Under the rules of the Green Party of England and Wales, if there are two co-leaders of the party, then there is to be a single deputy leader. If there is a single leader of the party, then there must be 2 deputy leaders of the party.
| Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Incumbent since 2 September 2025Mothin Ali and Rachel Millward | |||
| Appointer | Members of the Green Party of England and Wales through leadership elections held biennially | ||
| Precursor | Principal Speakers | ||
Unlike the position of Leader of the Greens, inviduals can not stand on joint tickets.
History
Adrian Ramsay was elected unopposed as the first deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales on 5 September 2008. He was re-elected as Deputy Leader in the 2010 leadership election with 73.4% of the vote. He was speculated as a possible successor to the party's first leader, Caroline Lucas, but did not stand in the 2012 leadership election nor seek re-election as deputy leader.
In 2012, Will Duckworth stood for Deputy Leader in the 2012 leadership election, on a joint platform with Romayne Phoenix, who contested the party leadership. Although Phoenix was not elected, Duckworth beat Richard Mallender to become Deputy Leader.
Amelia Womack was elected deputy leader of the Green Party in September 2014, delivering her first speech in the role at the party's conference on 6 September. Having been elected at the age of 29, Womack is the youngest deputy leader of any political party in the UK.
In the 2014 leadership election, Amelia Womack and Shahrar Ali were elected as the deputy leaders, defeating Will Duckworth, and two other male candidates. Having been elected at the age of 29, Womack is the youngest deputy leader of any political party in the UK.
Amelia Womack was re-elected in the 2016 leadership election to serve a second two-year term. Sharar Ali was defeated, losing his position and coming in third place. Womack was re-elected Deputy Leader in the 2018 leadership election, and again in the 2020 leadership election.
Amelia Womack declined to stand again, and in the 2022 deputy leadership election, Zack Polanski was elected deputy leader.
In 2025, incumbent deputy leader Zack Polanski announced he was standing for leader in the 2025 leadership election. In the concurrent deputy leadership election, Mothin Ali and Rachel Millward were elected co-deputy leaders on 2 September 2025.
List of Deputy Leaders of the Greens
| Deputy Leaders | Took office | Left office | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Ramsay | 5 September 2008 | 3 September 2012 | 2008 2010 | |||
| Will Duckworth | 3 September 2012 | 1 September 2014 | 2012 | |||
| Amelia Womack | Shahrar Ali | 7 September 2014 | 31 August 2016 | 2014 | ||
| Amelia Womack | 4 September 2018 | 7 September 2022 | 2016 2018 2020 | |||
| Zack Polanski | 7 September 2022 | 2 September 2025 | 2022 | |||
| Mothin Ali | Rachel Millward | 2 September 2025 | Incumbent | 2025 | ||
Timeline
Election results
2025
| 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 | ||||||||||
All male candidates were removed for the second count, to ensure the second deputy leader being of a different gender to the first.
| 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 | ||||||
2022
| Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Zack Polanski | 42% | 51% | |||
| Tyrone Scott | 28% | 42% | |||
| Shahrar Ali | 24% | ||||
| Nick Humberstone | 6% | ||||
| Re-open nominations | |||||
2020
| Candidate | First round | Second round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Amelia Womack | 3,006 | 46.5% | 3,416 | 55.2% |
| Cleo Lake | 2,153 | 33.3% | 2,777 | 44.8% |
| Andrea Carey Fuller | 684 | 10.6% | Eliminated | |
| Tom Pashby | 309 | 4.8% | Eliminated | |
| Nick Humberstone | 282 | 4.3% | Eliminated | |
| Re-open nominations | 25 | 0.4% | Eliminated | |
| Turnout | 6,459 | 13.0% | ||
2018
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Womack | 3,981 | 54.3% | |
| Andrew Cooper | 1,836 | 25.0% | |
| Rashid Nix | 1,062 | 14.5% | |
| Jonathan Chilvers | 438 | 6.0% | |
| Re-open nominations | 18 | 0.3% | |
| Turnout | 7,335 | 21.0% | |
2016
| Candidate | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Amelia Womack | 4,742 | 41.8% | 4,882 | 43.7% | 5,231 | 47.5% | 6,063 | 57.1% |
| Andrew Cooper | 1,778 | 15.7% | 1,859 | 16.7% | 1,979 | 18.0% | 2,308 | 21.7% |
| Shahrar Ali | 1,716 | 15.1% | 1,820 | 16.3% | 1,948 | 17.7% | 2,244 | 21.1% |
| Kat Boettge | 1,510 | 13.3% | 1,623 | 14.5% | 1,845 | 16.8 | Eliminated | |
| Daniella Radice | 924 | 8.2% | 983 | 8.8% | Eliminated | |||
| Störm Poorun | 445 | 3.9% | Eliminated | |||||
| Alan Borgars | 179 | 1.6% | Eliminated | |||||
| Re-open nominations | 44 | 0.4% | Eliminated | |||||
2014
Unlike in other years, the Green Party did not publish the full breakdown of the deputy leadership election. Two deputy leaders were to be elected, required to be of different genders.
| Candidate | First round | Second round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Amelia Womack | 1,598 | |||
| Will Duckworth | 1,108 | 1,277 | ||
| Shahrar Ali | 1,314 | |||
| Mark Ereira-Guyer | ||||
| Rob Telford | ||||
| Re-open nominations | ||||
2012
Under the election rules operating at the time, the deputy leader could not be of the same gender as the leader. Caroline Allen and Alexandra Phillips were thus eliminated and first preference votes cast for them were redistributed to the highest expressed preference for an eligible candidate. No candidate achieved the necessary quota, but the election rules required that "re-open nominations" not be eliminated, so the candidate with the highest vote was elected.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Will Duckworth | 1,300 | 47.9 |
| Richard Mallender | 1,245 | 44.9 |
| Re-open nominations | 200 | 7.2 |
| Caroline Allen | Eliminated | |
| Alexandra Phillips | Eliminated | |
2010
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Ramsay | 2,386 | 73.4% | |
| Derek Wall | 826 | 25.4% | |
| Re-open nominations | 39 | 1.2% | |
| Turnout | 3,251 | 25.5% | |
2008
| Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|
| Adrian Ramsay | Unopposed |
See also
- 2022 Green Party of England and Wales deputy leadership election
- 2025 Green Party of England and Wales deputy leadership election
- Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
- Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
- Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
- Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
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