Siân Berry
Siân Berry | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Caroline Lucas |
| Majority | 14,290 (27.3%) |
| Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales | |
| In office 4 September 2018 – 1 October 2021 | |
| Deputy | Amelia Womack |
| Preceded by | Caroline Lucas |
| Succeeded by | Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay |
| Leader of the Greens in the London Assembly | |
| In office 6 May 2016 – 19 October 2018 | |
| Leader | |
| Preceded by | Jenny Jones |
| Succeeded by | Caroline Russell |
| Principal Speaker of the Green Party | |
| In office 24 November 2006 – 30 November 2007 Serving with Derek Wall | |
| Preceded by | Caroline Lucas |
| Succeeded by | Caroline Lucas |
| Member of the London Assembly for Londonwide | |
| In office 6 May 2016 – 7 May 2024 | |
| Camden London Borough Councillor for Highgate | |
| In office 22 May 2014 – 20 October 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Maya De Souza |
| Succeeded by | Lorna Jane Russell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Siân Rebecca Berry 9 July 1974 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Political party | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Education | Pate's Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford (MEng) |
| Website | sianberry |
Siân Rebecca Berry (/ʃɑːn/; born 9 July 1974) is a British politician who has been the member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion since July 2024.
On 4 September 2018, she became Co-Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Jonathan Bartley. She stepped down from the party's leadership in October 2021. From 2006 to 2007, she was one of the Green Party's Principal Speakers.[1]
She was the party's candidate in the 2008 London mayoral election,[2] and again in the 2016 election, at which she came third.
She was a member of the London Assembly and was the only Green Party councillor on Camden Council, representing Highgate.
In the 2024 general election, Berry was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion with 28,809 votes (54.8%) and a majority of 14,290 over the second-placed Labour candidate.[3]
References
- ↑ Siân Berry's biography, Green Party of England and Wales
- ↑ Siân Berry Chosen as London Mayoral Candidate, Green Party of England and Wales, 12 March 2007
- ↑ "Brighton Pavilion results - General election results 2024". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.