Co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party

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, succeeding Patrick Harvie and Maggie Chapman.^[1]

History[]

The position of co-leaders of the party were created on 1 August 2019, due to changes in the party's constitution. The changes replaced the old co-conveners system with a new co-leader system. An election for this was held, which Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie won.^[1] The voting system used was the Single Transferable Vote.^[2] The constitution changes also stated that at least one of the leaders has to be a woman.^[3]

List of Co-leaders[]

Present[]

Co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party
Co-Leader (birth-death)	Portrait	Political Office	Took office	Left office	Serving with
Patrick Harvie (b. 18 March 1973)		MSP for Glasgow	1 August 2019 (formerly a co-convenor of the party from 2008–2019)	Incumbent	Lorna Slater
Lorna Slater (b. 27 September 1975)		MSP for Lothian	1 August 2019	Incumbent	Patrick Harvie

Former Co-convenor[]

Co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party
Co-Leader (birth-death)	Portrait	Political Office	Took office	Left office	Serving with
Maggie Chapman (b. 27 June 1979)		MSP for North East Scotland	November 2013	1 August 2019	Patrick Harvie

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