2010 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election 2010 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election The Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, 2010 took place in August and September 2010. The party has elections every two years for leader and deputy leader roles and this was the second election since the party decided to switch from having principle speakers to having a leader and a deputy leader, or co-leaders. Caroline Lucas was re-elected as leader unopposed and Adrian Ramsay was re-elected as deputy leader after defeating former principle speaker Derek Wall. All members of the party were sent ballot papers in the post with
2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election as the first Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales in 2008 (formerly a system of two principal speakers was used). In the new Constitution of the Green Party, it was also mandated that there would be leadership elections every two years. Lucas was elected as the first Green Party MP, for the constituency of Brighton Pavilion, and in the same year she was re-elected unopposed as Leader. In 2012, she announced she would not be standing again as Leader, saying: "The reason that I've decided not to re-stand... is because I want to give other people the