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Adrian Philip Ramsay (born 1981) is a British politician and
co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside
Carla Denyer
Carla Suzanne Denyer (born 1985) is a British politician who has served as co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales since 2021. She has been a city councillor in Bristol since 2015 (initially for Clifton East ward, and since the 2016 ...
. He was previously the deputy leader of the
Green Party of England and Wales
The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW; cy, Plaid Werdd Cymru a Lloegr, kw, Party Gwer Pow an Sowson ha Kembra, often simply the Green Party or Greens) is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales. Since October 2021, Carla ...
from 2008 to 2012. He served as a Norwich City Councillor from 2003 to 2011.
He worked as chief executive of the
Centre for Alternative Technology
The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) ( cy, Canolfan y Dechnoleg Amgen) is an eco-centre in Powys, mid-Wales, dedicated to demonstrating and teaching sustainable development. CAT, despite its name, no longer concentrates its efforts exclu ...
from 2014 to 2019 and from 2019 has been CEO of MCS Charitable Foundation.
Early life and education
Ramsay was born and brought up in
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
.
[Adrian Ramsay's Norwich Green Party Website Biography]
He studied as an undergraduate at the
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...
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* University of East Africa, established in June 1963 and split, in 1970, into:
** Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda
** University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania
** University of Nairobi in Kenya
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), where he gained a first class honours degree in politics.
[ He went on to study for a master's degree.]
Early political career (2003–2012)
Norwich
Ramsay was first elected to Norwich City Council
Norwich City Council is the city council for the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England. It consists of 39 councillors, elected to represent 13 wards, each with three councillors. It is currently under Labour control and led by Alan Waters. It form ...
representing Henderson Ward in May 2003, representing the Green Party. Aged 21, he was one of the youngest councillors in the UK.tuition fees in the United Kingdom
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. Ramsay was re-elected in June 2004 for Nelson Ward.[The Green Party in Northern Ireland : ''Student to challenge Education Secretary for Commons seat'']
/ref> Ramsay stood as parliamentary candidate in the Norwich South
Norwich South is a constituency in Norfolk represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, since 2015 by Clive Lewis, of the Labour Party.
History
The constituency was created by the Representation of the Peopl ...
constituency in the 2005 general election. He came fourth, with 7.4% of the vote (3,101 votes).BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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article from May 2006, Ramsay was described as "pursuing a full-time career through his council work on a £9,500 annual allowance".
In
2007
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, he was elected for a third time. In 2010, he was serving as the leader of the opposition to the
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
council. At the
2011 local elections, he did not seek re-election to Norwich City Council.
Ramsay stood for
Norwich South
Norwich South is a constituency in Norfolk represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, since 2015 by Clive Lewis, of the Labour Party.
History
The constituency was created by the Representation of the Peopl ...
again in the
2010 general election. The party's leader
Caroline Lucas
Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960) is a British politician who has twice led the Green Party of England and Wales and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion since the 2010 general election. She was re-elected ...
cited him as one of the Green candidates with the greatest chance of winning. Ramsay came in fourth place with 14.9% of the vote (7,095 votes). He co-organised Lucas's campaign in
Brighton Pavilion
The Royal Pavilion, and surrounding gardens, also known as the Brighton Pavilion, is a Grade I listed former royal residence located in Brighton, England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Pri ...
which saw her elected as the UK's first Green Member of Parliament (MP).
Green Party deputy leader
Ramsay was elected unopposed as the first deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales on 5 September 2008. In 2009 he made a speech at the party's conference calling for the end
private finance initiative
The private finance initiative (PFI) was a United Kingdom government procurement policy aimed at creating "public–private partnerships" (PPPs) where private firms are contracted to complete and manage public projects. Initially launched in 199 ...
agreements in the NHS. He was re-elected as Deputy Leader in the
2010 leadership election with 73.4% of the vote. He was speculated as a possible successor to the party's first leader, Caroline Lucas, but did not stand in the
2012 leadership election nor seek re-election as deputy leader.
Leader of the Green Party (2021–present)
On 16 August 2021 Ramsay announced his candidacy for
co-leader of the Green Party alongside the Bristol councillor
Carla Denyer
Carla Suzanne Denyer (born 1985) is a British politician who has served as co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales since 2021. She has been a city councillor in Bristol since 2015 (initially for Clifton East ward, and since the 2016 ...
. He said that the
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the sixth in a series of reports which assess scientific, technical, and socio-economic information concerning climate change. Three ...
had motivated him to return to politics. The pair's joint candidacy emphasised professionalising the party and winning a second Green MP and a first Green Member of the Senedd (MS).
The announcement that the pair had been elected was made on 1 October 2021.
Career
Ramsay served as chief executive of the
Centre for Alternative Technology
The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) ( cy, Canolfan y Dechnoleg Amgen) is an eco-centre in Powys, mid-Wales, dedicated to demonstrating and teaching sustainable development. CAT, despite its name, no longer concentrates its efforts exclu ...
from 2014 to 2019, working in Wales.
He returned to Norfolk in 2019 and took up the post of chief executive of the MCS Charitable Foundation, in which position he remained as of 2021.
Elections contested
European Parliament
House of Commons
Council
Leader of the Green Party
Deputy leader of the Green Party
References
External links
Cllr. Adrian Ramsay's Green Party Website Biography
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1981 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of East Anglia
Green Party of England and Wales parliamentary candidates
Politicians from Norwich