Green Party celebrates record four seat wins

Speaking to the BBC, Ms Denyer said she believed there was public support for the party’s policies – including a proposal to raise the minimum wage and raise taxes to help invest in public services.

She said people were hesitant to vote for her party in the past because they didn’t think they would win.

However, she said her result proved that “if you want green, you can vote green and you’ll get a green MP”.

The Green Party won a seat in the House of Commons for the first time in 2010 when Caroline Lucas became MP for Brighton Pavilion. Last year, she said she would never stand again.

Sian Berry took the seat for his party, winning by a majority of 14,000 – down around 5,000 on the last election.

In North Herefordshire, Ellie Chowns defeated the Tories’ Bill Wiggin, who had previously held the seat with a majority of 25,000.