# Green Party loses 20,000 members in backlash over Zionism vote

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/green-party-loses-20000-members-in-backlash-over-zionism-vote/
- Published: 2026-10-31T00:51:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T01:03:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16253863/Green-Party-loses-20-000-members-backlash-Zionism-vote.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Culture, Elections, Middle East, Politics, World

## Key points

- About 18,000 members have left since May.
- Councillors are defecting over the Zionism motion.
- Polanski says he wants to amend the policy.

## Summary

The Green Party has lost about 18,000 members since May amid a backlash over its conference vote declaring Zionism to be racism. The motion has intensified internal divisions, prompted councillor defections and coincided with a fall in the party’s polling, putting pressure on leader Zack Polanski.

The article says the motion was passed by 1,022 members, a small share of a membership then close to 200,000. Drew Creek, leader of the Greens on Cornwall Council, recently defected to Labour, joining at least ten other councillors who have left or become independents over the policy. Polanski said he would seek to amend it at the first opportunity; the party has also set up a working group to discuss its democratic processes.

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