The Green Party is hosting its largest-ever conference amid a surge in membership and recent electoral gains, including a historic breakthrough in a council seat. With its leader campaigning in a tightly contested byelection to win a former Labour stronghold, the party insists its momentum extends beyond a single race. The upcoming event follows a year of record growth and victories in local and mayoral elections, signaling broader political influence. Whether this marks a lasting shift or a peak in support remains a key question as the party pushes for further expansion.
The Green party is holding its largest-ever conference, while its leader runs as a candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras byelectionZack Polanski also insisted his authority as leader of the Green party of England and Wales does not depend on winning next week’s Holborn and St Pancras byelection, amid suggestions that the party’s popularity has peaked.Polanski, who is trying to take Keir Starmer’s former seat from Labour, described the contest as “probably 50/50 right now” and “really on a knife edge”.This will be our biggest and most exciting Green party conference ever, coming on the back of a year of unprecedented membership growth and extraordinary electoral success.Greens have turned hope into electoral wins – in councils, boroughs, in mayoral elections and with our exciting breakthrough in Gorton and Denton. Continue reading...
