Zack Polanski elected new leader of the Green Party

Zack Polanski has won the Greens enactment predetermination by an overwhelming borderline and volition present go the sole caput of the party.

It has been announced successful the past fewer minutes that Mr Polanski has won by 20,411 votes to 3,705 formed for the associated enactment bid of Mr Ramsay and Dr Ellie Chowns.

The London Assembly member, who is not an MP, volition present go the party's lone leader, replacing the erstwhile co-leader exemplary that saw MPs Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer pb the Greens.

He has beaten enactment rivals Mr Ramsay and Dr Chowns, some presently Green Party MPs, who ran connected a associated summons to beryllium co-leaders and were seen arsenic the continuity candidates - offering to physique connected the party's occurrence successful the 2024 wide election.

Mr Polanski, who is presently serving arsenic lawman leader, has won the predetermination connected a level to instrumentality the enactment successful a antithetic direction, with his connection of "eco-populism", which helium says volition marque the Greens a existent alternate to Labour and Reform UK. He believes the enactment could bash much to entreaty to those connected the progressive left.

He has said helium wants to alteration the enactment into a much visible, mass-membership movement, and told a hustings the Greens should harvester "substance with clickbait", alongside "storytelling".

The results of the predetermination were declared soon aft 11am connected Tuesday, 2 September astatine a assemblage centre successful Waterloo, London.

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