An internal Green Party of England of Wales election was held in August 2025 to elect either one or two deputy leaders of the party, in line with the party's constitution. It was held at the same time as the 2025 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election.
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The incumbent deputy leader Zack Polanski, who had been in office since 2022, declined to run, instead running for the leadership position.
Background
According to the constitution of the Green Party of England and Wales, deputy leader(s) of the party are elected every two years, at the same time as the leader(s). The election due to take place in 2024 was postponed due to the UK general election following a motion passed at the party's 2023 Autumn Conference. Because of this, the leadership term will only be for one year. This election is being held concurrently with other elections to the executive of the party, including the leadership.
Electoral system
Candidates put themselves forward as individuals. The leader and deputy leader team must consist of three individuals in total: either two joint leaders and one deputy leader, or one leader and two joint deputy leaders. As a result, the number of deputy leaders to be elected depends on the outcome of the concurrent leadership election: if two individuals are elected as leader then only one deputy will be elected, but if only one individual is elected as leader then two deputies will be elected. In the latter scenario, the two deputy leaders must not be the same gender as each other.
The election is held under an instant-runoff voting system. In the event that two deputy leaders are required to be elected, a form of single transferable vote is used. After the election of the first deputy leader, all candidates of the same gender as the first-elected deputy leader are eliminated and their vote preferences redistributed, thereby ensuring that the second-elected deputy leader is of a different gender to the first. There is also an option to reopen nominations on the ballot.
The spending limit for candidates was £500.
Timetable
| Date(s) | Relevant deadline/period |
|---|---|
| 3 May | Notice of election published |
| 2 June | Nominations opened (10 am BST) |
| 30 June | Nominations closed (12 noon) |
| 2 July | Statement of Persons Nominated published |
| 3 July | Campaign period began |
| 1 August | Ballots opened |
| 30 August | Ballots closed (12 noon) |
| 1 September | Deadline for postal ballots |
| 2 September | Results announced |
Candidates
The candidate list, published 2 July, included the following 9 candidates:
| Candidate | Slogan | Political office | Date announced | Campaign website | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Adlington-Stringer | Open. Honest. Direct. | Councillor for Wingerworth ward, North East Derbyshire | 30 June 2025 | rankfrank1st | |
| Mothin Ali | For Deputy, For You | Councillor for Gipton and Harehills, Leeds | 4 June 2025 | www | |
| Thomas Daw | Building a Better Green Party | Councillor for Wrington, North Somerset | 7 May 2025 | www | |
| Antoinette Fernandez | Antoinette for All | Candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington (2024) Candidate for 2024 London Assembly election, North East | 6 May 2025 | antoinette-fernandez | |
| Alex Mace | Radical hope can win | Councillor for St Stephen ward, Worcester | 29 June 2025 | ||
| Rachel Millward | Hope can win | Deputy leader of Wealden District Council | 10 June 2025 | www | |
| Ash Routh | Standing order committee member Candidate for Wakefield and Rothwell (2024) | N/A | ashrouth | ||
| Ani Townsend | Councillor for Central ward, Bristol Candidate for Bristol East (2024) | 9 June 2025 | anitownsend | ||
| Chas Warlow | Councillor for South Richmond, Richmond upon Thames | 27 June 2025 |
Hustings and debates
The debates that took place for the leadership were as follows:
| Date | Title | Host | Participants | Link | Wider coverage/ source(s) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adlington-Stringer | Ali | Daw | Fernandez | Mace | Millward | Routh | Townsend | Warlow | |||||
| 24 July | Green Party Deputy Leadership Hustings 2025 | Greens Organise | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Present | Present | YouTube | |
Results
With Polanski elected as a single leader, two deputy leaders were to be elected. Mothin Ali was elected first after 7 rounds of vote transfers from other candidates; a second count was then calculated with all male candidates removed to ensure the second deputy leader being of a different gender to the first, in which Rachel Millward was elected. 16,013 ballots were cast.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Green | Mothin Ali | 33.51% | 5,366 | 5,379 | 5,402 | 5,575 | 5,865 | 6,344 | 7,151 | |
| Green | Rachel Millward | 22.83% | 3,656 | 3,676 | 3,701 | 3,820 | 4,138 | 4,654 | 5,988 | |
| Green | Frank Adlington-Stringer | 16.03% | 2,567 | 2,579 | 2,610 | 2,792 | 3,148 | 3,380 | ||
| Green | Antoinette Fernandez | 9.09% | 1,455 | 1,469 | 1,502 | 1,622 | 1,875 | |||
| Green | Ani Townsend | 8.46% | 1,355 | 1,364 | 1,390 | 1,620 | ||||
| Green | Alex Mace | 3.43% | 549 | 556 | 571 | |||||
| Green | Ashley Routh | 3.28% | 526 | 533 | 543 | |||||
| Green | Thomas Daw | 1.52% | 243 | 250 | ||||||
| Green | Chas Warlow | 1.00% | 160 | |||||||
| Re-open nominations | 0.86% | 136 | 143 | 143 | 159 | 199 | 233 | 356 | ||
| Exhausted votes | 0 | 64 | 151 | 425 | 788 | 1,402 | 2,518 | |||
| Electorate: 64,581 Valid: 16,013 Quota: 8,006.5 Turnout: 16,013 | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Green | Rachel Millward | 22.83% | 3,656 | 5,842 | 6,022 | |
| Green | Antoinette Fernandez | 9.09% | 1,455 | 2,765 | 2,983 | |
| Green | Ani Townsend | 8.46% | 1,355 | 2,236 | 2,576 | |
| Green | Ashley Routh | 3.28% | 526 | 1,008 | ||
| Green | Mothin Ali | 33.51% | 5,366 | |||
| Green | Frank Adlington-Stringer | 16.03% | 2,567 | |||
| Green | Alex Mace | 3.43% | 549 | |||
| Green | Thomas Daw | 1.52% | 243 | |||
| Green | Chas Warlow | 1.00% | 160 | |||
| Re-open nominations | 0.86% | 136 | 419 | 450 | ||
| Exhausted votes | 0 | 3,743 | 3,982 | |||
| Electorate: 64,581 Valid: 16,013 Quota: 8,006.5 Turnout: 16,013 | ||||||
See also
- 2025 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election
- 2025 Scottish Greens co-leadership election
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