Caroline Lucas

Caroline Lucas
Official portrait, 2019
Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales[a]
In office
2 September 2016 – 4 September 2018
Serving with Jonathan Bartley
DeputyAmelia Womack
Preceded byNatalie Bennett
Succeeded byJonathan Bartley and
Siân Berry
In office
30 November 2007 – 5 September 2012
Serving with Derek Wall (until 5 September 2008)
DeputyAdrian Ramsay (2008–2012)
Preceded bySiân Berry
Succeeded byNatalie Bennett
In office
30 November 2003 – 24 November 2006
Serving with Mike Woodin; Keith Taylor
Preceded byMargaret Wright
Succeeded bySiân Berry
Member of Parliament
for Brighton Pavilion
In office
6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byDavid Lepper
Succeeded bySiân Berry
Member of the European Parliament
for South East England
In office
14 June 1999 – 6 May 2010
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byKeith Taylor
Personal details
Born
Caroline Patricia Lucas

(1960-12-09) 9 December 1960
Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Political partyGreen Party of England and Wales (1990–present)
Other political
affiliations
Green Party UK (1986–1990)
Spouse(s)
Richard Savage
​
(m. 1991)​
Children2
EducationMalvern Girls' College
Alma mater
Websitewww.carolinelucas.com
Academic background
ThesisWriting for Women: woman as reader in Elizabethan romance (1989)

Caroline Lucas (born 9 December 1960)[1] is a British politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion until 2024.[2] She was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from September 2008 to September 2012. She was later co-leader of the party with Jonathan Bartley from September 2016 to September 2018. She is the UK's first ever Green MP. She was first elected as an MP in the United Kingdom general election, 2010 and then re-elected in 2015 and again in 2017.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ As Principal Female Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales until 5 September 2008.

References

  1. ↑ Anon (2014). Lucas, Dr. Caroline. Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U25060. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help) closed access (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Johathan Walker (14 August 2014). "Green Party leader Natalie Bennett: Voters are ready to back a radical alternative to inequality". The Journal. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Annabelle Dickson (12 August 2014). "Lesley Grahame selected to fight Norwich South for the Greens". EDP24. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.