Carla Denyer says she will not stand again as Greens co-leader

Carla Denyer: ‘With the hard right on the rise in the UK and across the world, it’s never been more important for Greens to offer a genuinely hopeful vision for our future.’ Photograph: Gareth Iwan Jones/The Observer

Carla Denyer has announced she will not stand again as the Greens’ co-leader, breaking up the party’s most electorally successful leadership duo, which delivered four MPs at last year’s general election.

Denyer, who won the Bristol Central seat from Labour, said in a statement to the Guardian that she wanted to put all her efforts into her parliamentary role.