Eight Green Party Members Expelled in Alleged Gender Critical Purge

Eight members of the Green Party, including one former councillor, claim to have been expelled from the party for expressing gender critical views.

This week, eight members received a letter notifying them of their expulsion from the party. The letter claimed they had broken a clause of the party constitution which prohibits members from campaigning for someone who is standing against a Green Party candidate.

Seven of the eight members expelled had supported the campaign of Alison Teal, who was suspended from the Green Party in 2022 for arguing that sex is a biological characteristic which cannot change over time. She is now running as an Independent in Sheffield Central at the General Election.

However, with six of the eight expelled previously signing the Green Women’s Declaration, which advocates for women as a sex, and three as current or former members of the Green Party Women Committee, those expelled saw this as “a fundamental attack on women who defend their sex-based rights”.

A statement by the Green Women’s Declaration following the expulsions said “the Green Party has no agreed definition for ‘campaigning’ and some of the expelled did as little as sharing social media posts acknowledging a candidacy.”

It added: “At least 17 signatories to the Green Women’s Declaration have now been expelled or suspended, mirroring the actions of the Scottish Green Party who expelled 14 members for signing our sister declaration.”

A Green Party spokesperson told PoliticsHome: "We cannot comment on individual cases. As is the case in any political party, campaigning for a non-Green Party candidate is incompatible with membership". 

Teal was suspended from the Green Party in 2022 while the party’s candidate in Sheffield Central.