Caroline Lucas has been the Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion since 2010. She was previously leader and then co-leader of the Green Party, and one of the party’s first MEPs representing the south east region until 2010. She serves on a number of parliamentary committees, and has chaired the All Party Parliamentary Growth on Climate Change and Limits to Growth.
She has been voted The Observer Politician of the Year in their Ethical Awards three times from 2007 to 2009, named Best UK Politician of the Year in The Independent’s Green Awards in 2010, and was the Patchwork Foundation’s overall MP of the 2010-2015 term for her work with disadvantaged and minority communities.
She has two sons and lives with her family in Brighton.
