Green founded the marketing and communications company Green and Ginger in 2014.[10] Her previous experience included working for Euromonitor International and Kantar TNS.[8]
On 4 April 2021, Dame Cheryl Gillan died from cancer, triggering the 2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election. Green was elected as MP with 56.7% of the vote and a majority of 8,028.[3][4][15] Green is only the third MP to represent the constituency since its creation in 1974, and is the constituency's second consecutive Welsh-born MP.[9]
In her victory speech, Green called on voters to "reject Conservative mismanagement" and vowed to "continue the work of holding this Government to account for letting Covid rip through the care homes. We will speak up for the three million people excluded from financial support throughout the pandemic and we will challenge Boris Johnson to be far more ambitious in tackling climate change, supporting our frontline workers and backing our small businesses."[16] She was sworn into Parliament on 21 June 2021,[17] and made her maiden speech on 7 September 2021.[18]
On 11 July 2022, Green was appointed Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for International Trade and Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Wales.[19]
In April 2024, The Times reported on Green's use of an outsourcing company owned by a former Liberal Democrat official, Candy Piercy. The company, Midas Training, which has received over £120,000 via Green's parliamentary expenses, is run by Candy Piercy, the Vice Chair of Green's local party. Piercy's daughter, Miranda Roberts, is also a director of Midas Training and a member of the Chesham and Amersham Liberal Democrats executive committee.[20]
At the 2024 general election, Green was re-elected to Parliament as MP for Chesham and Amersham with a decreased vote share of 44.8% and a decreased majority of 5,451.[21]
Like her predecessor and her rival Conservative candidate, Green opposes the construction of the HS2 railway line that was planned to go through her constituency. The day after the by-election, party leader Ed Davey was challenged on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on how his party's support for HS2 fitted with Green's stated opposition to the project. The local party campaigned against HS2, despite the national party giving the project their full backing at the 2019 general election. Davey said the party is still in favour of the project but that they would be a "thorn in the side" of the delivery company HS2 Ltd, saying that it had ignored local people's concerns over issues such as the transparency of the impact of the Chilterns tunnelling works on local water supplies.[23][24][25]
Planning laws
Green opposed the changes to England's planning laws that were proposed by the Conservative government in 2021 [26] which she claimed would "see more unwanted destruction to our countryside", "allow developers to build over our greenbelt with local residents powerless to stop them", and "be a devastating blow to our area".[27] These plans were subsequently dropped by the government later that year in response to reaction amongst Conservatives MPs across the South-East who feared for their own electoral chances following Green's election. Planning reform remains a contentious issue across the South-East especially in Green belt areas.[28]
^"On this day 25-4-1982". Journal of Liberal History. Liberal Democrat History Group. 25 April 1982. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
