THE Green Party is celebrating a momentous night in UK politics after clinching four seats across England.
The party’s co-leader Carla Denyer unseated Labour frontbencher Thangam Debbonaire in Bristol Central, taking more than 56% of the vote and a whopping majority of more than 10,000.
She becomes the city’s first Green MP, with the constituency producing an impressive turnout in the context of the night of almost 70%.
Elsewhere, the Greens have held Brighton Pavilion with Sian Berry taking over the seat from Caroline Lucas.
There have also been victories for the party in Waveney Valley – on the border between Norfolk and Suffolk - as co-leader Adrian Ramsay unseated the Tories, while Ellie Chowns made history in North Herefordshire by taking the seat from Rishi Sunak’s party.
Meanwhile, the Scottish Greens had a successful evening with Niall Christie in Glasgow South increasing the party’s vote share by more than 10%.
He fired a warning shot to Labour amid their wild celebrations.
He told The National: “It just shows the power of hard work here. We had just over 2% here five years ago, we’ve gone up by more than 10% in five years. We do that again we will be right on Labour’s coattails, so watch out in 2029.
“We’re on course for a record election at Holyrood, probably a record election at council level, and this is a record election at Westminster too. Labour are the big story tonight but they can ignore us at their peril.”
While the party has not secured any MPs, it can point to several positive campaigns, particularly in Glasgow where there were multiple big increases in their vote share.
In Glasgow North East they saw a 7% rise as Ewan Lewis took almost 2500 votes, while in Glasgow North Iris Duane took 4233 votes, increasing the vote share by 8.5%.
Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie (above) said it was an "important springboard" for the Holyrood election in two years.
He said: “Thank you to everyone who voted for the Scottish Greens. Every Green vote has sent a powerful message, demanding real action for people and planet and supporting Scotland’s right to choose its own future.
“These results are an important springboard for the Scottish Greens and show that we are well on track for big gains as we approach the next Scottish election in 2026 and the local elections in 2027.
"We have established our party as the third political force in Glasgow and have broken new ground across the country.
"There have also been fantastic results for Green candidates in England, and I am certain that the four new Green MPs will be outstanding advocates for the transformative politics that we urgently need."
