Patrick Harvi sees Green Challenge for the top election location

Patrick Harvi, co-leader of Scottish Green, has seen a campaign to replace the party’s top candidate in Glasgow in the 2026 Holiroad election.

In a ballot by party members, the outgoing co-maintained topped the Glasgow regional list, which is likely to re-election for Holiroad.

A slate of self -raised “radical” green members – who were leading the party for their time – sought to replace them.

In other regional ballot papers, most of the green MSP topped the list.

The results follow the information about the direction of the party, which is described as a “civil war” by some interiors.

Many party workers have questioned the period spent in the government with the SNP and claimed that the power within the party was concentrated in a very small group.

Harvi recently told BBC Scotland News The behavior of some figures was “out of order”.

Holirud’s longest serving party chief, Harvi, announced in April that he would not seek election again as a green co-leader.

However, he would seek re -election as MSP, first selected in the Glasgow regional list in 2003.

With his co-leader Slater, he was the first Green Minister in the UK after signing a power-sharing deal with SNP in 2021.

Under the electoral system for Holiroad, the regional list vote includes parties ranking their candidates.

The more person appears in the list, the better the opportunity to become an MSP.

Three candidates for the party’s two co -enemies – Gilian McKay, Ross Greece and Lorna Slater – have secured all the top positions in their territories.

All three are the protector of the time when Greens were spent in the government with SNP.

However, North East MSP Maggi Chapman was ranked second, which made the election more difficult again.

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Green leaders serve two years of terms and under the party’s rules, one of them has to become a woman.

Any green member can stand for leadership, which means that a leadership can be a challenge at the party’s ground level yet.

The competition is expected to be decided by the end of August.

Given the results of internal elections for regional lists, it seems that members have supported those who are prominent in the party in recent years.

Some workers have been vocal about their disappointment with the party’s performance.

But – at least for now – 7,000 Scottish Green members feel that those who are running the show have been given a vote of faith.

And it can be implications beyond greens. The sitting MSP has shown that they are ready to deal with SNP.

This can prove to be important after next year’s Holiroad elections.