The Green Party has achieved a landmark general election result, with 4 MPs elected to Parliament: Carla Denyer in Bristol Central, Siân Berry in Brighton Pavilion, Adrian Ramsey in Waveney Valley, and Ellie Chowns in North Herefordshire.
The Greens have seen an overall vote share of 7%, over double the amount of votes received in 2019, and have placed second in 39 seats in England and Wales. Across the nation, we have chosen an end to 14 destructive years under a Conservative government. We have chosen real hope, real change, and strong independent voices in parliament who will stand up for the people of Britain and hold the new Labour government to account.
Our Young Green candidates saw a particularly fantastic night of election results, with over 37 achieving more than 5% of the vote in their constituencies. Some of the highest Young Green vote shares include:
Ria Patel, Croydon West, with 10% of the vote.
Tor Pingree, Worcester, with 10% of the vote.
Nathalie Bienfait, Poplar and Limehouse, with 13% of the vote.
Joseph Hudson-Small, Stratford and Bow, with 17% of the vote.
David Craig, Tottenham, with 19% of the vote.
Callum Fowler, Lewisham West and East Dulwich, with 19% of the vote.
Lance Symonds, the Young Green candidate for North Cornwall, commented:
“The reason a lot of us young people are running right now is because we’ve been seeing everything go wrong in the last few years, and we are simply running out of time to do something about it.”.
Young Green win in Lancaster by-election!
We celebrate further election success as Maria Deery, our very own Young Green Events Officer, was elected city councillor for Lancaster University Ward with 45% of the vote. Maria has been a strong and unwavering member of Lancaster Palestine Solidarity Encampment, calling for the university to cut ties with the arms trade, especially those linked with the IDF and their actions in Gaza.
She will join Young Green councillor Tom Fish, who was elected to the same ward in 2023. Within two years, University Ward has gained two Young Green councillors in previously held Labour seats. This is a testament to the hard work of Young Greens in Lancaster and beyond.
We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone involved in this general election; standing as candidates, attending action days, helping to create such an inspiring and positive campaign, and, of course, to every young person who voted Green on the 4th of July.
We’re working hard on getting more Greens elected. If you haven’t already, join us, and let’s make it happen.