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
Candidates in the 2017 United Kingdom general election parties a total of 467, and the UK Independence Party 378. The total number of candidates by party is shown below: As is traditional, the Conservative Party, Labour Party and Liberal Democrats are not standing in the constituency of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Buckingham, although both the Green Party of England and Wales and the UK Independence Party are contesting the seat. Otherwise, the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats are standing in all constituencies, except the Liberal Democrats are standing aside in Brighton Pavilion and Skipton and Ripon with local parties having decided to support the Green