Elections in the Region
General Election 2010
The South East region saw a historic Green breakthrough with our first ever MP being elected to Parliament in Westminster. Thanks to it's unfair electoral system, the UK was the last country in Europe to elect Greens to Parliament. Caroline Lucas took Brighton Pavilion with 31.3% of the votes, a 9.4% increase since the 2005 election. (More details)
Local Elections 2010
Greens elected councillors to several authorities who had never previously seen Green representation including Reading and Reigate & Banstead. (More details) Brighton & Hove Green Party also successfully defended a council seat in a by-election after Keith Taylor resigned as a councillor to take his place as the South East's new Green MEP.
European Elections 2009
The Green Party has retained its seat in the South East region with a substantially increased vote share, up from 7.8% in 2004 to 11.6% this year.
The results were counted by Local Authority area, and in both Brighton & Hove and Oxford the GP came top of the poll.
Full Results for SE Region:
|
Conservative |
812,288 |
34.8% |
|
Labour |
192,592 |
8.2% |
|
LibDem |
330,340 |
14.2% |
|
UKIP |
440,002 |
18.8% |
|
Green |
271,506 |
11.6% |
|
BNP |
101,769 |
4.4% |
|
Other |
186,361 |
8.0% |
For the national and other regional results, see the BBC News site.
Nationally, the Green Party retained its two seats, while missing out very narrowly in the South-West, the North-West and in Eastern England.
Across the EU the Greens did very well, with the Green Group in the European Parliament likely to be increased from 35 to 46 seats - see the European Green Party website.
The GPSE candidates for this election in the list order were:
1. Caroline Lucas MEP
2. Cllr. Keith Taylor
3. Derek Wall
4. Cllr. Miriam Kennet
5. Cllr. Jason Kitcat
6. Hazel Dawe
7. Jonathan Essex
8. Matthew Ledbury
9. Steve Dawe
10. Beverley Golden
In accordance with Green Party principles, these candidates were selected by a postal ballot of all members in the region.
Manifesto
New Report
"THINK AGAIN: THE GREEN PARTY AND JOBS IN THE SOUTH EAST"
The Green Party are demanding a radical new rethink on jobs.
In this new report Caroline Lucas outlines how Green Party policies can help create jobs as well as help deliver environmental and social benefits.
To download the report, click here.
