The Climate Party is a minor green conservative political party in the United Kingdom.
The party was founded in 2022 by Ed Gemmell, a councillor for Hazlemere in Buckinghamshire. Gemmell describes the party as a "business-friendly and climate-serious alternative" to the Conservative Party.
The party stood thirteen candidates in the 2024 general election, targeting Conservative-held marginal seats and MPs who 'obstruct climate action'.
Ideology The party's core focus is on tackling climate change and decarbonising the economy by 2030. It describes itself as "100% focused on climate change". Its policy proposals include abolishing all fossil fuel subsidies, implementing "polluter-pays policies" and investing in green technology. It aims to lead the UK to economic revival and increased prosperity through a commitment to net zero by 2030, while restoring nature and decreasing pollution.
Electoral history The Climate Party contested the July 2023 Uxbridge and South Ruislip and Selby and Ainsty by-elections, with Gemmell running in Uxbridge and Luke Wellock in Selby. Both candidates lost their deposits.
The Climate Party fielded thirteen candidates in 2024 general election, with leader Ed Gemmell standing in Wycombe. All Climate Party candidates lost their deposits, with only Gemmell reaching over one percent of the vote in his constituency.
By-elections
2019–2024 Constituency Date Candidate Numberof votes % ofvotes Position Winner Selby and Ainsty 20 July 2023 Luke Wellock 39 0.1 13th of 13 Uxbridge and South Ruislip 20 July 2023 Ed Gemmell 49 0.2 15th of 17
2024–present Constituency Date Candidate Numberof votes % ofvotes Position Winner Makerfield 18 June 2026 Ed Gemmell 18 0.04 12th of 14
General elections + 2024 general electionConstituencyCandidateVotes%BanburyChris Nevile2420.5Bangor AberconwySteve Marshall1040.2Bromley and Biggin HillKaren Miller940.2ClactonCraig Jamieson480.1ColchesterJames Rolfe740.2Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme Michael Longfellow1460.4Exmouth and Exeter EastMark Baldwin1340.3Greenwich and WoolwichPriyank Bakshi1730.4Leeds North EastStewart Hey910.2Mid BuckinghamshireWisdom Da Costa1470.3Northampton SouthPenelope Tollitt980.2SalisburyChris Harwood1270.3WycombeEd Gemmell4891.1
References
External links The party's Electoral Commission page