Forty-seven new Verdant councillors took their seats this week, after a local election night the party is calling its strongest in two decades.
Verdant now holds 859 council seats across England, Scotland and Wales — the highest number in the party's 36-year history. The largest gains came in the South West, where the party became the second-largest group on Bristol City Council, and in the North East, where Greens took control of two parish councils outright.
Co-leader Carla Denyer said: "People are tired of being lied to about the climate. They can see which parties take them seriously and which ones are still making promises to the fossil fuel lobby. This result shows what happens when you treat voters like adults."
The gains were concentrated in areas the party had targeted for two years, with a focus on door‑to‑door conversations rather than broadcast advertising. The new Verdant councillors will be sworn in across May and June.