Election Name: | 2022 Green Party of England and Wales deputy leadership election |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Turnout: | 6,266 (12.5%) |
Previous Election: | 2020 Green Party of England and Wales deputy leadership election |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Election Date: | 1 July – 7 September 2022 |
1Blank: | First pref. |
2Blank: | Final round |
Candidate1: | Zack Polanski |
1Data1: | 42% |
2Data1: | 51% |
Image2 Size: | 160x160px |
Candidate2: | Tyrone Scott |
1Data2: | 28% |
2Data2: | 42% |
Image3: | File:Shahrar Ali speaking at public event (cropped).jpg |
Image3 Size: | 160x160px |
Candidate3: | Shahrar Ali |
1Data3: | 24% |
2Data3: | Eliminated |
Image4: | File:NickHumberstoneProfilePicture (cropped).jpg |
Image4 Size: | 160x160px |
Candidate4: | Nick Humberstone |
1Data4: | 6% |
2Data4: | Eliminated |
Deputy leader | |
Posttitle: | Elected deputy leader |
Before Election: | Amelia Womack |
After Election: | Zack Polanski |
The 2022 Green Party of England and Wales Party deputy leadership election was held between 1 July and 7 September 2022 to determine the next deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. Voting took place from 1 to 30 August 2022.
On 5 March 2022, the party's then deputy leader, Amelia Womack, announced she would not be standing to be re-elected in the party's 2022 deputy leadership election. She had been the party's deputy leader for eight years, having first been elected to the role in 2014, and subsequently re-elected three times since (in 2016, 2018 and 2020).[1]
To qualify for the ballot, candidates needed nominations from 20 of the party's members.
Four candidates, Zack Polanski, Shahrar Ali, Nick Humberstone, and Tyrone Scott qualified on 1 July 2022.
The results were announced on 7 September 2022. In the first round no candidate received 50% or more of the vote. Zack Polanski placed highest with 42% of the vote in the first round, followed by Tyrone Scott with 28%, while Shahrar Ali received 24% and Nick Humberstone, 6%.[2] Zack Polanski was elected for the role after several rounds of counting second and third preferences with 51% of the vote.[3]
Turnout was low, with 6,266 of more than 50,000 members eligible to vote casting votes (12.5%).[4]