Co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party

Leaders of the Scottish Green Party

Incumbent
Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie
since 1 August 2019

Inaugural holder| Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie
Formation| 1 August 2019

The Co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party are the leaders of the Scottish Green Party. The incumbents are Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater who were elected in August 2019, succeeding Patrick Harvie and Maggie Chapman.[1]

## History[edit]

The position of co-leaders of the party were created on 1 August 2019, due to changes in the party's constitution. The changes replaced the old co-conveners system with a new co-leader system. An election for this was held, which Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie won.[1] The voting system used was the Single Transferable Vote.[2] The constitution changes also stated that at least one of the leaders has to be a woman.[3]

## List of Co-leaders[edit]

### Present[edit]

Co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party

Co-Leader

(birth-death)

| Portrait  | Political Office  | Took office  | Left office  | Serving with
Patrick Harvie
(b. 18 March 1973)  |  | MSP for Glasgow | 1 August 2019
(formerly a co-convenor of the party from 2008–2019)  | Incumbent  | Lorna Slater
Lorna Slater
(b. 27 September 1975)  |  | MSP for Lothian | 1 August 2019 | Incumbent  | Patrick Harvie

### Former Co-convenor[edit]

Co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party

Co-Leader

(birth-death)

| Portrait  | Political Office  | Took office  | Left office  | Serving with
Maggie Chapman
(b. 27 June 1979)  |  | MSP for North East Scotland | November 2013  | 1 August 2019 | Patrick Harvie

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Scottish Greens elect Harvie and Slater as leaders". BBC News. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
2. ^ Jarvis, Chris (4 August 2019). "Changes at the top of the Scottish Green Party - UK Green news round up week 31 | Chris Jarvis". Bright Green. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
3. ^ "Scottish Greens to announce new co-leaders". Holyrood Website. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2020.