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In early 2013, Lucas co-signed a letter which was published in ''The Guardian'' newspaper which officially marked her support for the [[People's Assembly Against Austerity|People's Assembly]] movement.<ref>People's Assembly opening letter https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/feb/05/people-assembly-against-austerity 5 February 2013, The Guardian Newspaper.</ref> She also gave a speech at the People's Assembly Conference, held at [[Westminster Central Hall]] on 22 June 2013. A book by Lucas on her time in parliament, ''Honourable Friends: Parliament and the Fight for Change'', was published in 2015.<ref name="Lucas2015">{{cite book|author=Caroline Lucas|title=Honourable Friends: Parliament and the Fight for Change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=36egBgAAQBAJ|date=5 March 2015|publisher=Granta Publications|isbn=978-1-84627-594-4}}</ref> |
In early 2013, Lucas co-signed a letter which was published in ''The Guardian'' newspaper which officially marked her support for the [[People's Assembly Against Austerity|People's Assembly]] movement.<ref>People's Assembly opening letter https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/feb/05/people-assembly-against-austerity 5 February 2013, The Guardian Newspaper.</ref> She also gave a speech at the People's Assembly Conference, held at [[Westminster Central Hall]] on 22 June 2013. A book by Lucas on her time in parliament, ''Honourable Friends: Parliament and the Fight for Change'', was published in 2015.<ref name="Lucas2015">{{cite book|author=Caroline Lucas|title=Honourable Friends: Parliament and the Fight for Change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=36egBgAAQBAJ|date=5 March 2015|publisher=Granta Publications|isbn=978-1-84627-594-4}}</ref> |
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In August 2015, Lucas endorsed [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s [[Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party leadership campaign, 2015|campaign]] in [[Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015|Labour Party leadership election]]. She wrote in ''[[The Independent]]'': "I've never felt so optimistic about a potential leader of the [[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. For the first time in my memory, the party of [[Keir Hardie]] and [[Clement Attlee]] looks likely to be led again by someone who dares to stand up for the radical changes demanded by the challenges we face."<ref name="independent">{{cite news |last=Lucas|first=Caroline|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/my-message-to-jeremy-corbyn-i-can-help-you-build-a-progressive-majority-10469934.html|title=My message to Jeremy Corbyn: I can help you build a progressive majority|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Independent]]''|date=24 August 2015|accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
Revision as of 13:36, 15 July 2017
Caroline Lucas Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales | |
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In office 30 November 2007 – 5 September 2008 | |
Preceded by | Siân Berry |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
In office 2003 – 24 November 2006 | |
Preceded by | Margaret Wright |
Succeeded by | Siân Berry |
Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion | |
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | David Lepper |
Majority | 14,699 (25.5%) |
Member of the European Parliament for South East England | |
In office 14 June 1999 – 6 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Keith Taylor |
Personal details | |
Born | Caroline Patricia Lucas 9 December 1960 Malvern, England, UK |
Political party | Green Party UK (1986–1990) Green Party of England and Wales (1990–present) |
Spouse | Richard Savage |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Exeter University of Kansas, Lawrence |
Website | Official website |
Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960) is a
Born in
Lucas was elected the first Leader of the Green Party in
She is known as a campaigner and writer on
Early life and education
Lucas was born in Malvern in Worcestershire, to middle-class, Conservative parents[3] Peter and Valerie Lucas.[4] She is one of three children; her father ran a small central heating company, and sold solar panelling.[5][6]
Lucas was educated at Malvern Girls' College (which became
Lucas won a scholarship at the University of Kansas between 1983 and 1984, then gained a Diploma of Journalism,[5] before studying a PhD in English from the University of Exeter (awarded 1990)[9] with a thesis entitled Writing for Women: a study of woman as reader in Elizabethan romance.[10] After her doctorate, Lucas worked as a press officer for Oxfam from 1989.[6] Later, she worked for the charity in other roles, remaining active in the Green Party, but left Oxfam in 1999.[6]
Life and career
Early political career
After being "utterly inspired" by Jonathon Porritt's book Seeing Green, Lucas joined the Green Party in 1986. She recalled in 2007: "I thought, right! I'm going there now" to the Green's main office on Clapham High Street, near where she lived. "I'm just going to dedicate the rest of my life to this party".[8] Soon afterwards she became the party's National Press Officer (1987–89) and Co-Chair (1989–90).[11] Lucas has a reputation as a party moderniser, in terms of internal slang, a "spiky" rather than a "fluffy". In a 2009 Guardian interview, she told Decca Aitkenhead: "when I was putting people up to go on TV programmes I'd be saying to them, 'What are you planning to wear?', and they'd be slightly offended that I'd even think of asking the question. But I do genuinely think that has changed, a lot. It's a recognition, not that there's some kind of terrible compromise about putting on a tie, but that actually you don't want people to be focusing on what you look like but on what you're saying".[12]
When the Green Party became three separate parties in 1990 for the constituent parts of the United Kingdom, she joined the Green Party of England and Wales. Lucas served as their General Election Speaker from 1991 (for the following year's general election) and a Regional Council Member from 1997.[13]
Lucas's first success in an election came when she gained the Green Party's second council seat in the UK on Oxfordshire County Council, which she held between 1993 and 1997.[14]
Green Party MEP
Lucas was first elected as a
Lucas was
Lucas was an early
In July 2008, Lucas joined the
She held the party's post of Female
Green Party Leader (2008–12)
Lucas
In July 2010, Lucas expressed her support for seven campaigners of the
On 14 May 2012, Lucas announced she would be standing down as leader as of September 2012 "in order to broaden opportunities for the range of talent in the party and to raise the profiles of others aspiring to election". She added "I'm proud that during the four years of my term, we've moved Green politics forward to a higher level, with the party by far the most influential it has ever been".[22]
Brighton Pavilion
In May 2010, Lucas was elected as the first Green MP to Westminster with a majority of 1,252. As well as being the first Green MP, Caroline Lucas was also the first woman to be elected as an MP for Brighton. She delivered her maiden speech on 27 May 2010.
Lucas opposed the presentation of bare breasted models on page 3 in The Sun and in 2013 was reprimanded for transgressing the Westminster dress code by wearing a T-shirt with the logo "No More Page Three" to protest against the feature during a Commons debate.[24]
On 19 August 2013, Lucas was arrested at a non-violent protest against Cuadrilla Resources fracking operations in Sussex.[25] She was subsequently charged with obstructing a public highway but was found not guilty on 17 April 2014 at Brighton Magistrates' Court. After the hearing, Lucas said: "This judgement is right but this is not a victory or cause for celebration. We will continue to campaign to end fracking and only celebrate when our world is on the path to a clean energy future".[26]
In the
Co-leader with Jonathan Bartley
On 31 May 2016, it was announced that Lucas would run for the position of the Leader of the
It was announced on 2 September that Lucas and Bartley had been elected with 86% of first-preference votes.[29] Lucas said the party would strive to preserve the rights of EU nationals living in Britain, and EU rules on workers’ rights and the environment, among other policies.[29]
Other roles and writings
Lucas is vice-president of the
Lucas has been an Advisory Board Member to the International Forum on Globalisation, the Centre for a Social Europe[10] and the Protect the Local, Globally think-tank.[36] She has been a Trustee of the Radiation Research Trust and Patron of the Joliba Trust (Africa). She is Matron of the Women's Environmental Network. Between 1997 and 1998, she was called upon as a Policy Adviser on Trade and Investment for the UK government's Department for International Development.[10]
Lucas is a prolific writer of reports, articles and books on the subjects of
In early 2013, Lucas co-signed a letter which was published in The Guardian newspaper which officially marked her support for the
In August 2015, Lucas endorsed
Awards
In her time as a politician and activist, Lucas has won the 2006 Michael Kay Award "for her outstanding contribution to European animal welfare" from the RSPCA.[41]
Lucas has won the award for Politician of the Year in The Observer Newspaper Ethical Awards three times. The award is voted for by Observer readers, who chose her to win in 2007, 2009 and 2010.[42][43][44] In 2008 she was listed by The Guardian as one of "50 people who could save the planet".[45]
In October 2008 Lucas was winner in the Trade category of
Personal life
Lucas married Richard Savage in 1991; the couple have two sons, one of whom is an academic at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[4][35][53]She is a vegetarian, telling Decca Aitkenhead in 2009, "I did try being a vegan".[12]
See also
References
- ^ Harris, John (8 February 2010). "Could Brighton Pavilion elect Britain's first Green MP?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Brighton Argus, 18 July 2007
- ^ a b "Caroline Lucas: the Green in beige who could be Nick Clegg's nemesis". The Daily Telegraph. London. 3 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Lucas, Dr Caroline", Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, Nov 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2015 (subscription required).
- ^ a b Spanner, Huw (4 February 2005). "Green Shift". Thirdwaymagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ a b c Hattenstone, Simon (28 February 2015). "Caroline Lucas: 'I'm not in politics to play about'". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Assinder, Nick (1 April 2005). "Interview: Caroline Lucas". BBC News.
- ^ a b Lewis, Sarah (30 July 2007). "Profile on Caroline Lucas MEP". The Argus. Brighton. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Ask...Green Party Member of Parliament Caroline Lucas". University of Exeter. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Dr. Caroline Lucas MEP, in the European Parliament.
- ^ "Caroline Lucas". Green Party. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ a b c Aitkenhead, Decc (18 May 2009). "Caroline Lucas: 'We've got to get better at painting a positive vision of a post-carbon world. This is not about sitting around a candle in a cave'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ Elliott, Amber (17 December 2010). "Caroline Lucas: Going it alone". Total Politics. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Dr Caroline Lucas MEP". Greenparty.org.uk. 6 May 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ "MEP fined over nuclear base protest". BBC News. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Cramb, Auslan (27 November 2001). "I'll risk jail, says MEP fined over Faslane". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Lucas, Caroline (10 January 2007). "Why it's vital to fight against this nuclear breach of peace". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "South East European Election Result". BBC News.
- ^ MPs who have signed the Simpol Pledge: uk.simpol.org – MPs who have signed the Simpol Pledge
- ^ "UK needs a 'Green New Deal'". 20 July 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ van der Zee, Bibi; Evans, Rob (2 July 2010). "Brighton MP declares support for acquitted Gaza campaigners". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ Quinn, Ben (13 May 2012). "Caroline Lucas to step down as leader of the Green party". London: The Guardian.
- ^ "Greens battle to be the first MP", The Argus, Brighton, 14 June 2007
- ^ "Caroline Lucas in Page Three T-shirt protest during debate". BBC News. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ "Green MP Caroline Lucas arrested at climate protest". BBC News. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Green MP Caroline Lucas cleared over fracking protest". BBC News. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "Brighton Pavilion Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ Stewart, Heather (31 May 2016). "Caroline Lucas to stand for Green party leadership as job share". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ a b Walker, Peter (2 September 2016). "Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley voted joint leaders of Green party". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Patrons and vice-presidents". RSPCA.
- ^ "Green MEP Re-elected To CND National Council". Green Party.
- ^ "Membership". All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil and Gas.
- ^ Hughes, Laura (8 December 2015). "Caroline Lucas resigns from Stop the War, after finding herself unable to support group's 'recent positions'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Perraudin, Frances (8 December 2015). "Green MP Caroline Lucas steps down from Stop the War Coalition role". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ a b Riddell, Mary (13 December 2015). "Caroline Lucas: I don't want to be a stick to beat Jeremy Corbyn with". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ a b Dr Caroline Lucas MEP's Biography on her own website
- ISBN 0-7453-1932-7.
- ^ People's Assembly opening letter https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/feb/05/people-assembly-against-austerity 5 February 2013, The Guardian Newspaper.
- ISBN 978-1-84627-594-4.
- ^ Lucas, Caroline (24 August 2015). "My message to Jeremy Corbyn: I can help you build a progressive majority". The Independent. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
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(help) - ^ RSPCA Presents Lucas With ‘Michael Kay’ Award For Animal Welfare Work
- ^ Who cares wins..., The Guardian
- ^ The Observer Ethical Awards 2009, The Guardian
- ^ Observer Ethical Awards: Caroline Lucas, Ethical Politician Award, The Guardian
- ^ Vidal, John; Adam, David; Watts, Jonathan; Hickman, Leo; Sample, Ian (4 January 2008). "50 people who could save the planet". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ MEP Awards 2008 Winners Archived 12 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Green Awards: Our experts celebrate those doing most to protect our fragile environment, The Independent
- ^ Parliamentarian of the Year award recipients 2010, The Spectator Archived 21 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The End of Year MP awards". Total Politics. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "Women in Public Life Awards 2011". Dods Parliamentary Communications Limited. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "2011 Political Studies Association Awards Ceremony" (PDF). Political Studies Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
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- ^ "Theodore LeQuesne | Department of Global Studies - UC Santa Barbara". www.global.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
Bibliography
- Liam Fox (Author), Caroline Lucas (Author), Raymond Lygo (Author), Hugh Beach (Author), Nick Grief (Author), Steven Haines (Author), Clare Short (Author), Tim Hare (Author), Ken Booth (Editor), Frank Barnaby (Editor), The Future of Britain's Nuclear Weapons, 2006 ISBN 978-0-9511361-9-5
- Lucas, C. P., Woodin, M., Green Alternatives to Globalisation: A Manifesto, 2004 ISBN 978-0-7453-1933-9
- Lucas, C. P., Global Warming, Local Warning: A study of the likely impacts of climate change upon South East England, 2004
- Lucas, C. P., Towards a GM free Europe: Halting the spread of GMOs in Europe, 2003
- Jones, A., Lucas, C. P., Local Food: Benefits and Opportunities, 2003
- Lucas, C. P., Time to Replace Globalisation, 2001
- Lucas, C. P., Which way for the European Union: Radical Reform or Business as Usual?, 2001
- Hines, C., Lucas, C. P., Stopping the Great Food Swap: Relocalising Europe's Food Supply, 2001
- Lucas, C. P., From Seattle to Nice: Challenging the Free Trade Agenda at the Heart of Enlargement, 2000
- Lucas, C. P., Woodin, M., The Euro or a Sustainable Future for Britain? A Green Critique of the Single Currency, 2000
- Lucas, C. P., Watchful in Seattle: World Trade Organisation threats to Public Services, Food and the Environment, 1999
- Lucas, C. P., Reforming World Trade: The Social and Environmental Priorities, 1996
- Coote, B., Lucas, C. P., The Trade Trap, 1994
- Lucas, Caroline (1989). Writing for Women: The Example of Woman as Reader in Elizabethan Romance. Open University Press. p. 176. ISBN 0-335-09017-6.
External links
- Official website
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- The NS interview: Caroline Lucas, Alyssa McDonald, New Statesman, 12 May 2010
- Early Day Motions signed