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 / 75 |
| London Assembly[5] | 3 / 25 |
| Local councillors in London[6][7] | 45 / 1,817 |
| Council control in London[6][7] | 0 / 32 |
| Directly-elected Mayors[7] | 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 party holds 3 of the 25 seats in the London Assembly and 45 of the 1,817 London borough councillors.[5][6][7]
Current representatives
London Assembly Members
The London Green Party won 3 of 25 seats in the London Assembly at the 2024 London Assembly election. The table below shows the party's current Assembly Members (AMs).[5]
| AM | Constituency | First elected | Majority | Majority % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Russell | Londonwide List | 2016 | N/A | N/A |
| Zoë Garbett | Londonwide List | 2024 co-option[8] | N/A | N/A |
| Zack Polanski | Londonwide List | 2021 | N/A | N/A |
Councillors
As of December 2025, Green Party representation on London Councils are: [9]
| Council | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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Electoral performance
UK general elections
The table below shows the London Green Party results at United Kingdom (UK) general elections since the London Government Act 1963 created the administrative area of Greater London in 1965. Results between February 1974 and October 1974 are for PEOPLE, results between 1979 and 1983 are for the Ecology Party, and results in 1987 are for the United Kingdom-wide Green Party.[10] All UK general elections use first-past-the-post voting.
The party has never won any seats in London. The London Green Party won 10.0% of the vote at the most recent general election in 2024, its highest ever vote share.
| Election | Leader(s)[a] | Votes | Seats | Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ± | No. | ± | ||||
| Feb-1974 | Collective Leadership | 619 | <0.1 | N/A | 0 / 92
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No seats | ||
| Oct-1974 | 997 | <0.1 | 0 / 92
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No seats | ||||
| 1979 | Jonathon Porritt | 5,071 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 / 92
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No seats | ||
| 1983 | More Than Two Principal Speakers | 0 / 84
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No seats | |||||
| 1987 | 0 / 84
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No seats | ||||||
| 1992 | Jean Lambert | Richard Lawson | 0 / 84
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No seats | ||||
| 1997 | Peg Alexander | David Taylor | 0 / 74
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No seats | ||||
| 2001 | Margaret Wright | Mike Woodin | 0 / 74
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No seats | ||||
| 2005 | Caroline Lucas | Keith Taylor | 78,595 | 2.7 | 0 / 74
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No seats | ||
| 2010 | Caroline Lucas | 54,316 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0 / 73
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Opposition | ||
| 2015 | Natalie Bennett | 171,670 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 0 / 73
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Opposition | ||
| 2017 | Caroline Lucas | Jonathan Bartley | 67,579 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 0 / 73
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Opposition | |
| 2019 | Siân Berry | 115,527 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0 / 73
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Opposition | ||
| 2024 | Carla Denyer | Adrian Ramsay | 334,791 | 10.0 | 6.9 | 0 / 75
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Opposition | |
European Parliament elections
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.[11] 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.
The party's best results were at the 2009, 2014, and final 2019 European Parliament elections, when it won 1 of 8 seats in London.
| Election | Leader(s)[a] | Votes | Seats | Pos. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ± | No. | ± | ||||
| 1979 | Jonathon Porritt | 6,448 | 0.4 | N/A | 0 / 10
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N/A | 4th | |
| 1984 | More Than Two Principal Speakers | 26,132 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0 / 10
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4th | ||
| 1989 | 298,328 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 0 / 10
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3rd | |||
| 1994 | John Cornford | Jan Clark | 61,786 | 3.8 | 12.2 | 0 / 10
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4th | |
| 1999 | Mike Woodin | Jean Lambert | 87,545 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 1 / 10
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1 | 4th |
| 2004 | Mike Woodin | Caroline Lucas | 158,986 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 1 / 9
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5th | |
| 2009 | Caroline Lucas | 190,589 | 10.9 | 2.5 | 1 / 8
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4th | ||
| 2014 | Natalie Bennett | 196,419 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 1 / 8
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4th | ||
| 2019 | Jonathan Bartley | Siân Berry | 278,957 | 12.4 | 3.5 | 1 / 8
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4th | |
Regional elections
Greater London Council elections
The table below shows the results obtained by the Ecology Party in elections to the Greater London Council (GLC). The GLC was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985 and its powers were devolved to the London boroughs and other entities. All GLC elections were conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system. The Ecology Party never won any seats on the GLC.
| Election | Leader | Votes | Seats | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ± | No. | ± | |||
| 1977 | 298 | < 0.1 | N/A | 0 / 92
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N/A | No seats | |
| 1981 | 17,515 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0 / 92
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No seats | ||
London Assembly elections
The table below shows the London Green Party results at London Assembly elections since the Greater London Authority was established in 2000. Assembly elections use the additional member system, a form of mixed member proportional representation, with 14 directly elected constituencies and 11 London-wide top-up seats.
The party's best results were at the 2000, 2021, and 2024 London Assembly elections, when it won 3 of 25 seats.
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party | Total Seats | ± | ||||
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| No. | % | Seats | No. | % | 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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2 / 25
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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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3 / 25
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London Mayoral elections
The table below shows the London Green Party results in London Mayoral elections since the Greater London Authority was established in 2000. Elections between 2000 and 2021 were conducted using the supplementary vote system, which allowed voters to transfer votes from first to second preference candidates. The 2024 election used the first-past-the-post system.[12]
The London Green Party has never won a London mayoral election. The party's best result was at the 2021 London mayoral election, when it won 7.8% of the first preference vote. The party won 5.8% of the vote at the most recent election in 2024.
| Election | Candidate | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Result | ||||
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| No. | % | ± | No. | % | ± | |||
| 2000 | Darren Johnson | 38,121 | 2.2 | N/A | Eliminated | Lost | ||
| 2004 | 57,332 | 3.1 | 0.8 | Eliminated | Lost | |||
| 2008 | Siân Berry | 77,396 | 3.2 | 0.1 | Eliminated | Lost | ||
| 2012 | Jenny Jones | 98,913 | 4.5 | 1.3 | Eliminated | Lost | ||
| 2016 | Siân Berry | 150,673 | 5.8 | 1.3 | Eliminated | Lost | ||
| 2021 | 197,976 | 7.8 | 2.0 | Eliminated | Lost | |||
| 2024 | Zoë Garbett | 145,114 | 5.8 | 2.0 | Lost | |||
Local 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 | ||
| 2022 | 276,160 | 11.9% | 3.3% | 0 | 18 | 7 | ||
Notes
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.
- ^ a b c "Our Assembly Members". London Green Party. London: The Green Party of England and Wales. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
- ^ a b c "London Councillors". London Green Party. London: The Green Party of England and Wales. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
- ^ a b c d "London Councils 2025 (Total 33)". Open Council Data UK. Lawson Data Services Ltd. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
- ^ "Greens' Sian Berry quits London Assembly just three days after re-election". Evening Standard. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councils.php?model=L&y=0
- ^ "Historical Data and Plots". Electoral Calculus. Electoral Calculus Ltd. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cracknell, Richard; Uberoi, Elise; Burton, Matthew (9 August 2023). "UK Election Statistics: 1918–2023, A Long Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 78. Retrieved 25 February 2026.