Adrian Ramsay
Adrian Ramsay on 1 October 2022
Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
Assumed office
1 October 2021
Serving with Carla Denyer
DeputyAmelia Womack
Zack Polanski
Preceded bySiân Berry
Deputy Leader of the Green Party of
England and Wales
In office
5 September 2008 – 3 September 2012
LeaderCaroline Lucas
Preceded byOffice Created
Succeeded byWill Duckworth
Norwich City Councilor for
Nelson Ward
In office
10 June 2004 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byPaul McAlenan
Succeeded byDenise Carlo
Norwich City Councilor for
Henderson Ward
In office
1 May 2003 – 10 June 2004
Personal details
Born1981 (age 42–43)[1]
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Political partyGreen Party of England and Wales
Residence(s)Norwich, Norfolk, England
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia

Adrian Philip Ramsay (born 1981) is a British politician and co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Carla Denyer since 1 October 2021. He was previously the deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2008 to 2012. He served as a Norwich City Councillor from 2003 to 2011.

He worked as chief executive of the Centre for Alternative Technology from 2014 to 2019[2] and from 2019 has been CEO of MCS Charitable Foundation.[3][4]

Early life and education

Ramsay was born and brought up in Norwich.[5] He studied as an undergraduate at the University of East Anglia (UEA), where he gained a first class honours degree in politics.[5] He went on to study for a master's degree.[6]

Early political career (2003–2012)

Adrian Ramsay in 2010

Norwich

Ramsay was first elected to Norwich City Council representing Henderson Ward in May 2003, representing the Green Party.[7] Aged 21, he was one of the youngest councillors in the UK.[6] Later that year, he spoke at a demonstration against tuition fees in the United Kingdom.[8] Ramsay was re-elected in June 2004 for Nelson Ward.[9] Ramsay stood as parliamentary candidate in the Norwich South constituency in the 2005 general election. He came fourth, with 7.4% of the vote (3,101 votes).[9]

In a BBC article from May 2006, Ramsay was described as "pursuing a full-time career through his council work on a £9,500 annual allowance".[10] In 2007, he was elected for a third time. In 2010, he was serving as the leader of the opposition to the Labour council.[11] At the 2011 local elections, he did not seek re-election to Norwich City Council.

Ramsay stood for Norwich South again in the 2010 general election. The party's leader Caroline Lucas cited him as one of the Green candidates with the greatest chance of winning.[12] Ramsay came in fourth place with 14.9% of the vote (7,095 votes).[13][14] He co-organised Lucas's campaign in Brighton Pavilion which saw her elected as the UK's first Green Member of Parliament (MP).[15]

Green Party deputy leader

Ramsay was elected unopposed as the first deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales on 5 September 2008.[16] In 2009 he made a speech at the party's conference calling for the end private finance initiative agreements in the NHS.[17] He was re-elected as Deputy Leader in the 2010 leadership election with 73.4% of the vote. He was speculated as a possible successor to the party's first leader, Caroline Lucas, but did not stand in the 2012 leadership election nor seek re-election as deputy leader.[18][19]

Co-leader of the Green Party (2021–present)

On 16 August 2021 Ramsay announced his candidacy for co-leader of the Green Party alongside the Bristol councillor Carla Denyer.[20] He said that the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report had motivated him to return to politics.[21] The pair's joint candidacy emphasised professionalising the party and winning a second Green MP and a first Green Member of the Senedd (MS).[22][23]

The announcement that the pair had been elected was made on 1 October 2021.[24]

Career

Ramsay served as chief executive of the Centre for Alternative Technology from 2014 to 2019, working in Wales.[25] He returned to Norfolk in 2019 and took up the post of chief executive of the MCS Charitable Foundation, in which position he remained as of 2021.[26]

Elections contested

European Parliament

Date Constituency List position List votes  % votes
2004 East of England 2nd 84,068 5.6

House of Commons

Date Constituency Votes  % votes Place
2005 Norwich South 3,101 7.4 4th
2010 Norwich South 7,095 14.9 4th

Council

Date Council Ward Votes Place
2003 Norwich City Council Henderson 991 Elected
2004 Norwich City Council Nelson 1,643 Elected
2007 Norwich City Council Nelson 1,899 Elected

Co-leader of the Green Party

Date Votes  % votes Place
2021 6,274 (second round) 61.7 (second round) Elected (on a joint ticket with Carla Denyer)

Deputy leader of the Green Party

Date Votes  % votes Place
2008 Elected unopposed
2010 2,386 73.4 Elected

References

  1. ↑ 'ADRIAN PHILIP RAMSAY' (22 May 2021).
  2. ↑ 'CAT CEO to Step Down', Centre for Alternative Technologies (1 February 2019).
  3. ↑ 'MCS Appoints New CEO', MCS Charitable Foundation (25 July 2019).
  4. ↑ 'Trustees', MCS Charitable Foundation (accessed 19 September 2021).
  5. 1 2 Adrian Ramsay's Norwich Green Party Website Biography Archived July 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 Arthur, Sylvia (6 September 2003). "The road to No 10". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Norwich City Council elections – 1st May 2003 – Results sheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Tarleton, Alice (17 October 2003). "Students warm up for anti-fees demo". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  9. 1 2 The Green Party in Northern Ireland : Student to challenge Education Secretary for Commons seat
  10. ↑ Ollie Stone-Lee. "The Green challenge in Norwich". BBC News. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011.
  11. ↑ "Green party fields highest-ever number of election candidates". The Guardian. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Caroline Lucas: You Ask The Questions". The Independent. 25 January 2010. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "Norwich South election results". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  14. ↑ "Historic win for Greens in tight Brighton race". The Guardian. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "Green party: former deputy leader and Bristol councillor make leadership bid". The Guardian. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "Adrian Ramsay". Green Party. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008.
  17. ↑ "Government should 'buy back' PFI hospitals, says Green party". The Guardian. 4 September 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  18. ↑ "Caroline Lucas and Green party have Lib Dems in their sights". The Guardian. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  19. ↑ "Green party searches for new leader". The Guardian. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  20. ↑ Elgot, Jessica (16 August 2021). "Green party: former deputy leader and Bristol councillor make leadership bid". The Guardian.
  21. ↑ "Exclusive: Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay to run for the Green party leadership". New Statesman. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  22. ↑ Jarvis, Chris (16 August 2021). "Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer launch Green Party leadership bid with pledge to win second MP". Left Foot Forward. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  23. ↑ "Five Leadership Bids Have Been Announced In Green Party Election As Nominations Close". Politics Home. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  24. ↑ Walker, Peter (1 October 2021). "Green party in England and Wales unveils new leadership duo". The Guardian.
  25. ↑ Culot, Caroline (6 January 2019). "New managing director appointed at Pensthorpe nature reserve". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  26. ↑ Harvey, Fiona (14 July 2021). "UK ministers resist calls to reduce VAT on green home improvements". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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