London Green Party
London Green Party | |
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| Chair | Eugene McCarthy[1] |
| Founded | July 1990 |
| Youth wing | London Young Greens |
| Membership (February 2026) | 34,000[2] |
| Ideology | Green politics Progressivism[3] Faction: Eco-socialism[4] |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Green Party of England and Wales |
| 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[5] | 43 / 1,817 |
| Council control in London | 0 / 32 |
| Directly-elected Mayors in London | 0 / 5 |
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The London Green Party is the regional party of the Green Party of England and Wales that operates in Greater London. The Greens are currently the third biggest party on the London Assembly. In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Greens got a record 10% of the vote in London.
Current representatives
London Assembly Members
- Caroline Russell - Leader of the City Hall Greens
- Zoë Garbett
- Zack Polanski
Councillors
As of December 2025, Green Party representation on London Councils are: [6]
| Council | Councillors | |
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| Barking and Dagenham | 3 / 51
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Official Opposition |
| Barnet | 0 / 63
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| Bexley | 0 / 45
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| Brent | 5 / 57
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3rd |
| Bromley | 0 / 58
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| Camden | 1 / 54
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4th |
| Croydon | 2 / 70
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3rd |
| Ealing | 0 / 70
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| Enfield | 0 / 63
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| Greenwich | 2 / 55
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3rd |
| Hackney | 3 / 48
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3rd |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | 2 / 50
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3rd |
| Haringey | 2 / 57
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3rd |
| Harrow | 0 / 55
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| Havering | 0 / 55
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| Hillingdon | 0 / 53
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| Hounslow | 1 / 62
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| Islington | 3 / 48
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Official Opposition |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 1 / 50
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4th |
| Kingston upon Thames | 0 / 48
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| Lambeth | 4 / 63
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Official Opposition |
| Lewisham | 2 / 54
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Official Opposition |
| Merton | 0 / 57
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| Newham | 3 / 66
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3rd |
| Redbridge | 0 / 63
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| Richmond upon Thames | 5 / 54
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Official Opposition |
| Southwark | 3 / 63
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| Sutton | 0 / 55
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| Tower Hamlets | 1 / 45
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3rd |
| Waltham Forest | 0 / 60
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| Wandsworth | 0 / 58
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| Westminster | 0 / 54
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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 | |
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| 2005 | 78,595 | 2.7% | 0 | N/A | ||
| 2010 | 54,316 | 1.6% | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 171,670 | 4.9% | 0 | |||
| 2017 | 67,579 | 1.8% | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 115,527 | 3.1% | 0 | |||
| 2024 | 334,791 | 10.0% | 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 |
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| 1977 | 298 | 0.0 | N/A | 0 / 92
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Conservative win | ||
| 1981 | 17,515 | 0.8 | 0 / 92
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Labour win |
European Parliament elections
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During the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union (1973–2020), Greater London participated in European Parliament elections, held every five years from 1979 until 2019.[7] The table below shows the London Green Party results in elections to the European Parliament. Results between 1979 and 1984 are for the Ecology Party, while results in 1989 are for the United Kingdom-wide Green Party. From 1979 to 1994, London members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected from ten individual constituencies by first-past-the-post voting; from 1999 to 2019, MEPs were elected from a London-wide regional list by proportional representation.
| Election | Leader(s)[a] | Votes | Seats | Pos. | ||||
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| No. | % | ± | No. | ± | ||||
| 1979 | Jonathon Porritt | 6,448 | 0.4 | N/A | 0 / 10
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| 1984 | More Than Two Principal Speakers | 26,132 | 1.6 | 0 / 10
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| 1989 | 298,328 | 15.9 | 0 / 10
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| 1994 | John Cornford | Jan Clark | 61,786 | 3.8 | 0 / 10
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| 1999 | Mike Woodin | Jean Lambert | 87,545 | 7.7 | 1 / 10
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| 2004 | Mike Woodin | Caroline Lucas | 158,986 | 8.4 | 1 / 9
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| 2009 | Caroline Lucas | 190,589 | 10.9 | 1 / 8
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| 2014 | Natalie Bennett | 196,419 | 8.9 | 1 / 8
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| 2019 | Jonathan Bartley | Siân Berry | 278,957 | 12.4 | 1 / 8
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London Assembly elections
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party | Total Seats | +/– | ||||
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| # | % | Seats | # | % | Seats | ||||
| 2000 | Darren Johnson | 162,457 | 10.2% | 0 / 14
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183,910 | 11.1% | 3 / 11
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3 / 25
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N/A |
| 2004 | 138,242 | 7.7% | 0 / 14
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160,445 | 8.6% | 2 / 11
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| 2008 | Jenny Jones | 194,059 | 8.1% | 0 / 14
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203,465 | 8.3% | 2 / 11
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2 / 25
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| 2012 | 188,623 | 8.5% | 0 / 14
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189,215 | 8.5% | 2 / 11
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2 / 25
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| 2016 | Siân Berry | 236,809 | 9.1% | 0 / 14
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207,959 | 8.0% | 2 / 11
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2 / 25
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| 2021 | Caroline Russell | 336,840 | 13.0% | 0 / 14
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305,452 | 11.8% | 3 / 11
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3 / 25
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| 2024 | 319,869 | 12.9% | 0 / 14
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286,746 | 11.6% | 3 / 11
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London Mayoral elections
| Date | Popular Vote | % of Vote | Change | Place | Notes | |
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| 2000 | 38,121 | 2.2% | N/A | 6th | ||
| 2004 | 57,332 | 3.1% | 7th | |||
| 2008 | 77,347 | 3.2% | 4th | |||
| 2012 | 98,913 | 4.5% | 3rd | |||
| 2016 | 150,673 | 5.8% | 3rd | |||
| 2021 | 197,976 | 7.8% | 3rd | Best result to date. | ||
| 2024 | 145,114 | 5.8% | 4th | |||
London Borough Council elections
| Date | Vote | % of Vote | Change | Councils | Change | Councillors | Change | |
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| 1990 | 141,569 | 5.9% | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1994 | 48,798 | 2.2% | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1998 | 50,732 | 2.9% | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2002 | 95,394 | 5.5% | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2006 | 169,160 | 7.9% | 0 | 12 | ||||
| 2010 | 248,175 | 6.6% | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2014 | 246,805 | 9.8% | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 2018 | 211,170 | 8.6% | 0 | 11 | ||||
| 2022 | 276,160 | 11.9% | 0 | 18 | ||||
City of London Corporation elections
The Greens did not field any candidates in the 2022 City of London Corporation election[8]
Candidates for Mayor of London
- 2000: Darren Johnson
- 2004: Darren Johnson
- 2008: Siân Berry
- 2012: Jenny Jones
- 2016: Siân Berry
- 2021: Siân Berry
- 2024: Zoë Garbett[9]
Notes
- ^ This post was known as Principal Speaker(s) until 2008.
References
- ^ "Executive Committee". London Green Party. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "London Green Party". London Green Party. Green Party of England and Wales. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Green leaders: Who came before Caroline Lucas?". BBC News. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councils.php?model=L&y=0
- ^ http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councils.php?model=L&y=0
- ^ Cracknell, Richard; Uberoi, Elise; Burton, Matthew (9 August 2023). "UK Election Statistics: 1918–2023, A Long Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. pp. 65–67. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Statements of Persons Nominated".
- ^ "Zoe4Hackney/status". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
