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The Scottish Greens are fully independent, but work closely with the green parties from Ireland: the Green Party Northern Ireland and the Green Party of Ireland. Until October 2022, it also cooperated with the Green Party of England and Wales ; this partnership was suspended due to differences of opinion on trans rights . [ 103 ]
The Scottish Greens is a centre-left [9] to left-wing [10] green political party in Scotland that was founded in 1990.. The party has its roots in the PEOPLE Party started in Coventry in 1972/3.
The co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party are the leaders of the Scottish Green Party. The incumbents are Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater who were elected in August 2019 as the inaugural co-leaders. [2] [3] [4] The co-leaders are responsible for the political leadership of the party, and act as its principle spokespersons. [5]
Name Constituency or region Type Start year End year Shiona Baird [1]: North East Scotland: Region 2003: 2007: Chris Ballance [2]: South of Scotland: Region 2003
Although Slater was unsuccessful in winning the constituency, she was second on the party list vote for the Lothian region, and was elected as an additional member. [19] Slater was a member of the Scottish Parliament's Economy and Fair Work Committee [20] as well as the Scottish Greens' Spokesperson on Economic Recovery and Green Industrial ...
Following the Green Party's disappointing performance in the 2007 election, Harvie was returned with a reduced share of the vote. The tight parliamentary arithmetic and a constructive relationship with the Scottish National Party (SNP) led to a Co-operation Agreement between the two parties. Under this, Harvie was elected to be convene the ...
Maggie Chapman (born 27 June 1979) is a Scottish politician and lecturer [1] who is a Scottish Green Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Scotland. She was co-convenor of the Scottish Greens from November 2013 to August 2019, serving with Patrick Harvie, and was the party's lead candidate for the 2019 European election. [2]
The first Scottish Greens co-leadership election occurred during the summer of 2019, following a newly adopted constitution by the party. One article of the constitution stated that the positions of co-conveners would be abolished in favour of the newly established positions of co-leaders.