BBC News – Natalie Bennett elected new Green Party leader in England and Wales
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Natalie Bennett has been elected as the new leader of the Green Party for England and Wales.
The Australian-born journalist beat three other candidates to the position in a poll of Green Party members.
The new leader takes over from Caroline Lucas who was elected as the Greens’ first MP in 2010 and remains the most high-profile figure in the party.
Ms Lucas stood down to focus on her duties as an MP and “give other people the opportunity to get well known”.
Ms Bennett has worked for a number of publications and is a former editor of Guardian Weekly, which she left to focus on writing and politics.
She defeated three other candidates – Peter Cranie, Romayne Phoenix and Pippa Bartolotti – in a vote of just over 3,000 English and Welsh Green Party members.
