Natalie Bennett
The Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | |
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Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales | |
| In office 3 September 2012 – 2 September 2016 | |
| Deputy |
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| Preceded by | Caroline Lucas |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Bartley and Caroline Lucas |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 15 October 2019 Life peerage | |
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| Born | Natalie Louise Bennett 10 February 1966 Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Residence(s) | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
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Natalie Louise Bennett, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (born 10 February 1966), is an Australian-British politician and journalist who was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012 to 2016. Bennett was given a peerage in Theresa May's 2019 resignation honours.
Born and raised in Australia, she began her career as a journalist with regional newspapers in New South Wales before leaving in 1995 for Thailand, where she worked for Australian Volunteers International and the Bangkok Post newspaper over the next four years. Since settling in Britain in 1999 she has contributed to The Guardian, The Independent, and The Times. Her election as leader of the Greens came six years after she joined the party in January 2006.