| Anthony Slaughter | |
| Birth Place: | Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Office: | Leader of the Wales Green Party |
| Status: | Incumbent |
| Term Start: | December 2018 |
| Party: | Wales Green Party |
| Residence: | Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK |
| Website: | https://wales.greenparty.org.uk/green-party-wales-leader/ |
Anthony Slaughter is a politician who has been the leader of the Wales Green Party since December 2018.[1] He previously served as Deputy Leader from 2014 to 2015.[2] In 2024 Slaughter was appointed as the President of Wales for Europe.[3] He has previously been a candidate for general, local authority and town council seats. Slaughter regularly appears in the media on behalf of the party to discuss political issues including BBC Radio Wales[4] and S4C.[5]
Slaughter was born in Yorkshire and stated in 2021 that he had lived in "Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan for the last 17 years".[6] He has worked as a garden designer and landscaper. Slaughter has been involved with and was chair of the local community organisation Gwyrddio Penarth Greening, a grassroots community organisation focused on planting and maintenance of the GPG Community Orchard that serves the local community.[7]
In 2017, Slaughter stood in the local authority ward of St Augustine's, a target seat. In the 2019 UK general election, Slaughter stood as the Green candidate in the Vale of Glamorgan UK parliament constituency, coming third, with a 5.9% vote share.[8] The seat was supported by Unite to Remain as part of a coordinated effort with Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats, in the interest of a people's vote for Brexit.[9] Slaughter was also a co-founder of the Vale for Europe campaign group, a Vale of Glamorgan grassroots group that campaigned for a people's vote concerning Brexit.
For the 2021 Senedd election, he stood in the Vale of Glamorgan Senedd constituency, obtaining 2.9% in fifth place.[10] During the 2024 UK general election he stood as the Wales Green Party candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth coming second, increasing his vote share to 14.5%.[11] In September 2024 Slaughter announced "...we will get our first Green elected to the Senedd in 2026" at the Green Party of England and Wales autumn conference in Manchester.[12]
Since the Brexit referendum he has consistently campaigned for Wales to have closer ties with Europe. In 2021, Slaughter joined YesCymru, and supports Welsh independence.[13]
In 2023 Slaughter voiced his support for an "immediate ceasefire in Gaza", condemning the "indiscriminate killing of civilians and collective punishment of a population".[14] Slaughter also supports a tax for the "super-wealthy" to help fund services like the NHS.[15]