Post 2024 General Election Survey - Analysis

Nadine Storey -

The 2024 General Election was successful in delivering four MPs to represent the Green Party of England and Wales and an increased vote share for the Scottish Greens and the Green Party in Northern Ireland.

But underneath this success lie tensions within the membership. Success itself has brought new questions and challenges to the fore. By understanding these better, Green Parties have the chance to clarify and strengthen their strategies for change.

In July-August 2024, Green House Think Tank invited greens, in particular councillors, officers and parliamentary candidates for UK Green Parties, to contribute their views on what the General Election campaign had brought out in terms of tensions, questions around priorities, political strategies, and governance issues.

Three broad and inter-connected themes emerged through analysis of the survey responses. These themes speak to three significant questions about the Green Parties’ role within the broader political and economic systems:

1) What is the purpose of a Green political party, and should it be different from other political parties?
2) How might Green Parties balance reflecting the views of the general public with seeking to shape those views?
3) To what extent should Green Parties model the society they wish to see?

Green House Think Tank hopes that this analysis might prompt further discussion around these issues and wider reflections on the role, priorities and strategic approaches that UK Green Parties might choose to take.

Invitation to Reflect post General Election
Green House Think Tank is currently compiling feedback on the ways that Greens approached the 2024 General Election in the context of our current ecological and social predicament.
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Original call for Contributions to Survey

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This Framing Paper by Jonathan Essex on behalf of Green House Think Tank outlines areas of focus for our forthcoming project. Green House is grappling with what this all means in practice and welcomes contributions and collaboration.
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The true power of the Green Party is now: to admit our own powerlessness to ‘save the world’
How to parlay four MPs into a genuinely transformative response to the climate and ecological emergency? A prominent Green thinker offers a challenging proposal.
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