Green Party in Northern Ireland

The Green Party in Northern Ireland is the Green Party in Northern Ireland.

At its convention in 2005 they voted to incorporate as a part of the Irish Green Party and were also striving to become a branch of the Scottish Green Party. From the Green Party of England and Wales, they are recognized as an autonomous party. They claim that they are the only Northern Irish party were by this north-south and east-west connections, which not only supports the Good Friday Agreement ( GFA ) of 10 April 1998 but it actively implemented also by their organizational alignment has.

In the 2004 European elections, the Greens got 0.9 % of the vote; 2009 the figure was 3.3%.

Prior to the local elections in 2005, they received by joining two previously independent district MP ( Raymond Blaney from Down and Brian Wilson from North Down ) a boost in popularity. By joining the Greens were elected for the first time deputies. In the elections Wilson was able to hold his seat, the seat of Blaney ( he retired from politics ) took Bill Correy. With Ciaran Mussen in the district of Newry and Mourne, the Greens then won her first "own" seat in parliament in Northern Ireland. Overall, the Greens received in Northern Ireland 5703 votes ( 0.8%). In the local elections of 2011, the party scored 6317 votes (1.0 %) and again won three seats.

In the elections to the regional parliament of 2007, the Green Party received 1.7 % of the votes and Brian Wilson a seat in the constituency of North Down. 2011's, the Greens 0.9%; Steven Agnew represents the party in the regional parliament.