Bright Green covers Zack Polanski’s bid for Deputy Leader

Nominations for the Green Party of England and Wales deputy leadership election opened on June 1. Now, the first candidate has come forward. Zack Polanski – a London Assembly member since 2021 – has announced that he is standing for the position.

Polanski’s pitch in the election focusses heavily on driving the party forward to achieve more representation in the House of Commons and in local government. Saying he’ll deliver a ‘breakthrough’ for the party, he’s pledging to support plans that would see the Greens win up to five MPs at the next general election and gain 350 Councillors in 2023. In addition, he’s committing to ’embed diverse representation’ within the Green Party.

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