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Caroline Lucas

British Green Party MP, 2010 to 2024

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The Green Party’s first MP, elected for Brighton Pavilion in 2010, she campaigned on climate action, public ownership and peace before stepping down in 2024.

Caroline Lucas sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly nature-first on environment, strongly state-led on economy and strongly progressive on culture.

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Where Caroline Lucas sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Caroline Lucas

Greta Thunberg Swedish climate activist99%José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 201599%Naomi Klein Canadian author and activist99%Kate Raworth British economist99%Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez US Representative from New York, 2019 to present98%Bernie Sanders US Senator from Vermont, 2007 to present97%Petra Kelly German Green co-founder, 1947 to 199297%Zohran Mamdani Mayor of New York City, 2026 to present97%

People furthest from Caroline Lucas

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17153%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 19433%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)3%Donald Trump US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present4%

Political views closest to Caroline Lucas

Green politicsPuts ecological limits, sustainability and grassroots democracy at the center of policy.99%EcofeminismLinks the domination of women and the domination of nature, and calls for care,…99%Eco-socialismArgues that capitalism drives ecological crisis and calls for public, democratic control…99%Social ecologyTies the ecological crisis to social hierarchy and proposes directly democratic,…98%

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