Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Green Party achieved its best ever UK general election result to date in the 2005 general election with a total of 281,780 votes, with Keith Taylor receiving 22% of the vote in Brighton Pavilion. In 2006 members of the Green Party of England and Wales launched the Green Left grouping within the party. [6]
The Green Party of England and Wales has its origins in the PEOPLE Party, which was founded in Coventry in November 1972. [10] It was renamed to the Ecology Party in 1975; [11] in 1985, the party changed its name to the Green Party. [12]
The Green Party's origins go back to PEOPLE, a political party founded in Coventry in November 1972. [3] [4] An interview with overpopulation expert Paul R. Ehrlich in Playboy magazine inspired [3] a small group of professional and business people to form the 'Thirteen Club', so named because it first met on 13 September 1972 at the Napton Bridge pub in Napton-on-the-Hill near Daventry. [5]
The following timeline of political parties in the United Kingdom shows the period during which various parties were active, from their date of establishment to their date of dissolution. Defunct parties are shown in green, and currently active parties are shown in pink.
The remainder of the Green Party became the Green Party of England and Wales, of which the Welsh and London branches operate with a degree of autonomy. In 2006, the Green Party of Northern Ireland resolved to amalgamate with, and become a branch of, the Green Party of Ireland. In July 2018, the Wales Green Party held a vote to decide on whether ...
Portrait Member Constituency Served from Served to Term length Cynog Dafis [1] [2] [note 1]: Ceredigion and Pembroke North: 9 April 1992: 8 April 1997: 4 years, 364 days
Pages in category "History of the Green Party of England and Wales" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales is the most senior political figure within the Green Party of England and Wales. The role was introduced alongside that of deputy leader in 2008. Prior to this, the party's public spokespersons were principal speakers.