Greens take first ever second place in Liverpool Riverside
*Green Party receives record number of votes
*Greens beat 45 Liberal Democrats
*Deputy Leader: “This is only the beginning.”
The Green Party has come second in a General Election for the first time ever, with Liverpool Riverside candidate Martin Dobson taking 12.1% of the vote.
The party has already received a record vote share – with 336,000 votes in English and Welsh seats declared so far.
The Greens have retained 47 deposits – more than in any other election it has stood in, and is receiving strong results across the board, coming third in nine seats.
The Greens have beaten the Liberal Democrats in 60 seats. In 2010, they beat them in just one.
Deputy Leader Amelia Womack, who received 10.1% in Camberwell & Peckham, said:
"It's fantastic to see the Green Party increasing our vote share. We've already saved more deposits than at the last election and we've beaten the Lib Dems in seats across the country.
“The Green Party is the only real alternative to business-as-usual politics in the UK. As the Lib Dems crumble we're building a growing movement across this country - this is only the beginning."
Best Green Party results so far:
Hackney North: 14.6% (7,281 votes)
Isle of Wight: 13.8% (9,404 votes)
Liverpool Riverside: 12.1% (5,372 votes)
Bath: 11.9% (5,634 votes)
Hackney South & Shoreditch: 11.8% (5,519 votes)
These strong results reflect the Green Surge, which has seen Green Party membership more than quadruple in less than a year, to reach over 62,000 in England and Wales alone. The Green Party is standing candidates in almost 95% of seats, and its vote share is expected to be three-four times larger than in 2010.
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