Green Party

• Green Party


  A centre-left party that is not only concerned with environmental issues but also with reducing social inequality
• Green Party


  • Pledging to plant 700 million trees by 2030
  • Spend £100bn a year to cut emissions
  • Ban single-use plastic
  • Invest £6bn in the NHS
  • Scrap tuition fees
  • Support Universal Basic Income of £89 for everyone
  • Call for a wealth tax to tackle social inequality
• Green Party won its first seat at Westminster, with Caroline Lucas becoming MP for Brighton Pavilion


  2010
• Green Party election results

  • 1% vote share in 2010
  • 3.8% vote share in 2015
  • 1 million votes across the UK in 2015, but won just 1 seat
  • 2.7% vote share in 2019
• Under alternative voting systems in different regions of the UK, the Green Party has gained seats (in Scottish Parliament elections in 2016 they won 6 seats)
• Rise of the Green Party

  Factor in all the main parties adopting more radical policies on environmental protection, notably emissions control
• David Cameron changed the logo of the Conservative Party for a greener image and posed with huskies in Norway in 2006 as part of his bid to rebrand the Conservative party as eco-friendly