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.
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All members of the party were sent ballot papers in the post with their copy of the party's magazine, Green World and voting ended shortly after hustings were held at the party's autumn conference in Birmingham where members who had not already posted their ballot papers could vote in person at conference.
Campaign
Caroline Lucas and Adrian Ramsay campaigned for re-election together and shared materials such as a website and leaflets promoting them both together. This was possibly due to Ramsey having limited time due to fighting an all-out by-election on Norwich City Council (where he was a councillor) who had called for an election for all council seats due to failing to become a unitary authority with polling day the day before the Green Party conference.
Derek Wall campaigned with the support of internal group Green Left which he has been an active member of since its formation.
Results
A total of 3,279 votes were cast in the postal ballot.
The results were as follows:
Leadership Result
| Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, 2010 | ||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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3,190 | 97.91% | ||
| Re-open nominations | 68 | 2.09% | ||
| Turnout | 3,258 | 25.52% | ||
| Caroline Lucas re-elected Leader | ||||
Deputy Leadership Result
| Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, 2010 | ||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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2,386 | 73.39% | ||
| Derek Wall | 826 | 25.41% | ||
| Re-open nominations | 39 | 1.20% | ||
| Turnout | 3,251 | 25.45% | ||
| Adrian Ramsey re-elected Deputy Leader | ||||
