Isle of Man Green Party Partee Glass Vannin | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Lamara Craine[1] |
| Secretary | Andrew Langan-Newton |
| Founded | 11 August 2016; 9 years ago (2016-08-11) |
| Ideology | Green politics |
| Colours | Green |
| House of Keys | 0 / 24 |
| Legislative Council | 0 / 11 |
| Douglas Borough Council | 1 / 12 |
| Braddan Parish Commissioners | 1 / 5 |
| Website | |
| www.greenparty.im | |
TheIsle of Man Green Party (Manx:Partee Glass Vannin) is agreen political party in theIsle of Man founded in August 2016.[2][3] The party does not currently have any representation in the Isle of Man's legislature, theTynwald, but does have two members oflocal government authorities. Since 2023, the party is led by Lamara Craine, who succeeded Andrew Langan-Newton as party leader.[4]
The Isle of Man Green Party is one of four political parties on the Isle of Man, which is typically a country whereindependent political candidates stand for election. The other three parties on the island are theManx Labour Party, theLiberal Vannin Party and theMec Vannin party.
The Isle of Man Green Party has adopted the six guiding principles of theGlobal Greens Charter;[5]
Although the party is not directly associated with Green Parties of other countries such as theGreen Party of England and Wales,Scottish Greens orGreen Party (Ireland), it is a member of the Green Isles Alliance, a panel of representatives of the Green Parties of the British Isles.[6]
Two of the founding members of the Isle of Man Green Party were already members of local authorities when the party came into being. Andrew Jessopp, Chairman of Braddan Parish Commissioners, and Falk Horning, who won the 2016 by-election for Douglas's Murrays Ward with 226 votes.[7]
The party first contested local authority elections in the summer 2018 with Daniel Webb in the Ramsey South by-election and then Andrew Bentley in the Douglas, Derby Ward, by-election. Andrew Bentley was the first Green Party candidate to be elected, winning a seat on the Douglas Borough Council.[3][8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Andrew Bentley(elected) | 191 | 42.1 | |
| Independent | Amanda Walker | 139 | 30.6 | |
| Independent | Charlton Krentz | 100 | 22.0 | |
| Independent | Claire Newall | 24 | 5.3 | |
| Majority | 52 | 11.5 | ||
| Turnout | 460 | 18.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 1.3 | ||
In September 2019, Green Party candidate Leo Cussons contested theMalew local authority by-election,[9] achieving 131 votes (or 11.4% of the total), missing out on winning a local parish commissioner seat.[10]
The 2021 Local Authority General Elections were contested by 5 Green Party candidates. In Douglas Andrew Bentley topped the poll in East Ward with 551 votes while Falk Horning came second in North Ward with 385 votes[11][12] both were re-elected as councillors.[13] In Castletown the Green Party candidate, Susan Rossouw, secured 188 votes, however this was not enough to be elected. Andrew Jessopp and Philip Matthews were both elected to the parish commissioners of Braddan and Patrick in uncontested elections.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Andrew Bentley(elected) | 551 | 63.6 | |
| Manx Labour | Devon Watson(elected) | 540 | 62.3 | |
| Independent | Ian Clague(elected) | 373 | 43.0 | |
| Independent | Angela Joughin | 324 | 37.4 | |
| Independent | Linda Coe | 235 | 27.1 | |
| Majority | 11 | 1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 867 | 17.84 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Janet Thommeny(elected) | 446 | 53.0 | |
| Green | Falk Horning(elected) | 385 | 45.8 | |
| Manx Labour | Peter Washington(elected) | 376 | 44.7 | |
| Independent | Karen Angela | 349 | 41.5 | |
| Majority | 61 | 7.2 | ||
| Turnout | 841 | 16.05 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.8 | ||
In November 2021 deputy leader Lamara Craine received 406 votes in theRamsey North Ward by-election to become the party's 5th local authority member.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Luke Parker(elected) | 457 | 54.34 | |
| Green | Lamara Craine(elected) | 406 | 48.27 | |
| Independent | Adam Beighton(elected) | 194 | 23.07 | |
| Independent | Tracy Kinrade | 176 | 20.93 | |
| Independent | Pauline Johns-Garrett | 175 | 20.80 | |
| Independent | Stella Moss | 157 | 18.67 | |
| Independent | Janette Ferguson | 154 | 18.31 | |
| Independent | Daniel Richardson | 148 | 17.60 | |
| Independent | Grant Hill | 109 | 12.96 | |
| Independent | Edward Wilson | 53 | 6.30 | |
| Majority | 51 | 6.06 | ||
| Turnout | 841 | 23.23 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.002 | ||
The Isle of Man Green Party's first opportunity to contest a House of Keys election came in the 2020Douglas South by-election where Andrew Jessopp, Chairman of Braddan Commissioners was the party's candidate. Although unsuccessful Jessopp received 342 votes and came fourth out of ten candidates.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Claire Christian(elected) | 930 | 52.0 | |
| Independent | Paul Quine(elected) | 469 | 26.2 | |
| Liberal Vannin | Michael Josem | 463 | 25.8 | |
| Green | Andrew Jessopp | 342 | 19.1 | |
| Independent | Pamela Birney-Malarkey | 337 | 18.8 | |
| Independent | Anthony Allen | 264 | 14.8 | |
| Independent | David Fowler | 139 | 7.8 | |
| Independent | Kevin Oliphant-Smith | 132 | 7.4 | |
| Independent | Ian Clanton aka HM The Sole | 115 | 6.4 | |
| Independent | Lon Pinkerton | 84 | 4.7 | |
| Majority | 461 | 25.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1789 | 23.23 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.3 | ||
The 2021 general election saw the party field candidates in two constituencies.[14] Leo Cussons stood inGlenfaba & Peel[15] and Andrew Langan-Newton, the Green Party leader,Rushen (constituency)[16][17][18]
The Isle of Man Green Party currently have 2 seats in local government.
Falk Horning sits onDouglas City Council. First elected in 2016, Falk Horning has, since August 2021, chaired the Council's Environment & Services Committee and sits on the Executive Committee. The party were also formerly represented by Andrew Bentley on the council.
Andrew Jessopp is a member of theBraddan Parish Commissioners[19] and is their representative on the Eastern Joint Civic Amenity Site Committee. Lamara Craine formerly represented North Ward on Ramsey Town Commissioners and Philip Matthews formerly was a commissioner of the Patrick parish.
From 2016 until 2023, Green Party founder Andrew Langan-Newton served as party leader. In 2023, deputy leader Lamara Craine succeeded Langan-Newton as party leader.[4]
The Party holds a number of events and conferences on a regular basis[20] including, since 2018, an annual party conference which consists of an annual general meeting of the members of the party followed by a conference open to the general public and prospective members.[21]
| Year | Venue | Catering | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Laxey, Salmon Centre | Salmon Centre | Dr Doug Fox - 2ndIPCC Report Kylie Rollins - Running an Ethical Business Dr Henry Uniacke - Eco-blog Devon Watson - Fare Free Bus Campaign |
| 2020 | Castletown,Civic Centre | Secret Pizza Company | Sarah Mercer - Island Utopias Chris Thomas MHK - Single Legal Entity Government Bob Comish - Manx Hemp Campaign Pippa Lovell - What She Found |
| 2021 | Peel, Masonic Hall | Versa | Julia Erskine - An Introduction toSAP andEPCs Dr Henrietta Ewart - The Value of Wellbeing Keeran Hannifin - My Election journey as a Political Outsider Dr Henry Uniacke - Zero Carbon Churches by 2030 |
| 2022 | St Johns, Church Hall | Greens | Clara Isaac - Recycle Collect Rob Mercer MLC - Government, Scrutiny & Oversight Dr Christa McCartney - The IOM & the UN Sustainable Development Goals Gary Clueit - The Island's Housing Problem |
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