Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales group. In September 2008 Caroline Lucas was elected as the party's first leader. Lucas was reelected in 2010 but chose not to stand in 2012, when Natalie Bennett was elected her successor. After Bennett stood down in 2016 Lucas returned as leader, this time sharing the position with Jonathan Bartley. Prior to 1992 six principal speakers were elected annually. The Female Principal Speaker post was won by Siân Berry, without a contest. The Female Principal Speaker post was won by Caroline Lucas, without a contest. Not all regions of the Green Party used the Principal Speaker system. In particular, the
Amanda Bennett Amanda Bennett Amanda Bennett (born July 9, 1952) is an American journalist and author. She is the former editor of two newspapers, "The Philadelphia Inquirer" and the "Lexington Herald-Leader" and author of six nonfiction books. Bennett was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was raised in Boonton, New Jersey, where she attended Boonton High School, graduating with the class of 1971. She graduated with a degree in English Language and Literature from Harvard College in 1975, where she was an editor on the "Harvard Crimson". She has two children with her late husband, Terence Foley, and four step-children with her husband,