Amelia Womack
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Amelia Helen Womack (born 12 January 1985) is a British Green Party of England and Wales politician. She served as the party's Deputy Leader from 2014 to 2022. She is a co-chair of the People's Assembly Against Austerity, and co-founded Another Europe Is Possible.[1]
Amelia Womack | |
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Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales | |
In office 1 September 2014 – 7 September 2022 | |
Leader | Natalie Bennett Caroline Lucas Jonathan Bartley Siân Berry Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer |
Preceded by | Will Duckworth |
Succeeded by | Zack Polanski |
Personal details | |
Born | (1985-01-12) 12 January 1985 (age 39) Newport, Wales, United Kingdom |
Political party | Green Party of England and Wales |
Alma mater | University of Liverpool (BSc) Imperial College London (MSc) |
She served as Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Shahrar Ali from 2014 to 2016. She was re-elected in September 2016, once again in September 2018 and then again in September 2020. Womack stood as her party's lead candidate in the South Wales East region in the 2021 Senedd election; she was not elected.[2] Womack also stood on a joint ticket with Tamsin Omond in the 2021 Green Party leadership election, in which they finished in second place of five candidates vying for the party's leadership.