Darren Paul Johnson (born 1966)[1] is a former English politician who was a prominent member of the Green Party of England and Wales.

Johnson admitted to his "shame" that his first foray into politics was standing in a school mock election in 1979 as a Conservative Party candidate.

He took a degree at Goldsmiths College (part of the University of London) in 1994, eventually gaining a first-class BA (hons.)

[4] Johnson joined the Green Party in 1987 at the age of 20[2] "after the Chernobyl Disaster",[1] which "had a big impact" on him.

[6] According to the Knitting Circle (a website with "resources on lesbian and gay issues"), his campaigning experience includes infiltrating "the military base at Aldershot dressed as Ivan the Terrible during an arms fair.

[3] In 2000, Johnson was elected to the inaugural London Assembly as part of a three-strong Green Group, including Jenny Jones AM and Victor Anderson (who resigned in March 2003 and was replaced by Noel Lynch for the remainder of the term).

The committee produced a number of reports,[11] including investigations into the loss of street trees,[12] and the effects of paving over front gardens in the city.

He opposed the closure of Ladywell Leisure Centre and put forward alternative sites for a new school.

He also successfully campaigned for a new pedestrian crossing on Brockley Road, secured improvements to the traffic calming scheme and managed to halt evictions at St Norberts Allotments.

Having fought Brent South in 1992, Johnson was the Green Party's parliamentary candidate in the Lewisham Deptford constituency in 2001, 2005 and 2010.