Caroline Lucas
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Caroline Lucas MP |
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| Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales | |
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Assumed office 2 September 2016 Serving with Jonathan Bartley |
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| Deputy | Amelia Womack |
| Preceded by | Natalie Bennett |
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In office 5 September 2008 – 5 September 2012 |
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| Deputy | Adrian Ramsay |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Natalie Bennett |
| Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales | |
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In office 30 November 2007 – 5 September 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Siân Berry |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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In office 2003 – 24 November 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Margaret Wright |
| Succeeded by | Siân Berry |
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Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | David Lepper |
| Majority | 7,967 (14.6%) |
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Member of the European Parliament for South East England |
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In office 14 June 1999 – 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Keith Taylor |
| Personal details | |
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Caroline Patricia Lucas 9 December 1960 Malvern, England, UK |
| Political party |
Green Party UK (1986–1990) Green Party of England and Wales (1990–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Savage |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of Exeter University of Kansas, Lawrence |
| Website | Official website |
Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960) is a British politician, and since 2 September 2016, Co-Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, a position she shares with Jonathan Bartley. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion since the 2010 general election, when she became the UK's first Green Party MP. She was re-elected in the 2015 general election with an increased majority.
Born in Malvern in Worcestershire, Lucas graduated from the University of Exeter and the University of Kansas before receiving a PhD from the University of Exeter in 1989. She joined the Green Party in 1986 and held various party roles, also serving on Oxfordshire County Council from 1993 to 1997. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 and 2009, also serving as the Party's Female Principal Speaker from 2003 to 2006 and from 2007 to 2008.
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