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Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960) is a British politician and member of the Green Party of England and Wales who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion since 2010, when she became the first Green MP. She was re-elected in 2015 with an increased plurality. Born in Malvern in Worcestershire, Lucas graduated from the University of Exeter and the University of Kansas before earning a PhD from the University of Exeter in 1989. She joined the Green Party in 1986 and held various party roles, also serving on Oxfordshire County Council from 1993 to 1997. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 and 2009,〔(Greens Pick MEP Lucas to Run for MP ), ''Brighton Argus'', 18 July 2007〕 also serving as the Party's Female Principal Speaker from 2003 to 2006 and from 2007 to 2008. Lucas was elected the first Leader of the Green Party in 2008 and was elected to represent the constituency of Brighton Pavilion in the 2010 general election. She stood down as Leader of the Green Party in 2012 to devote more time to her parliamentary duties and focus on winning re-election. She was re-elected in 2015 as the Greens won their highest-ever share of the vote, though she remains the Party's sole representative in the House of Commons. She is noted for campaigning and writing on green economics, localisation, alternatives to globalisation, trade justice, animal welfare and food. In her time as a politician and activist, she has worked with NGOs and think-tanks, including the RSPCA, CND and Oxfam. ==Early life and education== Lucas was born in Malvern in Worcestershire, to middle-class, Conservative parents Peter and Valerie Lucas.〔("Lucas, Dr Caroline" ), ''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, Nov 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2015 (subscription required).〕 Her father ran a small central heating company. Lucas was educated at Malvern Girls' College (which became Malvern St James in 2006), an independent school in Great Malvern. She then went to the University of Exeter, where she gained a first-class BA (Hons) in English Literature, graduating in 1983.〔 While there, she went on many trips to Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp and Molesworth peace camp when involved with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). Lucas was an activist in CND and was involved in the Snowball Campaign against US military bases in the UK. She won a scholarship at the University of Kansas between 1983 and 1984 before pursuing a Diploma of Journalism in 1987.〔 She then earned her PhD in Elizabethan literature from the University of Exeter in 1989,〔 with a thesis entitled ''Writing for Women: a study of woman as reader in Elizabethan romance''.〔 After graduating, Lucas worked as a press officer for Oxfam.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caroline Lucas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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