Natalie Bennett Party's support increased again. The seven-way debate ultimately took place on 2 April, with Bennett present. Bennett came third in the election to the Labour and Conservative candidates, and in 2016, at the end of her second two-year term, did not stand for re-election as leader. At the party's 2016 autumn conference in Birmingham, Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley were elected as co-leaders of the party in a job-share arrangement. On 7 October 2016, it was announced that Bennett had been selected to contest the Sheffield Central constituency for the Green Party in the 2017 UK general election. Bennett's candidacy
Jana Bennett `the biggest sign yet that HD is now part of the mainstream', and also announced a major new Shakespeare Season. In addition to the BBC branded television channels, as Director of Vision, Bennett had responsibility for feature film production through BBC Films, whose credits include Oscar-winning "Man on Wire" as well as BAFTA award-winners "Mrs Brown", "An Education", "In the Loop", "Fish Tank" and "StreetDance 3D", the first 3D film produced outside the US. Bennett was appointed to BBC Worldwide as President, Worldwide Networks and Global iPlayer in February 2011. Bennett left BBC Worldwide in 2012 following a reorganisation of