Amelia Womack

Amelia Womack
Deputy Leader of The Green Party of
England and Wales
Assumed office
1 September 2014
Serving with Shahrar Ali (2014–2016)
Leader Natalie Bennett (2014-2016)
Caroline Lucas (2016-)
Jonathan Bartley (2016-)
Preceded by Will Duckworth
Shahrar Ali (co-deputy, 2014-2016)
Personal details
Born (1985-01-12) 12 January 1985
Newport, Wales
Political party The Green Party of England and Wales
Residence Cardiff, Wales
Alma mater Imperial College London
University of Liverpool

Amelia Helen Womack (born 12 January 1985) is a British politician and has been a Deputy Leader of The Green Party of England and Wales since September 2014 (alongside Shahrar Ali for the period 2014-16). She grew up in Newport in South Wales,[1] before moving to London.

She was re-elected Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales in September 2016 for a further 2-year term, a result announced at the party conference.

Education

Womack attended Bassaleg School from 1996 to 2003. Following a BSc in Environmental Biology,[2] at Liverpool University.[3] Womack completed an MSc in environmental technology at Imperial College London in 2009, with a thesis entitled 'Who's afraid of environmental law? How the law of Ecocide can secure our environment for business resilience'.[4]

Political career

Womack joined The Green Party around 2000.[5] She stood as a Green candidate for Herne Hill ward on Lambeth Council, in the United Kingdom local elections, 2010,[6] and for London in the 2014 European Parliament election, though she won neither seat.[7]

She was elected deputy leader of The Green Party in September 2014, delivering her first speech in the role at the party's conference on 6 September.[8]

She stood in the Camberwell and Peckham constituency in the 2015 United Kingdom general election,[9] finishing third with just over 10% of the vote.

In September 2015, Womack announced her intention to stand for the Wales Green Party in the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election. An ITV article titled "Green deputy leader wants to switch to Welsh politics" wrote of Newport-born Womack.[10] The Welsh Green Party announced in late October that she had been selected as the lead candidate for the regional South Wales Central (proportional representation) list as well as for the Cardiff Central constituency.[11]

Womack's re-election as Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales was announced at the party conference in early September 2016. She will serve for a further 2 year term.

Through her work as an End Ecocide Campaigner, she has worked with Vivienne Westwood to promote the change in environmental law and attempt to secure the one million votes required for a European Citizens' Initiative.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Welfare not warfare – Speech from The North London People's Assembley – Amelia Womack – Green Party". Amelia Womack – Green Party.
  2. ↑ "Statement for the European Elections London 4–8 list". Amelia Womack – Green Party.
  3. ↑ "Deputy Leader of the Green Party to visit Liverpool on Easter Monday". Liverpool Green Party. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Imperial College London Library – find books, articles and more". exlibrisgroup.com.
  5. ↑ "About". Amelia Womack – Green Party.
  6. ↑ "Election results for Herne Hill". lambeth.gov.uk.
  7. ↑ "Vote 2006: European election candidates for London". BBC News.
  8. ↑ "Amelia Womack's maiden speech as Green Party Deputy Leader (Full Text)". Green Party. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
  10. ↑ Powell, Nick (3 September 2015). "Green deputy leader wants to switch to Welsh politics". ITV News. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Record Number of Female Candidates Top Green Party Regional Lists for the Assembly Elections". Wales Green Party. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Vivienne Westwood wants you to End Ecocide. YouTube. 16 January 2014.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Will Duckworth		 Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
2014–present
With: Shahrar Ali (2014 – 2016)		 Incumbent
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