Green Party Northern Ireland
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The Green Party Northern Ireland (Irish: Comhaontas Glas Thuaisceart Éireann), sometimes abbreviated as Green Party NI,[7] is a political party in Northern Ireland. Like many green political parties around the world, its origins lie in the anti-nuclear, labour and peace movements of the 1970s and early 1980s.
The subject of this article is participating in the 2024 general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on 4 July, and has had no MPs in the House of Commons since Parliament was dissolved on 30 May. Some parts of this article may be out of date during this period. |
Green Party Northern Ireland Comhaontas Glas Thuaisceart Éireann | |
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Leader | Malachai O'Hara |
Deputy Leader | Lesley Veronica |
Preceded by | Green Party (UK)[1] |
Headquarters | Bangor |
Youth wing | Young Greens |
LGBT wing | Queer Greens |
Membership (2020) | c. 700–800[2][3][4] |
Ideology | Green politics[5] Nonsectarianism |
National affiliation | Green Party (Ireland) |
European affiliation | European Green Party |
International affiliation | Global Greens |
European Parliament group | Greens–European Free Alliance |
Colours | Green and blue[6] |
House of Commons (NI Seats) | 0 / 18 |
NI Assembly | 0 / 90 |
NI Local Councils | 5 / 462 |
Website | |
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Since 2006, the party has operated as a region of the Green Party of Ireland[8] and also maintains links with other Green parties, including the Scottish Greens and the Green Party of England and Wales.[9]
The party has a youth wing operating in Northern Ireland, the Young Greens.
The party also has LGBT policies and an activist group operating in Northern Ireland, the Queer Greens.