2025 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election
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An election for the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales was held between 1–30 August 2025 in line with the party's constitution. It was held concurrently with the party's deputy leadership election and other elections to the executive of the party. There were two candidacies for the leadership: a joint ticket of Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns running to be co-leaders, and Zack Polanski running to be solo leader. Polanski won the vote, gaining 84.1% of the votes.
Background
According to the constitution of the Green Party of England and Wales, leadership elections take place every two years. Candidates can either put themselves forward as individuals or as a co-leadership team of two people. In the event of a single leader, the party will have two deputy leaders. The election due to take place in 2024 was postponed due to the UK general election following a motion passed at the party's 2023 Autumn Conference. Because of this, the term of the leader will only be for one year.
In May 2025, Carla Denyer announced her decision to not seek re-election as co-leader and focus on being an MP.
Electoral system
Candidates for the leader of the party may run either solo or as joint tickets of two candidates; candidates for the deputy leader position must run solo.
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