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 | |
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| Leader | Malachai O'Hara |
| Deputy Leader | Lesley Veronica |
| Preceded by | Green Party (UK) |
| Headquarters | Bangor |
| Youth wing | Young Greens |
| LGBT wing | Queer Greens |
| Membership (2020) | c. 700–800 |
| Ideology | Green politics Nonsectarianism |
| National affiliation | Green Party (Ireland) |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| European Parliament group | Greens–European Free Alliance |
| Colours | Green and blue |
| House of Commons (NI Seats) | 0 / 18 |
| NI Assembly | 0 / 90 |
| NI Local Councils | 5 / 462 |
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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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