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 |
| Website | |
| london.greenparty.org.uk | |
TheLondon Green Party is the regional party of theGreen Party of England and Wales that operates inGreater London. The Greens are currently the third biggest party on theLondon Assembly. In the2024 United Kingdom general election, the Greens got a record 10% of the vote in London.
As of December 2025, Green Party representation on London Councils are:[6]
| Council | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | 3 / 51 | Official Opposition |
| Barnet | 0 / 63 | |
| Bexley | 0 / 45 | |
| Brent | 5 / 57 | 3rd |
| Bromley | 0 / 58 | |
| Camden | 1 / 54 | 4th |
| Croydon | 2 / 70 | 3rd |
| Ealing | 0 / 70 | |
| Enfield | 0 / 63 | |
| Greenwich | 2 / 55 | 3rd |
| Hackney | 3 / 48 | 3rd |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | 2 / 50 | 3rd |
| Haringey | 2 / 57 | 3rd |
| Harrow | 0 / 55 | |
| Havering | 0 / 55 | |
| Hillingdon | 0 / 53 | |
| Hounslow | 1 / 62 | |
| Islington | 3 / 48 | Official Opposition |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 1 / 50 | 4th |
| Kingston upon Thames | 0 / 48 | |
| Lambeth | 4 / 63 | Official Opposition |
| Lewisham | 2 / 54 | Official Opposition |
| Merton | 0 / 57 | |
| Newham | 3 / 66 | 3rd |
| Redbridge | 0 / 63 | |
| Richmond upon Thames | 5 / 54 | Official Opposition |
| Southwark | 3 / 63 | |
| Sutton | 0 / 55 | |
| Tower Hamlets | 1 / 45 | 3rd |
| Waltham Forest | 0 / 60 | |
| Wandsworth | 0 / 58 | |
| Westminster | 0 / 54 |
The table below shows the London Green Party's results at UK general elections since the area ofGreater London was created.
| Date | Votes won | % of votes | Change | MPs | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 78,595 | 2.7% | 0 | N/A | ||
| 2010 | 54,316 | 1.6% |  1.1 | 0 |  | |
| 2015 | 171,670 | 4.9% |  3.3 | 0 | | |
| 2017 | 67,579 | 1.8% | 3.1 | 0 | | |
| 2019 | 115,527 | 3.1% | 1.3 | 0 | | |
| 2024 | 334,791 | 10.0% | 6.9 | 0 | | |
The table below shows the results obtained by the Ecology Party in elections to theGreater London Council. The GLC was abolished by theLocal 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 |
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During theUnited Kingdom'smembership of theEuropean Union (1973–2020),Greater London participated inEuropean Parliament elections, held every five years from1979 until2019.[7] The table below shows the London Green Party results in elections to theEuropean Parliament. Results between 1979 and1984 are for theEcology Party, while results in1989 are for theUnited Kingdom-wide Green Party. From 1979 to1994, Londonmembers of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected from ten individual constituencies byfirst-past-the-post voting; from1999 to 2019, MEPs were elected from aLondon-wide regional list byproportional representation.
| Election | Leader(s)[a] | Votes | Seats | Pos. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ± | No. | ± | ||||
| 1979 | Jonathon Porritt | 6,448 | 0.4 | N/A | 0 / 10 | N/A | 4th | |
| 1984 | More Than Two Principal Speakers | 26,132 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0 / 10 | | 4th | |
| 1989 | 298,328 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 0 / 10 | | 3rd | ||
| 1994 | John Cornford | Jan Clark | 61,786 | 3.8 | 12.2 | 0 / 10 | | 4th |
| 1999 | Mike Woodin | Jean Lambert | 87,545 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 1 / 10 | 1 | 4th |
| 2004 | Mike Woodin | Caroline Lucas | 158,986 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 1 / 9 | | 5th |
| 2009 | Caroline Lucas | 190,589 | 10.9 | 2.5 | 1 / 8 | | 4th | |
| 2014 | Natalie Bennett | 196,419 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 1 / 8 | | 4th | |
| 2019 | Jonathan Bartley | Siân Berry | 278,957 | 12.4 | 3.5 | 1 / 8 | | 4th |
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party | Total Seats | +/– | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | Seats | # | % | Seats | ||||
| 2000 | Darren Johnson | 162,457 | 10.2% | 0 / 14 | 183,910 | 11.1% | 3 / 11 | 3 / 25 | N/A |
| 2004 | 138,242 | 7.7% | 0 / 14 | 160,445 | 8.6% | 2 / 11 | 2 / 25 | 1 | |
| 2008 | Jenny Jones | 194,059 | 8.1% | 0 / 14 | 203,465 | 8.3% | 2 / 11 | 2 / 25 | |
| 2012 | 188,623 | 8.5% | 0 / 14 | 189,215 | 8.5% | 2 / 11 | 2 / 25 | | |
| 2016 | Siân Berry | 236,809 | 9.1% | 0 / 14 | 207,959 | 8.0% | 2 / 11 | 2 / 25 | |
| 2021 | Caroline Russell | 336,840 | 13.0% | 0 / 14 | 305,452 | 11.8% | 3 / 11 | 3 / 25 | 1 |
| 2024 | 319,869 | 12.9% | 0 / 14 | 286,746 | 11.6% | 3 / 11 | 3 / 25 | | |
| 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. | |
| 2024 | 145,114 | 5.8% | 2.0% | 4th | ||
| 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 | |
The Greens did not field any candidates in the2022 City of London Corporation election[8]
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