Green Party Northern Ireland

The Green Party Northern Ireland (Irish: Comhaontas Glas Thuaisceart Éireann), sometimes abbreviated as Green Party NI, is a political party in Northern Ireland. Like many green political parties around the world, its origins lie in the anti-nuclear, labour and peace movements of the 1970s and early 1980s.

Green Party Northern Ireland
Comhaontas Glas Thuaisceart Éireann
LeaderMalachai O'Hara
Deputy LeaderLesley Veronica
Preceded byGreen Party (UK)
HeadquartersBangor
Youth wingYoung Greens
LGBT wingQueer Greens
Membership (2020)c.700–800
IdeologyGreen politics
Nonsectarianism
National affiliationGreen Party (Ireland)
European affiliationEuropean Green Party
International affiliationGlobal Greens
European Parliament groupGreens–European Free Alliance
Colours  Green and   blue
House of Commons
(NI Seats)
0 / 18
NI Assembly
0 / 90
NI Local Councils
5 / 462
Website
www.greenpartyni.org
  • Politics of Northern Ireland
  • Political parties
  • Elections

Since 2006, the party has operated as a region of the Green Party of Ireland and also maintains links with other Green parties, including the Scottish Greens and the Green Party of England and Wales.

The party has a youth wing operating in Northern Ireland, the Young Greens.

The party also has LGBT policies and an activist group operating in Northern Ireland, the Queer Greens.

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