Caroline Lucas
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British politician, Member of Parliament for the Green Party (born 1960)
Key facts
- Deputy
- Amelia Womack
- Preceded by
- Natalie Bennett
- Succeeded by
- Jonathan Bartley and , Siân Berry
- Born
- Caroline Patricia Lucas , ( 1960-12-09 ) 9 December 1960 (age 65) , Malvern , Worcestershire , England
- Party
- Green Party of England and Wales (1990–present)
- Other political affiliations
- Green Party UK (1986–1990)
- Spouse
- Richard Savage ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1991 )
- Education
- Malvern Girls' College
- Alma mater
- University of Exeter University of Kansas ( Dipl. )
- Website
- www .carolinelucas .com
- Thesis
- Writing for Women: woman as reader in Elizabethan romance (1989)
- Institutions
- University of Sussex
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Caroline
- Family name
- Lucas
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Malvern
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Green Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- www.carolinelucas.com
- Image
- Official portrait of Caroline Lucas MP crop 2.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- London
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- Commons category
- Caroline Lucas
- date of birth
- 1960-12-00
- Commons gallery
- Caroline Lucas
- name in native language
- Caroline Lucas
- birth name
- Caroline Patricia Lucas
- candidacy in election
- 2010 United Kingdom general election
- social media followers
- 614908
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Encyclopedic overview
Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960) is a British politician who was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2003 to 2006, 2007 to 2012, and from 2016 to 2018. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion from 2010 to 2024. She was the Green Party's first MP (although Plaid Cymru's Cynog Dafis was elected on a joint ticket in the 1990s) and their only MP until the 2024 general election.
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 (MEP) 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.
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