Who are Green Party leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay?
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Carla Denyer: The basics
Age: 39
Education: Durham University
Family: No known partner
Political career: Bristol City Councillor 2015-2024; Parliamentary candidate for Bristol Central
Who is she?
Denyer's political campaigning began when she was in sixth form, getting involved in campaigns to promote fair trade and stop the war in Iraq. She is vegan.
After graduating from Durham University, she used her mechanical engineering qualifications in the renewables sector, specialising in wind energy, before joining the Green Party in 2011.
She describes herself as bisexual or pansexual and was recognised as one of Bristol’s most influential LGBTQ+ people by media website Bristol Live in 2021.
What was her route into politics?
She was first elected to Bristol City Council in 2015, advocating renters’ rights and access to public transport and key services.
In 2018, she wrote Europe's first Climate Emergency declaration, pushing the city to become carbon neutral by 2030 - a measure later adopted by hundreds of councils and the UK Parliament.
She became the party's co-leader in 2021, before being elected as MP for Bristol Central last year, beating Labour shadow cabinet minister Thangam Debbonaire.
In May, Denyer announced she would not stand again as co-leader, saying she wanted to focus on her role as an MP.
Adrian Ramsay: The basics
Age: 43
Education: City of Norwich School, University of East Anglia
Family: Engaged with two children
Political career: Norwich City Councillor 2003-2011; Parliamentary candidate in Waveney Valley
Who is he?
Ramsay was born in Norwich and went to the local comprehensive school, while his dad worked in sales and his mum worked in a clothes shop.
He joined the Green Party when he turned 16 because he felt other parties were overlooking climate issues, poverty and animal cruelty. He went on to study politics to masters level.
After graduation, he became one of the youngest councillors in the country when he was first elected to Norwich City Council in 2003.
He has since served as chief executive of two environmental charities and has worked as a senior lecturer in environmental politics and economics.
What was his route into politics?
Working as a councillor in Norwich between 2003 and 2011, Mr Ramsay helped the Green councillor group grow to become the largest in England.
He was also part of the team that helped Caroline Lucas become the first Green MP in Brighton Pavilion in 2010.
He has been in and out of the leadership and industry - he became the party's deputy leader in 2008 but did not stand in 2012 and moved into the renewables sector.
He was elected as co-leader alongside Denyer in 2021.
Last year he took the seat of Waveney Valley in East Anglia, beating the Conservative candidate by more than 5,000 votes.
What are the Green Party's key pledges?
Accelerate the rollout of renewable energy, strengthen Green Belt restrictions and give UK ecosystems legal rights and protections
Create 150,000 new council homes, end the Right to Buy scheme, introduce rent controls and end no-fault evictions.
End privatisation in the NHS
How are the Green Party doing?
In last year's general election four Green MPs were elected - Denyer, Ramsay, former London Assembly member Sian Berry and former MEP Ellie Chowns - marking the party's best result ever.
In May's local election's in parts of England the Greens also increased their number of councillors for the eighth year in a row.
The party had hoped to build on its success in south-west England, where the Greens are the biggest party on Bristol City Council and Denyer is an MP.
However, it missed out in the West of England mayoral race, coming third behind Labour and Reform UK.