Green Party of England and Wales Plaid Werdd Cymru a Lloegr Parti Gwer Pow Sows ha Kembra | |
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| Abbreviation | GPEW |
| Co-leaders | Carla Denyer Adrian Ramsay |
| Deputy Leader | Zack Polanski |
| Chair | Jon Nott |
| Founded | July 1990[n 1] |
| Preceded by | Green Party (UK) |
| Headquarters | PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ |
| Youth wing | Young Greens of England and Wales |
| LGBT wing | LGBTIQA+ Greens |
| Membership (July 2024) |  59,000+[1] |
| Ideology | Green politics Progressivism[2] Factions: Anti-capitalism[3] Eco-socialism[4] |
| Political position | Left-wing[5][6] |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
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| Devolved branches | Wales Green Party London Green Party |
| House of Commons (English and Welsh seats) | 4 / 575 |
| House of Lords[7] | 2 / 806 |
| London Assembly | 3 / 25 |
| Senedd | 0 / 60 |
| Directly elected mayors | 0 / 25 |
| Police and crime commissioners | 0 / 37 |
| Councillors in England and Wales[8][9] | 813 / 17,546 |
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The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW; Welsh: Plaid Werdd Cymru a Lloegr; Cornish: Parti Gwer Pow Sows ha Kembra; often known simply as the Green Party or the Greens) is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales. Since October 2021, Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay have served as the party's co-leaders. The party currently has four representatives in the House of Commons and two in the House of Lords, in addition to over 800 councillors at the local government level and three members of the London Assembly.
The party's ideology combines environmentalism with left-wing economic policies, including well-funded and locally controlled public services. It advocates a steady-state economy with the regulation of capitalism, and supports proportional representation. It takes a progressive approach to social policies such as civil liberties, animal rights, LGBT rights, and drug policy reform. The party also believes strongly in non-violence, universal basic income, a living wage, and democratic participation. It is split into various regional divisions, including the semi-autonomous Wales Green Party, and is internationally affiliated with the Global Greens and the European Green Party.
Alongside the Scottish Greens and the Green Party Northern Ireland, the party was established in 1990 through the division of the pre-existing Green Party, which had initially been established as the PEOPLE Party in 1973. The party went through centralising reforms spearheaded by the Green 2000 group in early 1990, and also sought to emphasise growth in local governance, doing so throughout 1990. In 2010, the party gained its first member of Parliament in its then-leader Caroline Lucas. As the party's support is spread out across the UK, and is rarely found in electorally significant clusters, the party held only one seat in the House of Commons from 2010 to 2019, before reaching four seats in 2024. The Green Party supports replacing the UK's first-past-the-post voting system with proportional representation, which would grant all parties a share of seats in Parliament based on their national vote share.
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By joining the Green Party today, you are becoming part of a Green community of over 59,000 members working together to create a fairer, greener future.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Gayle, Damien (8 September 2024). "Leftwing Green party members form 'anti-capitalist' pressure group". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Green leaders: Who came before Caroline Lucas?". BBC News. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Morris, Nigel (3 September 2014). "Election 2015: The Green Party want to give disgruntled left-wing voters a new voice". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ Bakker, Ryan; Jolly, Seth; Polk, Jonathan (14 May 2015). "Mapping Europe's party systems: which parties are the most right-wing and left-wing in Europe?". London School of Economics / EUROPP – European Politics and Policy. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ "Members of the House of Lords: Other parties". www.parliament.uk. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ Mackintosh, Thomas (4 May 2024). "Green Party: Co-leaders hail highest number of councillors". BBC News. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Marston ward by-election results - 18 July 2024". Oxford City Council. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.