The Green Party are standing in 55 of the 75 North West Constituencies in the General election, i.e. nearly three quarters of available seats. In some of the other (marginal) seats Greens are standing down specifically to assist candidates of other Parties, following discussions with those Parties, e,g, City of Chester and Cheadle. Whilst slightly down on the 2015 election, this is a significantly higher number of seats than UKIP in the region.
List of General Election candidates are in the table below.
In the recent County Council elections in Lancashire and Cumbria, Greens fielded a record number of candidates. Numbers were particularly up in Cumbria, with 56 candidates, 25 more than in 2013. Numbers in Lancashire were also up, by 7 and Gina Dowding was re-elected to Lancashire County Council with a greatly increased majority (1085 votes).
| Constituency | Green Candidate |
| Altrincham and Sale west | Geraldine Coggins |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | Andy Hunter-Rossall |
| Barrow and Furness | Rob O'Hara |
| Birkenhead | Jayne Clough |
| Blackley and Broughton | Dave Jones |
| Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Duncan Royle |
| Blackpool South | John Warnock |
| Bolton North East | Liz Spencer |
| Bolton South East | Alan Johnson |
| Bootle | Alison Gibbon |
| Burnley | Laura Fisk |
| Chorley | Peter Lageard |
| Congleton | Alec Heath |
| Denton and Reddish | Gareth Hales |
| Eddisbury | Mark Green |
| Ellesmere Posrt and Neston | Steven Baker |
| Fylde | Tina Rothery |
| Garston and Halewood | Lawrence Brown |
| Hazel Grove | Robbie Lee |
| Knowsley | Steve Baines |
| Lancaster and Fleetwood | Rebecca Joy Novell |
| Liverpool Riverside | Stephanie Pitchers |
| Liverpool Walton | Colm Feely |
| Liverpool Wavertree | Ted Grant |
| Liverpool West Derby | William Ward |
| Macclesfield | James Booth |
| Manchester Central | Rachael Shah |
| Manchester Gorton | Jess Mayo |
| Manchester Withington | Laura Bannister |
| Morecambe and Lunesdale | Cait Sinclair |
| Oldham West and Royton | Adam King |
| Pendle | Ian Barnett |
| Penrith and the Border | Doug Lawson |
| Preston | Anne Power |
| Ribble Valley | Graham Sowter |
| Rossendale and Darwen | John Payne |
| Salford and Eccles | Wendy Olsen |
| Sefton Central | Mike Carter |
| South Ribble | Andrew Wright |
| St Helens North | Rachel Parkinson |
| St Helens South and Whiston | Jess Northey |
| Stalybridge and Hyde | Julie Wood |
| Stockport | Gary Lawson |
| Stretford and Urmston | Mike Ingelson |
| Tatton | Nigel Hennerley |
| Wallasey | Lily Clough |
| Warrington North | Lyndsey MacAteer |
| Weaver Vale | Chris Copeman |
| West Lancashire | Nate Higgins |
| Wigan | Will Patterson |
| Wirral South | Mandi Roberts |
| Wirral West | John Coyne |
| Worsley and Eccles South | Tom Dylan |
| Wyre and Preston North | Ruth Norbury |
| Wythenshawe and Sale East | Dan Jerrome |
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