Caroline Lucas | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales[a] | |
| In office 2 September 2016 – 4 September 2018 Serving with Jonathan Bartley | |
| Deputy | Amelia Womack |
| Preceded by | Natalie Bennett |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Bartley and Siân Berry |
| In office 30 November 2007 – 5 September 2012 Serving with Derek Wall (until 5 September 2008) | |
| Deputy | Adrian Ramsay (2008-2012) |
| Preceded by | Siân Berry |
| Succeeded by | Natalie Bennett |
| In office 30 November 2003 – 24 November 2006 Serving with Mike Woodin; Keith Taylor | |
| Preceded by | Margaret Wright |
| Succeeded by | Siân Berry |
| Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | David Lepper |
| Succeeded by | Siân Berry |
| Member of the European Parliament for South East England | |
| In office 14 June 1999 – 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Keith Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Caroline Patricia Lucas 9 December 1960 Malvern, Worcestershire, England |
| Political party | Green Party of England and Wales (1990–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Green Party UK (1986–1990) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Malvern Girls' College |
| Alma mater | |
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| Website | www |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Writing for Women: woman as reader in Elizabethan romance (1989) |
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Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960)[1] is a British politician who was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2003 to 2006, 2007 to 2012, and 2016 to 2018. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion from 2010 to 2024. She was the Green Party's first MP and their only MP until the 2024 general election.
Born in Malvern in Worcestershire, Lucas graduated from the University of Exeter and the University of Kansas before receiving a PhD from the University of Exeter in 1989.[2] She joined the Green Party in 1986 and held various party roles, also serving on Oxfordshire County Council from 1993 to 1997. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 and 2009,[3][4] also serving as the party's female Principal Speaker from 2003 to 2006 and from 2007 to 2008.
Lucas was elected the first leader of the Green Party in 2008 and was selected to represent the constituency of Brighton Pavilion in the 2010 general election, becoming the party's first MP. She stood down as party leader in 2012 to devote more time to her parliamentary duties and focus on the election campaign. She returned as party leader from September 2016 to September 2018, sharing the post with Jonathan Bartley. She stated in June 2023 that she would not stand at the 2024 general election.[5]
Lucas is known as a campaigner and writer on green economics, localisation, alternatives to globalisation, trade justice, animal welfare and food. In her time as a politician and activist, she has worked with non-governmental organizations and think tanks, including the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Oxfam.
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whoswhowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Lucas, Caroline (1989). Writing for women: a study of woman as a reader in Elizabethan romance. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Exeter. OCLC 1088533841. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.328713. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Harris, John (8 February 2010). "Could Brighton Pavilion elect Britain's first Green MP?". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Greens Pick MEP Lucas to Run for MP Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Brighton Argus, 18 July 2007
- ^ Lucas, Caroline. "My open letter to constituents in Brighton Pavilion". carolinelucas.com. Caroline Lucas. Retrieved 8 June 2023.