wing]]
| european = [[European Green Party]]
| seats1_title = [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] (English and Welsh seats)
| seats1 = {{composition bar|5|575|{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}}}
}}
The '''Green Party of England and Wales''' is a [[Green politics|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.
The '''Green Party of England and Wales''' is a [[Green politics|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.
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.<ref>{{cite news |date= 1 October 2021 |title= Green Party elects co-leaders: Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/58761481 |work= BBC News |access-date= 5 October 2021}}</ref>
The party has 5 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 leader is [[Zack Polanski]], who was elected as leader on 2 September 2025.
The Green Party includes several regional parties.<ref name=Constitution>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenparty.org.uk |title=Green Party Constitution (only available to party members from the Members' Website or the Policy Coordinator) |publisher=Greenparty.org.uk |accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref> The Cornish Green Party supports [[autonomy]] for [[Cornwall]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cornish Green Party website |url=http://www.cornishgreenparty.org.uk/ |access-date=2013-07-30 |archive-date=2013-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520142828/http://cornishgreenparty.org.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The Green Party includes several regional parties.<ref name=Constitution>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenparty.org.uk |title=Green Party Constitution (only available to party members from the Members' Website or the Policy Coordinator) |publisher=Greenparty.org.uk |accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref> The Cornish Green Party supports [[autonomy]] for [[Cornwall]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cornish Green Party website |url=http://www.cornishgreenparty.org.uk/ |access-date=2013-07-30 |archive-date=2013-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520142828/http://cornishgreenparty.org.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Introduce free school meals for all children
* Introduce free school meals for all children
* End government [[Subsidy|subsidies]] to oil and gas companies
* End government [[Subsidy|subsidies]] to oil and gas companies
== Current representatives ==
== House of Commons ==
<gallery>
File:Official portrait of Siân Berry MP crop 2.jpg|[[Siân Berry]] MP ([[Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Pavilion]]), 2024–present
File:Official portrait of Ellie Chowns MP crop 2.jpg|[[Ellie Chowns]] MP ([[North Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Herefordshire]]), 2024–present
File:Official portrait of Carla Denyer MP crop 2.jpg|[[Carla Denyer]] MP ([[Bristol Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol Central]]), 2024–present
File:Official portrait of Adrian Ramsay MP crop 2.jpg|[[Adrian Ramsay]] MP ([[Waveney Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Waveney Valley]]), 2024–present
File:Official portrait of Hannah Spencer MP crop 4.jpg|[[Hannah Spencer]] MP ([[Gorton and Denton (UK Parliament constituency)|Gorton and Denton]]), 2026–present
</gallery>
== House of Lords ==
<gallery>
File:Official portrait of Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb crop 2, 2022.jpg|[[Jenny Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb|Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb]] 2013–present
File:Official portrait of Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle crop 2, 2023.jpg|[[Natalie Bennett|Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle]], 2019–present
</gallery>
== List of leaders ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="4" |Leader<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
! Took office
! Left office
!Election
|-
|[[File:Caroline Lucas MP.jpg|60px]]
| colspan="3" |[[Caroline Lucas]]<br /><small>(1960–)</small><br /><small>[[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] for [[South East England (European Parliament constituency)|South East England]] (before 2010)</small><br /><small>[[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Pavilion]] (from 2010)</small>
|5 September 2008
|3 September 2012
|[[2008 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election|2008]]<BR>[[2010 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election|2010]]
|-
|[[File:Official portrait of Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle crop 2, 2023.jpg|80x80px]]
| colspan="3" |[[Natalie Bennett]]<br /><small>(1966–)</small>
|3 September 2012
|2 September 2016
|[[2012 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election|2012]]<BR>[[2014 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election|2014]]
|-
|[[File:Official portrait of Caroline Lucas MP crop 2.jpg|80x80px]]
|[[Caroline Lucas]]<br /><small>(1960–)</small><br /><small>[[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Pavilion]]</small>
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley, 2018 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Jonathan Bartley]]<br /><small>(1971–)</small>
|2 September 2016
|4 September 2018
|[[2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election|2016]]
|-
| [[File:Official portrait of Siân Berry MP crop 2.jpg|85x85px]]
|[[Siân Berry]]<br /><small>(1974–)</small><br /><small>[[London Assembly|Member of the London Assembly]]</small>
|4 September 2018
|31 July 2021
|[[2018 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election|2018]]<BR>[[2020 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election|2020]]
|-
|colspan="7"|''[[Siân Berry]] served as Acting Leader during this interim, following the resignation of [[Jonathan Bartley]].''
|-
|[[File:Official portrait of Carla Denyer MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|[[Carla Denyer]]<br /><small>(1985–)</small><br /><small>[[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Bristol Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol Central]] (from 2024)</small>
|[[File:Official portrait of Adrian Ramsay MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|[[Adrian Ramsay]]<br /><small>(1981–)</small><br /><small>[[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Waveney Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Waveney Valley]] (from 2024)</small>
| 1 October 2021
| 2 September 2025
|[[2021 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election|2021]]
|-
| [[File:Green Party Group Shot 6 (cropped2).jpg|80x80px]]
|colspan="3"|[[Zack Polanski]]<br /><small>(1982–)</small><br /><small>[[London Assembly|Member of the London Assembly]]</small>
|2 September 2025
|''Incumbent''
|[[2025 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election|2025]]
|}
== Green Party Of England And Wales Media ==
== Green Party Of England And Wales Media ==
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>
File:Caroline Lucas speech 20080906.ogg|Lucas speaking as the first Leader of the Green Party at its autumn conference in 2008.
File:Caroline Lucas speech 20080906.ogg|Lucas speaking as the first Leader of the Green Party at its autumn conference in 2008
File:Green Party protestors 2011.jpg|Green Party protestors marching against government cuts in 2011.
File:Green Party protestors 2011.jpg|Green Party protestors marching against government cuts in 2011
File:Natalie Bennett Take Back Our World.jpg|Natalie Bennett - Take Back Our World! - Global Justice Now
File:Natalie Bennett Take Back Our World.jpg|Natalie Bennett - Take Back Our World! - Global Justice Now
File:Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley, 2018 (cropped 2).jpg|Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley in 2018
File:Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley, 2018 (cropped 2).jpg|Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley in 2018
File:Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, October 2022.jpg|Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay in October 2022
File:Green Party Group Shot 10 (cropped).jpg|Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay in October 2022
File:New Member group photograph - 2024 Parliament 09.07.2024 (Green MPs cropped).jpg|The four new Green Party MPs, cropped from the 2024 new Member group photograph
File:Zack_Polanski,_Green_Party_London_Assembly_Member_(cropped2).jpg|Head shot photo of Green Party London Assembly Member Zack Polanski.
File:Welfare Not Warfare.jpg|"Welfare not Warfare" sign, indicating the Green Party's policy towards social justice and non-violence
File:Welfare Not Warfare.jpg|"Welfare not Warfare" sign, indicating the Green Party's policy towards social justice and non-violence