London Green Party
CoordinatorMalcolm Powell
Party secretaryRuben Rojas
FoundedJuly 1990
HeadquartersDevelopment House, 56-643 Leonard Street
Youth wingLondon Young Greens
Membership (2015)Increase12,000[1]
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationGreen Party of England and Wales
European affiliationEuropean Green Party
International affiliationGlobal Greens
Colours  Green
House of Commons (London seats)
0 / 73
London Assembly
3 / 25
Court of Common Council
0 / 100
Local councillors in London
18 / 1,851
Council control in London
0 / 32
Directly-elected Mayors in London
0 / 5
Website
london.greenparty.org.uk

The London Green Party is the regional party of the Green Party of England and Wales that operates in Greater London.

Current representatives

London Assembly Members

Councillors

As of May 2022, Green Party representation on London Councils are:

CouncilCouncillors
Camden
1 / 54
4th
Croydon
2 / 70
3rd
Hackney
2 / 48
3rd
Islington
3 / 48
Opposition
Lambeth
2 / 63
3rd
Newham
2 / 66
Opposition
Richmond upon Thames
5 / 54
Opposition
Tower Hamlets
1 / 45
3rd

Former representatives

Members of the European Parliament

Electoral results

United Kingdom general elections

The table below shows the London Green Party's results at UK general elections since the area of Greater London was created.

Date Votes won % of Votes Change MPs Change
2010 54,316 1.6% Decrease1.1 0 N/A
2015 171,670 4.9% Increase3.3 0 Steady
2017 67,579 1.8% Decrease3.1 0 Steady
2019 115,527 3.1% Increase1.3 0 Steady

Greater London Council elections

The table below shows the results obtained by the Ecology Party in elections to the Greater London Council. The GLC was abolished by the Local Government Act 1985.

Date Leader Votes won % of Votes Change Councillors Change Result
1977 298 0.0 N/A
0 / 92
Conservative win
1981 17,515 0.8 Increase0.7
0 / 92
Steady Labour win

European Parliament elections

The table below shows the results gained by the London Green Party in elections to the European Parliament. From 1979 to 1994, MEPs were elected from 10 individual constituencies by first-past-the-post; since 1999, MEPs were elected from a London-wide regional list by proportional representation.

Date Votes won % of Votes Change MEPs Change
1999 87,545 7.7% N/A 1 N/A
2004 158,986 8.4% Increase0.8 1 Steady
2009 190,589 10.9% Increase2.5 1 Steady
2014 196,419 8.9% Decrease2.0 1 Steady
2019 278,957 12.4% Increase3.5 1 Steady

London Assembly elections

Date Constituency Vote  % of Vote Change Regional Vote  % of Vote Change AMs Change
2000162,45710.2%N/A183,91011.1%N/A3N/A
2004138,2427.7%Decrease2.5%160,4458.6%Decrease2.5%2Decrease1
2008194,0598.1%Increase0.4%203,4658.3%Decrease0.3%2Steady
2012188,6238.5%Increase0.5%189,2158.5%Increase0.1%2Steady
2016236,8099.1%Increase0.5%207,9598.0%Decrease0.6%2Steady
2021336,84013.0%Increase3.9%305,45211.8%Increase3.8%3Increase1

London Mayoral elections

Date Popular Vote  % of Vote Change Place Notes
200038,1212.2%N/A6th
200457,3323.1%Increase0.9%7th
200877,3473.2%Increase0.1%4th
201298,9134.5%Increase1.3%3rd
2016150,6735.8%Increase1.3%3rd
2021197,9767.8%Increase2.0%3rdBest result to date.

London Borough Council elections

Date Vote  % of Vote Change Councils Change Councillors Change
1990141,5695.9%Increase4.7%0Steady0Steady
199448,7982.2%Decrease3.7%0Steady0Steady
199850,7322.9%Increase0.7%0Steady2Increase2
200295,3945.5%Increase2.6%0Steady1Decrease1
2006169,1607.9%Increase2.4%0Steady12Increase11
2010248,1756.6%Decrease1.3%0Steady2Decrease10
2014246,8059.8%Increase3.2%0Steady4Increase2
2018211,1708.6%Decrease1.2%0Steady11Increase7
2022276,16011.9%Increase3.3%0Steady18Increase7

City of London Corporation elections

The Greens did not field any candidates in the 2022 City of London Corporation election[4]

Candidates for Mayor of London

References

  1. "Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry: growing a sustainable London". The Guardian. 3 September 2015.
  2. "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.
  3. "Green party 'loud and proud' about backing Britain in Europe". The Guardian. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. "Statements of Persons Nominated".
  5. "https://twitter.com/Zoe4Hackney/status/1624003233491435521?t=VQ9TTVi7YL2JhpSn7ofS7A&s=19". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-02-12. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
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