How The Green Party Leader Has Voted On Defence

The Green Party are calling for talks with the Liberal Democrats and Labour party, before MPs voted for an early general election on June 8.

The Greens' only MP and co-leader Caroline Lucas has welcomed the call for a snap election.

Ms Lucas has been the Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion since May 2010.

TheyWorkForYou.com keeps an exhaustive list of MP’s voting records.

This is how she voted on issues relevant to the UK Armed Forces community.

Military actions overseas

Caroline Lucas has consistently voted against British military action in the fight on Islamic State, and has also been consistently against British military action on combat operations overseas.

2003 Iraq War

She was in favour of an investigation into the Iraq War.

Trident

The Green Party leader has almost always been against replacing Britain's at sea nuclear defence with a new nuclear weapons system.

Military Covenant

Ms Lucas has generally been in support of strengthening the military covenant.

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