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
Next United Kingdom general election Cable. Facing a no confidence vote by her party in December 2018, Theresa May told MPs she would not contest the next scheduled general election ("i.e." in 2022) as leader. Northern Ireland While a number of UK parties organise in Northern Ireland ("e.g." Labour Party in Northern Ireland, but they do not field candidates) and field candidates for election ("e.g.", Conservative, UKIP), the main Northern Ireland parties are different from those in the rest of the UK. ! scope="col" | MP ! scope="col" | Seat ! scope="col" | First elected ! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party ! scope="col" | Date announced