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Caroline Patricia Lucas is a British politician who has twice led the Green Party of England and Wales and has been the Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion since the 2010 general election. She was re-elected in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 general elections, increasing her majority each time.

Born in Malvern in Worcestershire, Lucas graduated from the University of Exeter and the University of Kansas before receiving a PhD from the University of Exeter in 1989. She joined the Green Party in 1986 and held various party roles, also serving on Oxfordshire County Council from 1993 to 1997. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for South East England in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 and 2009, also serving as the party's female Principal Speaker from 2003 to 2006 and from 2007 to 2008.

Lucas was elected the first leader of the Green Party in 2008 and was selected to represent the constituency of Brighton Pavilion in the 2010 general election, becoming the party's first MP. She stood down as party leader in 2012 to devote more time to her parliamentary duties and focus on an ultimately successful campaign to be re-elected as an MP. She returned as party leader from September 2016 to September 2018, sharing the post with Jonathan Bartley. She stated in June 2023 that she would not stand at the next general election.Lucas is known as a campaigner and writer on green economics, localisation, alternatives to globalisation, trade justice, animal welfare and food. In her time as a politician and activist, she has worked with non-governmental organizations and think tanks, including the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Oxfam. Wikipedia  

✵ 9. December 1960
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Famous Caroline Lucas Quotes

“Extinction Rebellion are carrying a message we all need to hear. They won’t be silenced by a police crackdown, nor should they be in a free democratic society.”

Caroline Lucas

Cited in "Extinction Rebellion begins legal challenge against protest ban" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/24/extinction-rebellion-begin-legal-challenge-against-protest-ban, The Guardian, 24 October 2019.
2019

“We will block what is nothing less than a coup.”

Caroline Lucas

Said after Lucas signed the Church House Agreement that pledged that MPs would form an alternative government if Boris Johnson attempted to prorogue Parliament. Quoted in the Guardian. MPs pledge to form alternative parliament in case of prorogation https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/27/mps-pledge-form-alternative-parliament-prorogation-church-house-declaration-brexit (27 August 2019)
2019

“We would be kidding ourselves if we put our trust in Brazil’s right-wing, pro-business president Jair Bolsonaro to protect it.”

Caroline Lucas

Caroline Lucas MP: The Amazon rainforest must not be sacrificed on the altar of free trade with Europe https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/environment/global-warming/opinion/house-commons/106068/caroline-lucas-mp-amazon-rainforest (23 August 2019)
2019

“At a moment when we need a leader with courage and integrity, we get a pompous clown.”

Caroline Lucas

Said in a tweet https://twitter.com/CarolineLucas/status/1153651113146691584?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet after the election of Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister in 2019.
2019

“How can the will of the people be undermined by a vote of the people?”

Caroline Lucas

Said after the People's Vote campaign, of which Lucas is part, asked Jeremy Corbyn to call a vote of no confidence in the Conservative government. Brexit: People's Vote campaign urges Corbyn to call no-confidence vote https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46524696 BBC News (11 December 2018)
2018

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