predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place nationality party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
jean lambert john durrant caroline lucas richard johnson 22 june 2012 -lrb- age 72 -rrb- newcastle-upon-tyne cambridge british green party of england and wales principal for abbey ward speaker of the green party cambridge city councillor 20 february 1940 1999 1 may 2008 margaret wright -lrb- british politician -rrb-
 2003 3 may 2012 margaret elizabeth wright university of oxford
margaret wright -lrb- british politician -rrb-

margaret elizabeth wright -lrb- 20 february 1940 -- 22 june 2012 -rrb- was a green party politician and from 2008 to 2012 a city councillor for abbey ward on cambridge city council in england .
she was one of the principal speakers of the green party , a post she held with darren johnson , from 1999 to 2003 .
she was several times elected by the eastern region of the green party to the first place on their list for the european parliament .
wright was born in newcastle-upon-tyne , then studied history at bedford college , london , and teaching at the university of oxford .
later in life , she also obtained a master 's degree in art history from birkbeck college .
she moved to cambridge with her three children and joined the ecology party in 1979 , this later becoming the green party .
margaret wright contested the cambridge constituency for the green party in both 1987 -lrb- the first time the greens contested the seat -rrb- and 1997 , gaining 1.1 % and 1.3 % respectively .
she was press officer for cambridge green party , and also served on the national executive of the green party , relating to international issues , and , fluent in french and german , the international committee .
