Jonathan Bartley | |
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Co-Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales | |
In office 2 September 2016 – 30 July 2021 Serving with
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Deputy | Amelia Womack |
Preceded by | Natalie Bennett |
Succeeded by | Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay |
Member of Lambeth London Borough Council for St Leonard's | |
In office 3 May 2018 – 5 May 2022 | |
Preceded by | Rob Hill (Labour) |
Personal details | |
Born | Jonathan Charles Bartley 16 October 1971 London, England |
Political party | Green Party of England and Wales (2010–present) |
Education | Dulwich College |
Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Occupation | Political activist |
Jonathan Charles Bartley (born 16 October 1971) is a British politician who was a co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, a position he shared with Caroline Lucas from 2016 to 2018, and then, from 2018 to 2021, with Siân Berry. He was the Green Party's national Work and Pensions spokesperson[1] and the party's Parliamentary candidate for Streatham in the 2015 general election.[2] He was the Unite to Remain candidate for Dulwich and West Norwood at the 2019 general election.
Bartley was a councillor on Lambeth Council representing the St Leonard's ward between 2018 and 2022.
Bartley is the founder and was (until 2016)[3] co-director of Ekklesia,[4] an independent think tank looking at the role of religion in public life and appears regularly on UK radio and television programmes. He is a member of the blues rock band The Mustangs.