Will this decision come to be regarded as a significant shift in the direction and, crucially, the electoral fortunes of the Green Party? For although the UK boasts the oldest Green Party in Europe, the Greens have struggled to achieve any significant electoral success and have performed feebly in general elections. Footnote 1 It was a decision that, on the face of it, represented a major compromise of the party's commitment to participatory democracy and its traditional suspicion of the very notion of having a ‘party leader’. In November 2007, Green Party members in England and Wales voted overwhelmingly to replace its system of collective leadership with a more conventional leadership structure of Leader and Deputy Leader. I would like to thank Brian Doherty and Chris Rootes for their helpful comments on a draft of this article and Rob Johns for supplying survey data on the Scottish Parliamentary elections.
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