Adrian Ramsay

Ramsay was first elected to Norwich City Council representing Henderson Ward in May 2003, representing the Green Party.[7] Aged 21, he was one of the youngest councillors in the UK.[6] Later that year, he spoke at a demonstration against tuition fees in the United Kingdom.[8] Ramsay was re-elected in June 2004 for Nelson Ward.[9] Ramsay stood as parliamentary candidate in the Norwich South constituency in the 2005 general election. He came fourth, with 7.4% of the vote (3,101 votes).[9]

In a BBC article from May 2006, Ramsay was described as "pursuing a full-time career through his council work on a £9,500 annual allowance".[10] In 2007, he was elected for a third time. In 2010, he was serving as the leader of the opposition to the Labour council.[11] At the 2011 local elections, he did not seek re-election to Norwich City Council.

Ramsay stood for Norwich South again in the 2010 general election. The party's leader Caroline Lucas cited him as one of the Green candidates with the greatest chance of winning.[12] Ramsay came in fourth place with 14.9% of the vote (7,095 votes).[13][14] He co-organised Lucas's campaign in Brighton Pavilion which saw her elected as the UK's first Green Member of Parliament (MP).[15]

Ramsay was elected unopposed as the first deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales on 5 September 2008.[16] In 2009 he made a speech at the party's conference calling for the end private finance initiative agreements in the NHS.[17] He was re-elected as Deputy Leader in the 2010 leadership election with 73.4% of the vote. He was speculated as a possible successor to the party's first leader, Caroline Lucas, but did not stand in the 2012 leadership election nor seek re-election as deputy leader.[18][19]