“Alex has a terrific combination of qualities which the Deputy Leader will need – energy, creativity, political experience and the charisma needed to help build a stronger Green Party and communicate its message to the widest possible audience.”

Patrick Harvie MSP, Co-Convenor, Scottish Green Party

“I am supporting Alex’s Deputy Leader candidacy after working with her both as a councillor and colleague…  I know she will excel supporting the Leader of the Party”

Keith Taylor, MEP for South East England

“Alex has impressed me ever since I saw her first run for election in Brighton & Hove. As a Green councillor she has shown real courage and strong values, while maintaining a modern and accessible approach that reaches out and resonates with the public.”

Siân Berry, Green Party Mayoral Candidate 2008

“Alex Phillips has proven herself as an opponent of austerity and cuts. She would make a superb deputy-leader and I will be voting for her”

Derek Wall, former Green Party Principal Speaker

“Alex has a rightly ambitious vision for the party which is such a crucial part of the Deputy Leader’s job, and is ready to put the work in to make it happen. I can’t think of a better person to smash the grey men-in-suits image of politicians that has so comprehensively failed to capture the imagination of the public.”

Sam Coates, Male Co-Chair of the Young Greens

“Having met Alex at our hustings in Oxford and heard her make her case, I am now convinced that she is the best person for the job of Deputy Leader. Not only a convincing and inspiring speaker, she also understand the challenges we face in supporting the Party as we continue to grow.”

Councillor Sam Hollick, Oxfordshire Green Party

“Both Peter Cranie and Alex represent a new era for the Green Party – young dynamic, thoughtful Greens determined to see we capture the public’s attention and imagination, totally committed to the environmental and climate change issues but equally recognise that social justice issues are vital to the success of the Party.”

Councillor David Williams, Leader of Oxford City Council Green Group

“Having worked with Alex in the past, I was very pleased she decided to stand for Deputy Leader. Not only does she have the experience and skill for the job, but her personality and charisma is exactly what we need to move the Green Party forward.”

Cllr Marcus Hemsley, Green Group Deputy Leader at Norfolk County Council

Alex has all the qualities the Green Party needs to build on our recent progress. She’s an inspiration: she is hugely energetic, has the skill to communicate our message to a wide number of people and is a proven political strategist while being practical and down to earth.

Howard Porter, West Kent Green Party Joint Coordinator

” I am supporting Alex because of her exceptional ability to communicate, her ambitious ideas for developing the Green Party in a way that inspires both members and voters. Alex is professional, dedicated and charasmatic. She will put in extraordinary personal investment to make sure results are delivered.”

Andrew Birkby, former Co-Chair of the Young Greens of England & Wales

“Alex combines a passionate commitment to Green politics with the kind of grassroots mobilising vigour and accessibility to members that will prove vital to this Party role. I have witnesseed how she thinks and works, with principle and verve.”

Shahrar Ali, 2012 London Assembly candidate for Brent and Harrow

“I’m voting for Alex because she has a clear vision of the Green Party’s future, a clear plan for getting there, and the best understanding of the Deputy role. Alex has the charisma, energy, passion and campaigning experience to inspire us to connect with parts of the electorate who’ve never voted Green before”

Phil Di Palma, Norwich Green Party

“Alex represents the increasingly credible and articulate face of the modern Green Party. She is a natural manager and leader and a vocal supporter of LGBTIQ and gender issues.”

Stephen Wood, Chair of LGBTIQ Greens and member of Lambeth Green Party

“Alex is extremely dedicated, hard-working and determined, which inspires commitment in those around her. She has already shown that she’s able to communicate the party’s message and relate to people of all ages and backgrounds.”

Rachel Fryer, former councillor for Queens Park ward, Brighton and Hove

“The Green Party needs a strong, principled and passionate leadership team. Alex will bring her experience and dedication to the role of deputy leader. She understands the needs of local parties who want to achieve electoral success and she will support them to achieve more.”

Steve Barnard, former parliamentary candidate for Sheffield Hallam

“Alex has always been inspiring and, ultimately, successful. That’s why I’m supporting her bid to be Deputy Leader of the Green Party”

Cllr Ben Duncan, Chair of Licensing, Brighton and Hove City Council

“I believe that Alex Phillips will be the ideal choice for Deputy Leader. She understands the key philosophical issues of being Green, and is a person of great integrity and dedication. The Greens urgently need people with the abilities that Alex brings to the Party.”

Anthea Ballam, Intercultural Minister, Brighton and Hove

“Alex will be a fantastic Deputy Leader. She has the energy, strategic experience and communication skills to make a real success of the role”

Matt Sellwood, Deputy Leader, Oxford City Council Green Group, 2004-2008

“Alex has the right ideas, the drive and the enthusiasm to take the Green Party forward. Her work in Brighton to ensure the election of our first MP shows she can deliver. Her commitment to building the party from the grassroots up to be an effective campaigning and electoral force is just what we need”

Peter McColl, Convener of the Edinburgh Green Party 2010-12

“Alex has a proven track record, playing a key role in winning our first seat in Parliament. She understands that work needs to be done if the Greens are to engage with disaffected citizens in England and Wales and she has the reliability, knowledge, experience and enthusiasm to fulfil this role effectively.”

Seb Power, Green Party International Coordinator candidate

“We need a leadership team who are bold in their ambition; who are willing to stand for a fairer economy, and who are able to reach out to the millions of voters abandoned by Labour. That’s why I’ll be voting for Alex.”

Adam Ramsay, former President of Edinburgh Students’ Union and 2011 Green Party candidate in Cardfax Ward, Oxford

“Alex’s energy, experience and principles will ensure that the role of deputy leader goes beyond the dull nitty-gritty of policy and procedure. This is of crucial importance if we are to attract new members, particularly young people, and inspire them to channel their anger into positive action.”

Georgina Bavetta, Student Liaison Officer for Bristol Green Party

“Alex brings a national perspective beyond her Brighton turf. Her keen grasp of electoral strategy and engaging enthusiasm will be invaluable in the upcoming years”

Howard Jago, Cllr for Norwich City Council 2006 – 2010

“I was impressed that Alex chose to visit the West Midlands region earlier this year to see how things work here and what we thought about the future direction of the party. She understands the need to organise better at a regional level and has the campaigning experience to know what it’s like in practice”

Cllr Karl Macnaughton, Leader of Green Group on Solihull Council

“We really need leadership that can challenge and transform the perception of a detached middle class Green Party. Alex’s ideas and approach are a great starting point for that, and I would therefore urge you to vote for her.”

Cllr Maggie Chapman, Edinburgh City Councillor for Leith Walk ward

“I’m a mother of two small girls and joined the Green Party recently because Alex took the time to talk to me about what the Party’s stance on jobs, education and the environment were – real concerns for me as they affect my children’s future”

Helen Hayter, new member in the North West

“Alex will be a deputy leader with deep convictions and wide horizons. She brings a contemporary dimension to our political life. She’s fun, too, and not one of those worn self-seeking politicians who clutter up the corridors of power with their arid pomposities.”

Peter Avis, journalist (London Correspondent of ‘l’Humanité)

“I will be voting for Alex for many reasons, but most importantly because I have seen first hand her dedication to her work, her commitment to her beliefs, and her ability to capture people’s imagination and inspire them to achieve.”

Tom Druitt, Brighton & Hove Green Party

“Alex supervised me whilst I volunteered on the winning General Election campaign in 2010. Her drive and energy as well as strategic tact for winning over votes was inspirational. Coupled with a consistent positive attitude and amicable character I have every faith that she will make a pioneering Deputy Leader for the Green Party.”

Jules Bevis, Brighton

“With Alex’s knowledge of the party across the country, and her European and campaigning experience, she is well placed to galvanise the Party’s vital task of gaining more ground both in our strongholds and, crucially, elsewhere.”

Councillor Christopher Hawtree, Hove

“Alex has all of the energy and commitment required to take the Green Party forward to build on our electoral gain.”

Councillor Mike Jones, Preston Park ward, Brighton and Hove city council

“I recently joined the Green Party after Alex took the time to listen to my concerns on jobs, education and healthcare. She is a real people-person and was able to explain the Green Party’s stance on these issues in a very clear way”

Mun Mun Biswas, new Green Party member in Liverpool

“The Green Party, now more than ever, needs to be ambitious in putting forward our agenda. I’m backing Alex because she recognises the need for us to reach out to ordinary people and communities, and because she can inspire people who are angry at this government and the Labour party’s failure to stand up for ordinary people”

Josiah Mortimer, University of York Green Party

“Alex is a genuine talent with a sound understanding of how the party needs to step up a gear to challenge the main parties. She has an array of skills and experience to share with all sections of the party”.

Luke Walter, Brighton Green Party Elections Co-ordinator 2010-12

“As a passionate, articulate and credible advocate of the radical Green message, I believe Alex would be a major asset in helping us deliver the Green message to the wider audience we need to reach if we’re to fulfil our potential.”

Spencer Fitz-Gibbon, former Green Party Head of Media Relations

“I believe that the Green Party needs to raise its ambitions and stand up for social justice. Alex has done that as a councillor and activist, and will do so as Deputy Leader. I’m proud to support her”.

Elliot Folan, Young Greens 30 under 30er

“Alex has the passion, drive and determination to be an excellent deputy leader, and someone who attract new activists to the Green Party and elevate its profile.”

Lucy Potter, Brighton and Hove Green Party

“Alex Phillips has demonstrated that she puts principle before personal ambition, makes the correct links between the Green Party, opposing austerity and standing in solidarity with workers struggles and has excellent ideas for the party internally.”

Jack McGlen, Sunderland Green Party

“Alex’s working proximity to Caroline Lucas, her personal election success as first Green Party Councillor in Hove, her ease with constituents and with the media, and her outspokenness against austerity make for a potent combination.”

Martin O’Beirne, Chiltern Green Party

“Alex is a strong, credible, impressive, and most importantly, left candidate. She has contributed to our party massively, and has show endless commitment. I urge everyone to vote for Alex as their first preference.”

Robert Eagleton, Chair of Central Lancashire Green Party

“Alex is by far the most enthusiastic, credible and inspiring Green Party Councillor I have ever met. Her forward thinking, modern approach to politics is what the Green Party needs at a time when change is needed throughout our political system.”

Kelly Dibbert, Nutritionist & Job Centre Plus Employer Advisor, Brighton and Hove

“I have always been impressed with Alex’s courage, commitment and ability to broadcast Green Party policy in a language ordinary voters can easily understand and support.”

Matt Hanley, Hackney Green Party