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The key purpose of the Green Party Deputy Leader is to provide essential support across various critical areas, including aiding election candidates, representing the party externally, communicating party campaigns, shaping political strategy, participating in key committees, maintaining relationships with staff, and boosting morale among regional and local parties.
The Candidates
Frank Adlington-Stringer
In 2023, I was elected as the first Green Councillor in North East Derbyshire. The following year, I ran for East Midlands Mayor as the Green Party candidate. Despite being in the region with the fewest Green Party councillors and a stronghold for Reform UK, home to their only MP at the time, I crowdfunded over £13,000 in two months and beat them by securing over 50,000 votes from a standing start. Over the course of the campaign I built a social media platform with thousands of followers and an online audience now larger than most Members of Parliament.
My social media success is complemented by my years of election experience. As a Green Party Field Team staff member, I’ve gained the skills necessary to get Greens elected. From Bristol to London to the West Midlands, I’ve managed campaigns for local parties breaking through with their first councillor, providing growing opposition, taking control of council administrations, and even developing into target constituencies. I know how we win on the ground, and how a national air campaign can make winning easier for us all.
Labour are faltering, and Reform are taking advantage of frustrated voters. The Green Party has a real opportunity. We must tilt the balance of power in favour of the fairer and greener future we know is possible. Our policies have huge public support, and our membership is rapidly growing—but we cannot take anything for granted. If we are to combat the urgent climate and nature crisis the Green Party needs a leadership team that can grab ever-shortening attention spans and cut through the prevailing media narrative. Clear messaging and a robust electoral strategy will keep Greens winning at every level of government. We cannot afford to get this wrong.
Politics, for me, is deeply personal. Neither of my parents went to university, and being state-school educated, I wrongly felt that politics wasn’t for me. My dad feels his disability burdens our crumbling NHS; my European partner knows tougher immigration rules are preventing us from living together; my mum is battling to keep her small business alive as our high streets are decimated by corporate greed. All of this moves me to take a stand but it’s the knowledge that I am not alone which keeps me fighting. I cannot abide children going to school hungry, vulnerable people being dismissed, hard working families struggling to afford the basics, and an increasingly voiceless natural world being silently decimated. Our movement is built on principles of justice and fairness, and like you, I will not rest until our politics reflects that.
Our nation is unfortunately united in name only. It’s not just our politics which is fractured by the foundations of the very towns, villages and cities we represent. The Green Party has a duty to build coalitions across race, faith, class, and gender to create a movement that delivers for us all. A movement which heals division and restores community.
This is why I am running to be your next Deputy Leader. I want to visit local parties, hone our national messaging, develop winning social media strategies, and dedicate myself fully to the role. I want to support the Party from the grassroots up by using my voice, skills and experience at the national level.
I believe the Green Party wins by staying true to our principles. By offering a choice. This is our chance to choose wealth redistribution, not manufactured poverty. To choose peace, not genocide. Trans rights, human rights, and animal rights—not the far right. Climate justice, not the destruction of nature. This is our chance to put people and the planet over profit once and for all.
We have the chance to reclaim the national conversation and put hope back on the agenda.
With your support and first preference vote, I can become your next Deputy Leader. With my experience, passion, and credibility, the Green Party can rise to the challenges we face.
Let’s choose a future we can be proud of.
#RankFrank1st
Mothin Ali
For too long the Green Party has been seen as a middle class, southern facing movement despite our growing number of elected representatives from the north and from more diverse, urban areas. I provide the opportunity for the leadership of the party to effectively represent those currently not represented.
I was elected as a Green Party councillor for Gipton and Harehills in May 2024 as the first ever Green to represent the ward. We won after a three-year campaign, beating a 17-year Labour incumbent with a 20% swing and a 7% rise in turnout. We built a grassroots political movement, giving people hope and getting them involved.
With the rise of reform, we need a strong working-class voice to effectively communicate with and mobilise those voters disillusioned with the current state of politics, being from those communities I know exactly how to do that.
As an accountant I have over 20 years of experience working with small businesses so can understand concerns of small businesses.
I launched the Dig It Out campaign to tackle racism in horticulture, and I’ve been a vocal critic of the UK’s Prevent counter-terrorism strategy, which embeds Islamophobia in public policy.
In July 2024, during the Harehills riots, I stepped in to protect my community. I stood between rioters and police, tried to de-escalate the situation, and even helped put out fires. That night, I earned the title “Hero of Harehills”, Something I wear with pride; it reflects what politics should be about: care, courage, and unity.
Following the riots in a bid for unity, I campaigned to designate Leeds as a “City of belonging” where all citizens are valued as equals – something I want to replicate throughout the country, instead of being an “island of strangers” I want our country to be an “island of belonging”.
I’ve been politically active since the Iraq War. I organised local demos as well as buses to the London demos and anti-war meetings. Which led to campaigning for the liberation of the Palestinian people and was instrumental in the historic motion recognising what is currently taking place in Gaza as genocide at our party conference in 2024.
I’ve worked with Acorn on the ‘Boot the Bailiff’s ’campaign to end private debt collection, with Unite to unionise Amazon workers, and helped push the West Yorkshire Pension Fund to divest from anti-apartheid companies.
I strongly believe in supporting young voices and I was a part of the Inner East Leeds Youth Summit – an initiative to show schoolchildren in Leeds how democracy works. I was also a speaker at the last Young Greens Winter Conference.
I’ve taught permaculture for over 10 years, when we moved into our own home with a garden, under my Mother’s guidance I turned an overgrown mess into a permaculture paradise. I took techniques I learned from my mother and adapted them to suit a British climate, so not only am I British Bangladeshi but my garden is too! I share this knowledge via the My Family Garden YouTube channel.
What I’ve learned on the garden still guides me today — if you care for it, it grows. Communities are no different.
Thomas Daw
I was elected in 2023 as the parties youngest councillor. Running as an authentic working-class voice, speaking up for rural communities and linking climate and class issues.
I stood for council at 19 years old but I wasn’t born into politics. I was born into a world where rent eats half your wages, buses don’t run after 6pm, and politicians promise green futures while cutting the roofs off our classrooms. I knew I had to fight back.
That’s why I’m running to be your deputy leader, because our party must now become a home for everyone who feels abandoned.
I’m proud to be part of the generation that marches for justice but marching isn’t enough anymore. We need to win. And to win, we must speak a language the country understands. We must show that green is not a luxury – it’s a lifeline.
My personal policies focus on:
- Education – embedding environmental education in schools.
- Climate action – from rewilding to sustainable transport.
- Affordable, zero-carbon homes.
- Stronger public services – pushing back against austerity.
- Empowering local communities through democratic reform.
- Framing green politics as everyday justice – a narrative that fuses social and environmental equity including a free Palestine.
However, actions speak louder than words. In the last 2 years as a councillor I’ve been able to deliver on a wide range of policies that have helped people with everyday life. Helping deliver a Climate Emergency Action Plan. Increasing the councils SEND provision. Expanding active travel infrastructure for walking and cycling.
Most importantly, I have spent my time as a councillor holding Bristol Airport to account. A fast growing international airport who frequently ignore climate change and impacts to local residents. Holding them to account reflects the challenges of combating the far right, Reform and the political elite. This will be our biggest challenge at the next election, I have the experience to have that battle.
As deputy leader, I will:
- Champion green jobs and climate education in every town, directly countering the anti net-zero agenda.
- Build a party that organises, not just idealises.
- Supporting local parties to get more Greens elected.
- Speak plainly, fight boldly, and never forget who we stand for.
This campaign isn’t just about me. It’s about a movement that dares to be both radical and relatable.
I want the Green Party to be more than the conscience of British politics, I want it to be the future of British politics. A future led by all of us – not just those with connections, but those with courage.
If the Green Party wants to grow influence while energising its natural voter base (young, economically squeezed, climate-conscious). If you believe that now is the time for fresh voices, working-class leadership, and a real shot at national change – I ask for your support.
Let’s lead with purpose. Let’s fight with hope.
Let’s turn this growing green wave into a green government.
Thank you,
Cllr Thomas Daw
Antoinette Fernandez
The world has become a volatile and unstable place for us all. It is no longer possible for anyone anywhere, to ignore the effects of climate change or the impact of bad governance.
The people of this country need solutions, are desperate for real leadership that is credible, compassionate and courageous enough to lead us safely through the hazards that are so clearly on the horizon.
I believe the Green Party can play a leading role in Britain’s future, but our Party must be unified.
We have to cultivate a culture of openness where freedom of thought and expression is not only tolerated, but encouraged, and by presenting a united and dignified Party we will earn the respect and trust of the British people.
We can be the Party people don’t just need but want, by voting for leaders who will embody these values through action. Leaders who prioritise the needs of the most vulnerable people in our society which in turn benefits everyone. Leaders who will provide due diligence of care to the internal workings of our Party, supporting our staff and volunteers, the Party’s backbone.
I have proven that I will loudly and consistently advocate for the needs of everyone in this country, especially those who are silenced, pushed aside and overlooked.
I have walked alongside the survivors of the Grenfell Fire, born witness to the Child Q gross misconduct hearing, arranged litter picks and diversity training for local parties. As a member of the national EDI committee and as one of my local Party EDI officer’s I have contributed towards keeping our Party inclusive and successfully put forward a motion to keep my local Party’s literature diverse.
I have protested against water companies, genocide, school and children’s centre closures, to protect our freedom to protest and more. Have advocated for numerous policies, including climate justice, stopping violence against women and girls, addressing the housing crisis, standing up for WASPI women, protecting our wild places, rivers and inner-city green spaces, tackling the lack of investment in our youth, nationalising public services, proportional representation, UBI and the cost of living crisis.
I have stood firmly for international justice, against the genocides in the Congo and Palestine, in solidarity with those suffering in Sudan, where the worst humanitarian crisis ever recorded is unfolding. I have stood for reparations and for a truthful reckoning with Britain’s actions in the Global South, both past and present.
As a creative surviving financial hardship and the intersectionality of being a British Yoruba woman, who doesn’t fit expectations of what a woman like me should look, sound, or think like, my lived experience has given me an outsider’s clarity, a perspective that many entrenched in society and within our Party do not have.
I have repeatedly proven that I can inspire the public’s imagination and attract media attention. I’ve increased the Green vote share and come second in every election I’ve stood in, at national, London Assembly and local levels and built a reputation for encouraging antipathetic members of the public to vote Green, often from communities that the Party has struggled to connect with.
In 2023 The London Evening Standard featured me in a double-page lifestyle profile. More recently, my social justice videos have reached over 200,000 views, all without Party resources.
Imagine what I could do with your backing.
With your support, I can amplify our visibility in the national conversation. The public doesn’t yet know enough about what we can, and will, do for them. They need to know what our Party stands for, that we are practical and considered, that we have the solutions they need for the issues they face.
I can change that. I can make the Green Party impossible to ignore, if you put your faith in me.
Alex Mace
I am a radical. I believe the climate and nature emergencies are the greatest threat to humanity. I believe the Government is not serious about dealing with these emergencies. I believe that everyone deserves to live in a warm, secure, home. I believe Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians. I believe the Government is complicit in the genocide through its military aid and sale of arms to Israel. I believe trans women are women and trans men are men. I believe immigration makes our country richer, not poorer. I believe that everyone deserves to live a life with dignity. I believe The Green Party has the answers we need. I believe that The Green Party is the only party with a positive message of real hope and real change.
You might think that none of that is radical; and you are right. However, in the face of rising seas, worsening floods, increasing drought, war in Europe and Gaza, cold pensioners, disabled people and children in poverty, presenting a positive message of how we can do better is radical. Having hope, in the face of widespread gloom and blame, is radical, and that radical hope is why The Green Party wins.
Radical hope grows through our campaigning. We share it with people when we listen to their experiences. We create it when we act on what people tell us. We demonstrate it when we speak out on behalf of residents, on behalf of the vulnerable, on behalf of the people who go unseen, to say that things can be better.
In Worcester, I have seen radical hope change how people view politics. When I knock on doors and tell people I am from the Green Party, they smile. They know we will listen, that we will act, and we will tell them what we’ve done. Radical hope is something that appeals to voters across the political spectrum: people who voted Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Reform before are now voting Green, in local elections and general elections.
I joined the Green Party in 2015 because I despaired at the wafer-thin difference between the Conservatives and Labour. Neither offered significant policies against the climate emergency. After supporting campaigns in Worcester in 2023, I was elected as a city councillor in 2024 and became co-leader of the Green group in 2025. As Worcester’s election strategy officer, I co-ordinated our local election campaign that saw us win the most votes in the city for the third year running.
That success is built on attracting voters from all walks of life. We should fish (in a sustainable and kind fashion, of course) in the biggest pond we can, using every available tool. Putting the squeeze on other parties only works if most voters are open to voting for us. If our appeal is just to disaffected Labour left voters, we are casting our net too narrow.
I want to be your Deputy Leader because I have radical hope that the future is ours to win. Together we can build belief in voters, activists and members that we can win. We can win, anywhere, with focus, dedication and radical hope.
As Deputy Leader, I will campaign for more local parties to get the support they need so we can deliver more councillors and MPs. We are the real opposition to Reform; our refusal to blame others sets us apart. Where Reform, Labour and the Conservatives say the reason we can’t do better is because there are too many immigrants, or too many people not working, or too many disabled people, or net zero is too expensive, we say we can do better. That is radical. With radical hope, we can win.
If you’re feeling some radical hope, please do vote Alex Mace for Deputy Leader.
Campaign video: https://www.facebook.com/councilloralexmace/videos/621809524278510
Rachel Millward
I’m asking you to rank me 1st for Deputy Leader because I want to help this brilliant party grow, and grow well.
I know firsthand the transformative power of Green leadership. As co-leader of Wealden District Council in Sussex, I’ve helped end 50 years of Conservative domination and delivered real change. We’ve built and retrofitted hundreds of social and affordable homes, charged double council tax on second homes to protect those struggling with the cost of living, achieved 4th place nationally for climate credentials, and made bold commitments to nature restoration and arts investment.
Greens don’t just talk about change—we deliver it. But we must get better at celebrating our wins and supporting elected representatives with the media training and peer support they need to succeed.
My professional background equipped me to build movements and drive change. I founded Birds Eye View, an international women’s film festival addressing the reality that only 7% of films were directed by women. This meant cutting through with clear narratives, building brands with wide appeal, changing industry conversations and raising funds. I was awarded a Clore leadership fellowship, named a “”Woman to Watch”” by Arts Council England, and nominated for a Woman of the Future Media Award.
My political journey began age 8, protesting against apartheid and joining Greenpeace. After Oxford University, I studied at the African Gender Institute in Cape Town, transforming my understanding of equality and justice. I’ve consistently championed marginalized voices of women, disabled people and also nature, through Friends of the River Medway and as an Ashdown Forest conservator.
Anti-Brexit campaigning and XR led me to find my political home in the Green Party. This party fills me with hope.
I will help us raise our communication game. I’ve appeared regularly on BBC Politics South East and ITV’s The Last Word, but I want to ensure the whole party can celebrate our wins and our popular policies. Our brand can be bold, accessible, and attractive. I will help embed media training across the party and ensure local parties can easily share our successes.
We need to nurture grassroots support. I’ll establish talent development programs to raise new leaders from all backgrounds, create peer support networks so representatives aren’t working in isolation, and resource local parties with toolkits so we can use our energies to grow.
And I’ll help us raise the funds to unlock our true potential.
I want to offer everything I can to serve communities and nature. I bring proven leadership experience from navigating complex political processes and delivering real change. But most importantly, I believe in us. I believe in this party’s incredible potential and our shared commitment to creating a greener, fairer world. I trust the depth of what we have in common, and I’m ready to help us dare to share it widely.
We are the party of hope. I’m ready to help us scale up—not just in size, but in impact and influence.
It’s time to grow. It’s time to win. Hope can win.
Ash Routh
As Britain becomes more fatigued than ever with more of the same, the time is right for the Green Party, with a clear eco-populist message, to cut through the haze, and offer a radical alternative to a public who are crying out for it. We know that when people are polled on policies, not parties, we come out on top – our issue isn’t what we stand for, it’s how we express ourselves.
We’ve come a long way being represented by people who have the stage presence of university lecturers – well informed, passionate, kind, but not necessarily able to electrify an audience. Decades of incremental, steady work have paid off, but time is running out, and we need to break well past single digit polling figures, and we need to stay there.
We can’t pretend that Reform doesn’t exist, we can’t keep telling ourselves that they’re going to fade away, and we can’t afford to sit on our hands while they continue to poll higher than any other party. They are dominating the political landscape because they are led by somebody who knows how to play to an audience, knows how to entertain, and knows how to cut through in a debate. If we don’t learn to adapt, we will be left behind.
My Green Party journey started 15 years ago – I was elected as a councillor at 20, and since then, I’ve campaigned for the party up and down the country, fighting our corner, and wearing out more pairs of shoes than I care to count. I’ve knocked on doors, delivered leaflets, and put in the long hours and difficult days.
Inside the Green Party, I’ve spent the last three and a half years on Standing Orders Committee – I’ve helped guide members through the policy process, I’ve sat in workshops, and sat and listened to plenary debates. I’ve studied our policy as it’s made, I’ve seen the passion, the speeches for, the speeches against, everything. In an interview, I will not be lost for words when asked about our policy, or about the passion and the rationale behind any of it.
I won’t give university lecturer energy. When I’m not working as a chef, or working within the Green Party, I perform comedy up and down the country. I know how to connect to an audience, I know how to get a laugh, and I keep people coming back for more. With me as your Deputy Leader, you won’t get business as usual – you’ll get a working class entertainer, quick on my feet, and with a killer instinct in debates. If I’m elected, I won’t divide my time and attention with other political posts – I will be a Deputy Leader, front and center, focused on delivering for the party all the way up until the next general election.
Reform won council seats up and down the country, many in areas where they did essentially no work on the ground. They didn’t win because of their policies, or because they do anything like the hard work on the ground level that we do. They did it because their messaging cut through – and if this year’s local elections have taught us nothing else, we need to learn this lesson: Messaging is the most powerful force in British politics.
The time to course correct is now. Our growth so far has been admirable, but we can’t carry on incrementally. We’re on track to gain a handful of seats while Reform might be able to form a majority government. I don’t want a Green Party who are forced to sit on the sidelines and say “I told you so”, I want a Green Party with messaging as strong as our policies, where our passion shines through, and where we’re in a position to deliver.
Join me, and together we can break the mould, give our party and policies the passionate representation they need, and deliver change that is radical, not incremental.
Ani Townsend
We’re at a cross roads. The climate emergency is almost at the point of no return. The social emergency, the rise of the far right and fascism. It’s here, in our communities.
The Green Party hasn’t become successful by chasing the policies of the ruling powers, we have gotten here by holding true to our values. This is when it really counts. Right now. The Green Party must be the party that upholds these values. We are the only ones that will.
I have been an environmental & social activist since growing up in poverty in a working class family in the 80s. intersectional Feminism and the Trade Union Movement led me to get involved in party politics as a result of coalition austerity, and I joined the Green Party to create change.
I was first elected as a councillor in Bristol in 2015. As coordinator of Bristol Green Party we became the largest party in the city and the largest ever Green Group. As general election candidate for Bristol East, my team achieved the highest green 2nd Place in the country.
Whilst elected, I’ve fought the political establishment old and new. Not for the sake of conflict, but because our communities deserve better than silence and compromise. The time for polite, status quo politics has passed. The Green Party is crying out for courage, for real action in the face of climate collapse and deepening inequality. We cannot tinker at the edges while the establishment watches the system burn. I believe in a radical Green leadership, bold, unapologetic, and rooted in racial, economic and social justice. A Green movement that dares to lead.
Our likely target constituencies are urban, Labour & Reform facing. We stand for, and side by side, with marginalised demographics. We understand that together in unity we are stronger, we hold each other up and we raise each other up. We need a leadership team which can represent and connect with these communities.
As a candidate for Green Party deputy leader, I will push the Green Party Executive to finally deliver the support our local parties need, not just at election time, but every single day, in and out of power. Our councillors and campaigners are the backbone of this movement, and they deserve clarity in leadership and real, material backing. Not just rhetoric. Not vague promises. Tangible action. Training, funding, infrastructure, delivered with urgency and purpose. We cannot expect hyperbole alone to carry us through elections. Real change is built from the ground up. I will lead with purpose, with Inclusion, Integrity and Impact, and ensure no local party is left behind.
That is the Green Party I joined, the one I believe we all joined or maybe even the Green Party YOU are about to join. It’s the Green Party that the world needs.
That’s why I’m running for Deputy Leader of the Green Party. Hope is not a strategy, that’s why I need your support.
Chas Warlow
I’m a Green Party councillor in Richmond upon Thames and currently Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Elected in 2022, I’ve helped turn a small group into a powerful force for change—persuading the Lib Dem council to start building council homes, strengthen climate action, and improve recycling. I’ve led successful campaigns on Council Tax reform to support those in poverty and consistently held the administration to account. This work takes resilience, conviction, and a deep belief in Green values—the same qualities I would bring to the role of Deputy Leader.
I’ve been a constituency candidate in the election for the London Assembly in 2024, as well as the candidate for Richmond Park in the General Election last year, proudly defending our policies at hustings and in the media. I’ve been active in our Energy Policy Working Group in the past and am passionate about Green economics. The truth is, our current economic system is broken—and the Green Party has the boldest, most coherent alternative. But we’re not communicating it effectively. That must change. As Deputy Leader, I will push to make our vision of a fair, sustainable economy clear, accessible, and inspiring—both for members and the public. We need to lead the debate, not just react to it.
With over two decades of experience in renewable energy and community climate action—from managing hydro projects to helping low-income households insulate their homes—I bring practical know-how as well as political commitment. I’ve worked at the intersection of policy, community, and climate justice my entire career.
Though Richmond is seen as leafy and affluent, inequality runs deep. I live in one of those overlooked areas, and I am driven to make sure our message of fairness, climate justice, and real community power reaches everyone.
I’m standing to help build a bolder, more visible, and more effective Green Party—one rooted in justice and unafraid to lead.
