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The Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | |
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 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales | |
| In office 3 September 2012 – 2 September 2016 | |
| Deputy |
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| Preceded by | Caroline Lucas |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Bartley and Caroline Lucas |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 15 October 2019 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Natalie Louise Bennett 10 February 1966 Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Residence(s) | Sheffield, England |
| Alma mater | |
Natalie Louise Bennett, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle[1] (born 10 February 1966), is an Australian-British politician and journalist who served as Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012 to 2016.[2][3][4] Bennett was given a peerage in Theresa May's 2019 resignation honours.[5]
Born and raised in Australia, she began her career as a journalist with regional newspapers in New South Wales before leaving in 1995 for Thailand, where she worked for Australian Volunteers International and the Bangkok Post newspaper over the next four years. Since settling in Britain in 1999 she has contributed to The Guardian, The Independent, and The Times. Her election as leader of the Greens came six years after she joined the party in January 2006.
- ^ "Contact information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle – MPS and Lords – UK Parliament". Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "New Leader and Deputy Leader announcement". Green Party. 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ "Natalie Bennett elected new Green Party leader in England and Wales. She beat three other candidates to the position in a poll of Green Party members". BBC. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ Green Party: Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley elected as co-leaders Archived 24 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
'They saw off competition from five others to succeed Natalie Bennett, who is stepping down after four years'.
BBC News Archived 7 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Published 2 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016. - ^ "Resignation Honours 2019". gov.uk. Cabinet Office. 10 September 2019. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.