Principal Speaker

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Principal Speakers are leaders and public spokespersons of the Green Party of England and Wales. There are two principal speakers, one male and one female. They perform the public and media role undertaken by the leaders of more convention-following parties. Green Parties often consider joint leadership of this kind to embody the widely-held Green beliefs in consensus decision making and gender balance. It also symbolises their belief in the need for a society in which people are empowered and involved in making the decisions which affect them.

Since late 2006, the principal speakers are Siân Berry and Derek Wall. Both are supporters of Green Left, an eco-socialist group within the party.

Wall had been narrowly beaten by Keith Taylor in November 2005 (after controversy about Taylor's media performance) by 851 votes to 803. However, in November 2006 Wall then beat Taylor by 767 votes to 705.

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