Candidate defeats Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns to lead Greens in England and Wales with vision for ‘eco-populism’ movement
Zack Polanski has won the election to lead the Green party in England and Wales, with a big mandate for the party to adopt his vision to become a mass membership “eco-populism” movement directly taking on Reform UK.
Polanski, who was the party’s deputy leader and is a Green member of the London Assembly, defeated Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns by 20,411 to 3,705 votes in a ballot of party members. Ramsay and Chowns, who were standing as a co-leadership team, are two of the Greens’ four MPs.
Speaking to a cheering crowd in London, the new leader promised to take on both Reform and Keir Starmer’s Labour government, saying the Greens’ time had come.
“This is the Green party’s time. People in this country are exhausted. They are tired, they are sick of working long hours, and never feeling secure,” he said.
