Green candidates came 4th in Norwich South, Hove, Brighton Kemptown, Cambridge and Lewisham Deptford.
[3] They held Brighton Pavilion and came second in Bristol West, Liverpool Riverside, Manchester Gorton and Sheffield Central, with third places in 17 constituencies.
The party also saw significant declines in its share of the vote in target seats, such as in Bristol West (-13.9%), Norwich South (-11%), and Sheffield Central (-7.8%).
Four Green MPs were elected, with the party retaining the seat of Brighton Pavilion and gaining Bristol Central, North Herefordshire and Waveney Valley.
The party came second in the 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, although unusually Labour and the Liberal Democrats did not stand candidates.
[8] The Party stated that following the murder of the incumbent MP Jo Cox that it would not contest the 2016 Batley and Spen by-election.
[9] Similarly, following the murder of the incumbent MP David Amess, the Green Party stated that it would not contest the 2022 Southend West by-election.
Green MEPs Caroline Lucas in the South East and Jean Lambert in London were re-elected.
[15] The regional breakdown of the vote was as follows: The 2023 United Kingdom local elections were the best ever results for the Green Party.
[17] The 2024 United Kingdom local elections were the seventh year in a row of green gains with a new record high of 809 councillors on 174 councils.
[18] In September 2015, Amelia Womack, then Deputy Leader of GPEW, announced her intention to stand in the National Assembly elections for the Wales Green Party.
Welsh Green leader and South Wales Central candidate Jake Griffiths stated they were also aiming to attract disaffected Liberal Democrat voters in the region.
[31] The party failed to win any seats, with their best performance this time being Mid and West Wales with 4.0% of the vote.
In South Wales West their vote declined by one percentage point, their worst result of the five regions.