Pippa Bartolotti
| Pippa Bartolotti | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Wales Green Party | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2012 | |
| Deputy | Christopher Were |
| Preceded by | Jake Griffiths |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 August 1953 Cornwall, England |
| Political party | Wales Green Party |
| Website | Official website |
Pippa Bartolotti (13 August 1953, Cornwall) has been principal spokesperson ('leader') for the Wales Green Party since January 2012, after standing as the Green Party's parliamentary candidate for Newport West in the 2010 general election.[1]
Politics
Pippa Bartolotti entered UK politics in 2009 joining the Wales Green Party, part of the Green Party of England and Wales and was coopted as deputy leader in 2011. She stood for the party at Newport West in the 2010 UK General Election getting 1.1% of the vote, in the 2011 National Assembly of Wales Election in South Wales East where the Green Party got 3% [2] and in the 2012 Welsh Local Government Elections when she got 4.33% of the vote.[3] She was a candidate for the 2012 Green Party leadership election[4] in September 2012 for which she came last out of 4 candidates with 389 first preference votes equating to 12.62% of the first preference votes.
External links
Notes
- ↑ "About Pippa Bartolotti". pippabartolotti.com. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ↑ "Election results for South Wales East". National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ↑ "Newport Local Government Elections". newport.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ↑ "Candidate Statement for Green Party Leader 2012". pippabartolotti.com. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
| Preceded by Jake Griffiths |
Leader of Wales Green Party 2012 - present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |