History of the Green Party of England and Wales of Deputy Leader. The Green Party fielded more than 300 candidates for the 2010 general election. Caroline Lucas became the first Green candidate to gain a seat in Westminster, after being elected MP for Brighton Pavilion by a margin of 1,252 votes. The following week 600 new members had joined the Green Party bringing total membership to over 11,000. In previous years 600 new members was high for a whole year. On 24 May 2012, the six Green Party councillors elected to Stroud District Council formed a power sharing administration (a "constructive cooperation") with both the Labour Party and the
Green Party of England and Wales election results votes in the General election. The Green Party stood in 571 seats across the UK in the 2015 general election. They held Brighton Pavilion and came second place in Bristol West, Liverpool Riverside, Manchester Gorton and Sheffield Central, with third places in 17 constituencies. It was the first time the party garnered more than one million votes in a general election. Deposits were saved in 123 constituencies, where the Green candidate collected at least 5% of the votes cast. In the 2017 general election, Green candidates stood in 457 seats across the UK, standing down in some seats to enable