London Green Party

London Green Party
Coordinator	Colin Boyle
Party secretary	Amit Sood
Founded	July 1990
Headquarters	Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street
Youth wing	London Young Greens
Membership (2015)	12,000[1]
Ideology	Green politics Progressivism[2] Pro-Europeanism[3]
Political position	Left-wing
European affiliation	European Green Party
International affiliation	Global Greens
Colours	Green
House of Commons (London seats)	0 / 73
London Assembly	3 / 25
Court of Common Council	0 / 100
Local councillors in London	12 / 1,851
Council control in London	0 / 32
Directly-elected Mayors in London	0 / 5
Website
london.greenparty.org.uk
Politics of the United Kingdom Political parties Elections

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[]

• Caroline Russell - Leader of the City Hall Greens
• Siân Berry
• Zack Polanski

Councillors[]

As of May 2021, Green Party has representation in 6 out of 33 London councils, in which it sits in the opposition.^[4]

National party co-leaders Jonathan Bartley and Siân Berry both sit in London borough councils: Bartley in Lambeth, and Berry in Camden.

Council	Councillors
Camden	2 / 54	4th
Enfield	2 / 63	4th
Islington	1 / 48	Opposition
Kingston upon Thames	1 / 48	3rd
Lambeth	5 / 63	Opposition
Richmond upon Thames	3 / 54	3rd

Former representatives[]

Members of the European Parliament[]

• Jean Lambert (1999–2019)
• Scott Ainslie (2019–2020)

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%	1.1	0	N/A
	2015	171,670	4.9%	3.3	0
	2017	67,579	1.8%	3.1	0
	2019	115,527	3.1%	1.3	0

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	0.7	0 / 92		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%	0.8	1
	2009	190,589	10.9%	2.5	1
	2014	196,419	8.9%	2.0	1
	2019	278,957	12.4%	3.5	1

London Assembly elections[]

Date		Constituency Vote	% of Vote	Change	Regional Vote	% of Vote	Change	AMs	Change
	2000	162,457	10.2%	N/A	183,910	11.1%	N/A	3	N/A
	2004	138,242	7.7%	2.5%	160,445	8.6%	2.5%	2	1
	2008	194,059	8.1%	0.4%	203,465	8.3%	0.3%	2
	2012	188,623	8.5%	0.5%	189,215	8.5%	0.1%	2
	2016	236,809	9.1%	0.5%	207,959	8.0%	0.6%	2
	2021	336,840	13.0%	3.9%	305,452	11.8%	3.8%	3	1

London Mayoral elections[]

Date		Popular Vote	% of Vote	Change	Place	Notes
	2000	38,121	2.2%	N/A	6th
	2004	57,332	3.1%	0.9%	7th
	2008	77,347	3.2%	0.1%	4th
	2012	98,913	4.5%	1.3%	3rd
	2016	150,673	5.8%	1.3%	3rd
	2021	197,976	7.8%	2.0%	3rd	Best result to date.

London Borough Council elections[]

Date		Vote	% of Vote	Change	Councils	Change	Councillors	Change
	1990	141,569	5.9%	4.7%	0		0
	1994	48,798	2.2%	3.7%	0		0
	1998	50,732	2.9%	0.7%	0		2	2
	2002	95,394	5.5%	2.6%	0		1	1
	2006	169,160	7.9%	2.4%	0		12	11
	2010	248,175	6.6%	1.3%	0		2	10
	2014	246,805	9.8%	3.2%	0		4	2
	2018	211,170	8.6%	1.2%	0		11	7

Candidates for Mayor of London[]

• 2000: Darren Johnson
• 2004: Darren Johnson
• 2008: Siân Berry
• 2012: Jenny Jones
• 2016: Siân Berry
• 2021: Siân Berry

References[]