Green Party of England and Wales elections in England and Wales, the Green Party in Brighton and Hove took minority control of the City Council by winning 23 seats, 5 short of an overall majority. At the 2012 local government elections the Green Party gained 5 seats, and retained both AMs at the 2012 London Assembly election. At the London Mayoral Election the party's candidate Jenny Jones finished third, and lost her deposit. In May 2012, Lucas announced that she would not seek re-election to the post of party leader. In September, Natalie Bennett was elected party leader and Will Duckworth deputy leader in the leadership
Natalie Buchanan and John apologizes because he now knows what it was like to be in Natalie's shoes when she covered for him. He tells her it was why they broke up but Natalie says it was their excuse but they had other issues. John tells Natalie he wants things to be right between them and Natalie asks if it is because she saw him and Marty kissing. John tells her that he didn't want her to see that and if he saw Natalie kissing someone else, he wouldn't like it. They agree that they are still friends and play pool together