The Green Party election process for the next leader or co-leaders of the party has begun today.
Co-leader Jonathan Bartley stood down earlier this month to spend more time working on building progressive alliances in UK politics, which triggered an election for new leadership. [1]
Nominations have opened today with candidates having three weeks [2] to declare their intention to run.
In line with the party’s constitution, individuals can put themselves forward or two people can stand together in a bid to be co-leaders.
Members will have the opportunity to vote for their next generation of leadership from 2 September until the ballot closes on 23 September with results set to be announced soon after.
Bartley said: “I am so proud of the democratic nature of our party and the leadership vote is a big part of that. I’d like to see as many members as possible engaged in this process because this is the person or people who are going to take us a significant way towards the next General Election where we are focused on increasing our representation in Parliament.
“We’ve shown ourselves to be a credible political force and I’m so excited to see who our members choose to lead us to the next stage. I feel confident there are going to be some fantastic candidates making up our new generation of leaders.”
Bartley remains in place until 1 August, his co-leader Sian Berry will then become acting leader until the outcome of the election is known.
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Nominations will close on Tuesday 17 August