Natalie Bennett saw a drop of 7.8% in the share of Green votes as well as a drop in its position from second to third (out of eight candidates) with 3,848 votes. Bennett lives in Sheffield. Her partner is Jim Jepps, a left-wing activist who was a member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) for approximately a decade before leaving the party around 2003. Natalie Bennett Natalie Louise Bennett (born 10 February 1966) is a British politician and journalist who was born and raised in Australia. She led the Green Party of England and Wales from September 2012 to September 2016. She
Gareth Bennett (politician) and he was allowed to resume his speaking duties without withdrawing his previous remarks. In February 2018, Bennett led UKIP's opposition to plans to expand the Welsh Assembly's membership. Bennett claimed almost £10,000 in expenses to set up an office which never opened. In July 2018, it was announced that there would be a ballot of UKIP party members in Wales to decide the position of UKIP Leader in Wales. The three candidates who announced that they were running for the post were former Assembly Group Leader Neil Hamilton, who had just been ousted from the role; Caroline Jones, who