| Liberal Democrat–Green Party alliance | |
| Country: | the United Kingdom |
| Blank1 Title: | Affiliated parties |
| Leader1 Title: | Leader of the Liberal Democrats |
| Leader1 Name: | Ed Davey |
| Leader2 Title: | Leader of the Green Party |
| Leader2 Name: | Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay (co-leaders) |
| Position: | Centre-left to left-wing |
| Colours: | Yellow and Green |
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In the politics of England, a Liberal Democrat–Green Party alliance is an ad-hoc arrangement between candidates and elected representatives from the Liberal Democrats and Green Party to form a joint group on elected bodies or to field joint lists or candidates in elections.
For the 2018 local elections, Liberal Democrats and Green candidates in Richmond upon Thames formed an arrangement where the two parties would field joint lists of two Liberal Democrats and one Green in some three member wards.[1] This was repeated in the 2022 elections.[2]
In the 2017 general election,[3] the Liberal Democrats and Green Party refrained from standing candidates against each other for certain constituencies in Brighton[4] and Oxford.[5] Such informal arrangements ensured the successful re-election of the only Green MP Caroline Lucas for Brighton Pavilion and resulted in the Liberal Democrats regaining Oxford West and Abingdon as Layla Moran was elected there.
During the 2019 general election, this was extended to more constituencies, as part of the Unite to Remain campaign in order to boost each other's chances of winning those seats.[6] [7]
Liberal Democrat and Green councilors elected to Oxfordshire County Council following the local elections in May 2021, formed a joint group prior to negotiations to form a coalition administration also including the Labour Party.[8] These councillors sit in a grouping formally known as the Liberal Democrat Green Alliance.[9] The leader of this group, and of the council, is Liz Leffman.[10]
Following the 2023 local elections, Wealden District Council came under no overall control with the Liberal Democrats holding 13 seats and the Green Party holding 11. The two agreed to form a co-operative alliance in which the position of council leader will rotate between the leaders of both party groups on an annual basis.[11] [12]
The Liberal Democrats are officially opposed to alliances, with senior party figures preferring a non-aggression pact with Labour over unilaterally standing down.[13]