Siân Berry
{{Short description|British politician (born 1974)}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}
| name = Siân Berry
| image = Official portrait of Siân Berry MP crop 2.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2024
| parliament = United Kingdom
| constituency_MP = Brighton Pavilion
| termstart = 4 July 2024
| termend =
| predecessor = Caroline Lucas
| successor =
| majority = 14,290 (27.3%)
| office1 = Co-leader of the Green Party
of England and Wales
| alongside1 = Jonathan Bartley (2018–2021)
| deputy1 = Amelia Womack
| term_start1 = 4 September 2018
| term_end1 = 1 October 2021
| predecessor1 = Caroline Lucas
| successor1 = Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay
| parliament1 = United Kingdom
| office2 = Leader of the Greens in the London Assembly
| leader2 = {{plainlist|
- Natalie Bennett
- Caroline Lucas
- Jonathan Bartley
- Herself}}
| term_start2 = 6 May 2016
| term_end2 = 19 October 2018
| predecessor2 = Jenny Jones
| successor2 = Caroline Russell
| office3 = Principal Speaker of the Green Party
| term_start3 = 24 November 2006
| term_end3 = 30 November 2007
| alongside3 = Derek Wall
| predecessor3 = Caroline Lucas
| successor3 = Caroline Lucas
| office4 = Member of the London Assembly
for Londonwide
| assembly4 = London
| term_start4 = 6 May 2016
| term_end4 = 7 May 2024
| predecessor4 =
| successor4 =
| office5 = Camden London Borough Councillor
for Highgate
| term_start5 = 22 May 2014
| term_end5 = 20 October 2023
| predecessor5 = Maya De Souza
| successor5 = Lorna Jane Russell
| birth_name = Siân Rebecca Berry
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|7|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
| alma_mater = Trinity College, Oxford (MEng)
| party = Green Party of England and Wales
| religion =
| partner =
| children =
| relatives =
| signature =
| website = {{url|https://sianberry.org.uk/}}
| footnotes =
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Siân Rebecca Berry ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ɑː|n}}; born 9 July 1974) is a British politician who has served as the member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion since July 2024, succeeding Caroline Lucas. She was a co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Jonathan Bartley from 2018 to 2021, and was its sole leader from July to October 2021. From 2006 to 2007, she was one of the Green Party's principal speakers.[http://www.greenparty.org.uk/individual/79 Siân Berry's biography], Green Party of England and Wales
Berry was a member of the London Assembly (AM) from 2016 until she resigned in 2024, serving as a London-wide member elected under the additional member system. She also served as a Green Party councillor on Camden Council, representing Highgate until October 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-19 |title=By-election triggered as Siân Berry quits Highgate councillor role |url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/23866133.green-partys-sian-berry-quits-highgate-councillor/ |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=Ham & High |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-05-07 |title=Greens' Sian Berry quits London Assembly just three days after re-election |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sian-berry-zoe-garbett-green-party-london-assembly-member-brighton-b1156055.html |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}
Early life and career
Berry{{cite web |url=https://www.london.gov.uk/people/assembly/sian-berry/more-about/register-of-interests |title=Siân Berry – Register of interests |date=16 May 2016 |publisher=Greater London Authority |access-date=9 May 2021}} was born on 9 July 1974{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=x4TilhW25u3w3vgK%2BlFFyw&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=11 January 2016|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}} and brought up in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. She was educated at Pate's Grammar School, a state grammar school in Cheltenham, where her parents were teachers.{{cite news |last1=Eyre |first1=Hermione |title=Sian Berry: Will the woman described as 'environmental Viagra' turn us |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/sian-berry-will-the-woman-described-as-environmental-viagra-turn-us-on-to-the-green-party-815129.html |access-date=3 May 2019 |work=The Independent |date=27 April 2008}} She studied metallurgy and the science of materials at Trinity College, Oxford, graduating with a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree.{{cite book |chapter=Berry, Siân Rebecca |chapter-url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-260087 |title=Who's Who 2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=1 December 2018 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U260087 |isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 |oclc=7939945412 |chapter-url-access=subscription}} Upon graduating in 1997, she moved to London.
Berry worked as a medical copywriter. From June 2011 to late 2015, Berry worked as a roads and sustainable transport campaigner for the charity Campaign for Better Transport.{{cite news|url=http://bettertransport.org.uk/media/june-7-sian-berry|title=Sian Berry joins Campaign for Better Transport|work=Campaign for Better Transport media release|access-date=7 June 2014 | location=London | date=7 June 2014}}
Green Party politician
Berry joined the Green Party aged 27.
In her first major party political role as the party's campaigns co-ordinator, Berry led the Green Energy Works campaign, calling for low carbon, non-nuclear energy to tackle climate change. She also led a campaign against the renewal of Britain's nuclear weapon, the Trident submarine, travelling to the nuclear submarine base in Faslane, Scotland, to protest.
Berry failed to be elected to Camden London Borough Council three times: once during 2002 and twice in 2006. In the 2002 local elections, she came fifth in the Highgate ward with 811 votes, 38 votes behind the third place required to gain a seat.{{cite web|url= http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=565673 |title=Camden local election 2002 }} {{small|(155 KB)}}, London Borough of Camden The 2006 local elections saw her contest the neighbouring Kentish Town ward, in which she gained 1,057 votes and came sixth out of 12.{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} Election 2006 {{!}} Seat-by-seat {{!}} Camden council |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/ag.stm |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}} A 7 December 2006 by-election in Kentish Town ward saw her come second out of four with 812 votes, behind the Liberal Democrat winner on 1,093 votes.{{Cite web |last=webmanager@camden.gov.uk |title=Kentish Town By Election results 7 December 2006 |url=http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/content/council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/kentish-town-by-election-results---december-7-2006.en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160303194536/http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/content/council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/kentish-town-by-election-results---december-7-2006.en |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=www.camden.gov.uk |language=en}}
In 2005, Berry was the Green Party's parliamentary candidate for the Hampstead and Highgate constituency (which included Highgate ward) at that year's general election. She received 5.3% of the vote, coming fourth; the seat was held by Labour's Glenda Jackson.{{Cite web |title=Election 2005 {{!}} Results {{!}} Hampstead & Highgate |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/vote2005/html/298.stm |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=BBC News}}
Berry was elected as the Green Party's female Principal Speaker unopposed in autumn 2006, succeeding Caroline Lucas MEP and, working alongside male Principal Speaker Derek Wall, served until autumn 2007, when Lucas resumed the post following an election. She wrote a regular blog for the New Statesman magazine from November 2006 to July 2008.{{Cite web |title=Sian Berry |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/author/sian-berry |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}
On 12 March 2007, the Green Party announced that Berry would be the party's candidate in the 2008 London mayoral election, after she received 45% of the votes in the London Green Party's internal election.{{Cite web |title=News |url=http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2909 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20211128181406/https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2909 |archive-date=2021-11-28 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=www.greenparty.org.uk}} Berry recommended that her voters back Labour Party candidate Ken Livingstone as their second preference{{Cite web |title=New Statesman - Vote Berry... and Livingstone! |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200803190058 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080705013603/http://newstatesman.com/200803190058 |archive-date=2008-07-05 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=www.newstatesman.com |language=en}} and Livingstone advocated an equivalent preference for his supporters.{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Matthew |date=2008-03-20 |title=Mayor tries to build coalition in attempt to defeat Johnson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/mar/20/livingstone.sianberry |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Berry was endorsed by The Independent and The Observer newspapers, with Ken Livingstone as second preference.{{Cite news |date=2008-04-27 |title=London's unenviable choice points to Ken |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/27/london08.livingstone |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |date=2008-04-30 |title=Leading article: If newspapers had a vote, this one would put its |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/leading-article-if-newspapers-had-a-vote-this-one-would-put-its-cross-beside-818670.html |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=The Independent |language=en}} Berry came fourth, with 3.15% of first preferences and 13.50% of second preferences.[http://results.londonelects.org.uk/Results/MayoralResult.aspx Results: Mayor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505040939/http://results.londonelects.org.uk/Results/MayoralResult.aspx |date=5 May 2008 }}, London Elects, 2 May 2008
=Camden Council=
In the 2014 local elections, Berry was elected to the Highgate ward of Camden London Borough Council, holding the seat of outgoing Green councillor Maya De Souza in a split result for the ward.{{cite web|url=http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/election_results_green_sian_berry_halts_unanimous_labour_victory_in_highgate_1_3614667|title=Election results: Green Sian Berry halts unanimous Labour victory in Highgate|author=Tim Lamden|work=Hampstead Highgate Express|date=23 May 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/election_results_lib_dems_decimated_in_camden_as_labour_romp_to_victory_1_3614645|title=Election results: Lib Dems decimated in Camden as Labour romp to victory|author=Tim Lamden|work=Hampstead Highgate Express|date=23 May 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2014/may/camden-labour-celebrates-record-breaking-win-town-hall-elections|title=Camden Labour celebrates record-breaking win in Town Hall elections – Camden New Journal|work=camdennewjournal.com}}
Berry has supported local services in Camden threatened by redevelopment projects. She has advocated "green development" in Kings Cross Railwaylands (the largest brownfield site in the UK) to provide more family-housing.
=London Assembly=
File:Green Party mayoral announcement (September 2015).jpg and Jenny Jones, in 2015]]
On 2 September, it was announced that she had won the internal party election to stand as the Greens' London mayoral candidate and first place list candidate for the London Assembly elections in 2016. She was one of the few candidates in the race to rent rather than own her home and made private renters' rights a centrepiece of her campaign.{{cite web |last=Urwin |first=Rosamund |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/sian-berry-campaign-meetings-are-harder-when-you-live-in-an-attic-room-a3124531.html|title=Sian Berry: Campaign meetings are harder when you live in an attic room|date=27 November 2015|work=Evening Standard}} She was described by The Guardian{{'}}s London specialist Dave Hill as having "like her party, grown more formidable with experience".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/davehillblog/2016/feb/13/london-mayor-race-the-green-party-vision-of-sian-berry|title=London mayor race: the Green party vision of Sian Berry|author=Dave Hill|newspaper=The Guardian|date=13 February 2016}}
Berry came third in the first preference voting round for the mayoralty, and thus did not make it to the second round.{{Cite web |title=London Mayor and Assembly 2016 election results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2016/london/results |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=BBC News}} However, she was elected to the London Assembly as one of two Green members.{{Cite web |title=Results 2016 |url=https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2016 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=London Elects}}
At the 2017 general election, Berry ran as the Green candidate for Holborn and St Pancras, which includes her Highgate ward. She finished fourth, and the party lost its deposit in the seat, which was retained for Labour by Sir Keir Starmer.{{Cite news |title=Holborn & St Pancras parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000750 |access-date=2022-06-30}}
At the May 2021 London Assembly elections, delayed by a year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, Berry was re-elected.{{Cite web |title=Results 2021 |url=https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2021 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=London Elects}} The same month, alongside celebrities and other public figures, Berry was a signatory to an open letter from Stylist magazine which called on the government to address what it described as an "epidemic of male violence" by funding an "ongoing, high-profile, expert-informed awareness campaign on men's violence against women and girls".{{cite news |title="We're calling on you to act now": read Stylist's open letter to Priti Patel about ending male violence against women and girls |url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/health/women/open-letter-priti-patel-violence-women-girls/520846 |access-date=20 May 2021 |work=Stylist}}
On 14 July 2021, Berry announced she would stand down as the Green Party's co-leader, citing an internal party conflict over transgender rights and stating that "there is now an inconsistency between the sincere promise to fight for trans rights and inclusion in my work and the message sent by the party's choice of frontbench representatives."{{cite news |last1=Elgot |first1=Jessica |title=Sian Berry quits as Green party leader in dispute over trans rights |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/14/sian-berry-quits-as-green-party-leader-in-dispute-over-trans-rights |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=14 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/si%C3%A2n-berry-on-transphobia-in-the-green-party-we-have-a-problem-to-solve/|title=Siân Berry on transphobia in the Green Party: 'We have a problem to solve'|website=Opendemocracy.net|access-date=11 December 2021}}
In August 2023, she announced her candidacy for the 2024 London Assembly election, to be held in May 2024.{{Cite web |last=Vickers |first=Noah |date=2023-08-10 |title=Siân Berry to re-stand for London Assembly despite selection as Brighton MP candidate |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sian-berry-brighton-pavilion-london-assembly-mp-candidate-2024-b1099694.html |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=Evening Standard}} Berry won a seat, but resigned three days later to hand it to Zoë Garbett, who had come fourth in the 2024 London mayoral election, for which she was criticised.{{Cite web |title=Siân Berry steps aside, welcomes Zoë Garbett to London Assembly Green Group {{!}} London City Hall |url=https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/assembly-member-press-releases/sian-berry-steps-aside-welcomes-zoe-garbett-london-assembly-green-group |access-date=2024-05-07 |work=London Assembly}}{{Cite web |title=Green Party's Siân Berry quits London Assembly just three days into the job |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/green-partys-sian-berry-quits-london-assembly-just-three-days-into-the-job/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=LBC}}{{Cite web |last=Vickers |first=Noah |date=2024-05-07 |title=Greens' Sian Berry quits London Assembly just three days after re-election |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sian-berry-zoe-garbett-green-party-london-assembly-member-brighton-b1156055.html |access-date=2024-05-07 |work=Evening Standard}}
=House of Commons=
On 13 June 2023, Berry announced her intention to stand to be the Green Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion constituency, a seat that is being vacated by incumbent Green MP Caroline Lucas.{{Cite tweet |title=See below and the link… |number=1668529892978311169 |user=sianberry |archive-date=2023-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625041934/https://twitter.com/sianberry/status/1668529892978311169?t=GSpO_Mq4vbq2J8Gbn9O--Q&s=19 |url-status=live |access-date=25 June 2023 |lang=en |url=https://twitter.com/sianberry/status/1668529892978311169?t=GSpO_Mq4vbq2J8Gbn9O--Q&s=19}}{{Cite web |last=Vickers |first=Noah |date=2023-06-13 |title=Siân Berry to bid for Caroline Lucas' Brighton MP seat |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c88xp14g4pvo |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} On 19 July 2023, she was confirmed as the Green candidate, having secured 71% of first preference votes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2023/07/19/sian-berry-selected-as-candidate-to-follow-caroline-lucas-as-next-green-mp-for-brighton-pavilion/|title=Sian Berry selected as candidate to follow Caroline Lucas as next Green MP for Brighton Pavilion|access-date=20 July 2023}}
On her selection she said that "Labour's lurch to the right would help the Greens hold the seat".{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Peter |date=2023-07-21 |title=Siân Berry says Labour shift to right could help Greens hold Brighton |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/21/sian-berry-labour-shift-right-could-help-greens-hold-brighton-seat |access-date=2023-07-21 |issn=0261-3077}} This raised questions about whether she would continue as a councillor, after saying "I will work every moment between now and the general election" in Brighton Pavilion.{{cite web | url=https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/highgate-councillor-sian-berry-to-work-every-moment-to-win-trust-of-voters-in-brighton | title=Highgate councillor Sian Berry to work 'every moment' to win trust of voters in Brighton }} On 20 October 2023, Berry stood down as a councillor in Camden to focus on her general election campaign in Brighton Pavilion.
In the 2024 general election, Berry was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion with 28,809 votes (54.8%) and a majority of 14,290 over the second-placed Labour candidate.{{cite web |title=Brighton Pavilion results - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001130 |website=BBC News |access-date=4 August 2024 |date=5 July 2024}} The Greens would win a further three seats for their best-ever election result: Ellie Chowns and Green co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay joined Berry as first-time MPs, making them amongst the party's first five MPs ever alongside the retiring Lucas.{{Cite web |last=Lydall |first=Ross |date=2024-07-06 |title=Best night for Greens as four MPs (and both leaders) voted in |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/green-party-best-general-election-results-2024-sian-berry-carla-denyer-b1168953.html |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}} She made her maiden speech on 17 July 2024 during the debate following the King's Speech.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction= United Kingdom |title= Debate on the Address |url= https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-07-17/debates/E49310A5-9111-4957-905D-5471B0019D80/details#contribution-70E15C83-95AE-4EE4-9AE3-C5A74B5A2B90 |house= House of Commons |date= 17 July 2024 |volume= 752 |column_start= 120 |column_end= 122 |speaker= Siân Berry |position=}}
Berry is a co-sponsor of Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on assisted suicide.{{cite web |title=Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/59-01/0012/240012.pdf |website=UK Parliament |access-date=26 November 2024}}
Non-party activism
=Environmentalism=
Berry was a founder of the Alliance against Urban 4×4s, which began in Camden in 2003 and became a national campaign demanding measures to stop 4×4s (or sport utility vehicles) "taking over our cities". The campaign is known for its "theatrical demonstrations" and mock parking tickets, credited to Berry (although now adapted by numerous local groups),{{cite web|url=http://www.stopurban4x4s.org.uk/shop.htm|title=Alliance against Urban 4x4s Shop |publisher=Stopurban4x4s.org.uk |access-date=1 July 2016}} some 150,000 of which have been placed on 4×4 vehicles by campaigners. The group was successful in getting the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, to adopt one of its founding principles when he introduced a higher congestion charge for vehicles with high emissions. The Alliance campaigns further for greater taxes and stricter controls on advertisements for 4×4s. An international '4×4 Network' has now been founded.
In 2009 she was a driving force behind the Reheat Britain campaign for boiler scrappage which secured funding to replace some of the most inefficient boilers in the UK through the 2009 annual Pre Budget Report.{{Cite web|url=http://www.reheatbritain.org.uk/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214220342/http://reheatbritain.org.uk/|url-status=dead|title=Reheat Britain |archive-date=14 December 2009|website=Reheatbritain.org.uk}}
=Anti-war=
Berry has also campaigned against the Iraq war. She initiated the Census Alert{{cite web|url=http://censusalert.org.uk:80/about.html|title=About Census Alert|work=censusalert.org.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506210243/http://censusalert.org.uk/about.html|archive-date=6 May 2011|url-status=usurped}} campaign to stop Lockheed Martin from running the UK Census.
=Humanism=
Berry is a humanist and a patron of Humanists UK (formerly the British Humanist Association), a UK charity representing non-religious people who want a secular state.{{cite web|url=https://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/patrons/sian-berry/|title=Siân Berry AM|work=British Humanist Association|access-date=30 June 2016}} On 15 September 2010, Berry, along with 54 other public figures, signed a BHA open letter published in The Guardian, stating their opposition to Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to the UK.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/15/harsh-judgments-on-pope-religion|title=Letters: Harsh judgments on the pope and religion|work=The Guardian|access-date=16 September 2010 | location=London | date=15 September 2010}} In a 2021 video recorded for Humanists UK's 125th anniversary, Berry stated humanism was "an approach to life shaped by a rational, evidence-based understanding of our society and the problems we face – not only as individuals, but collectively" and rooted in "concern for other living beings, for our planet, and for future generations".{{cite web|url=https://humanists.uk/2021/05/05/party-leaders-give-thanks-to-humanists-at-humanists-uk-125th-anniversary/|title=Party leaders give thanks to humanists at Humanists UK 125th anniversary|work=Humanists UK|date=5 May 2021|access-date=15 February 2024}}
Following the 2024 general election, Berry was elected Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group.{{cite web|url=https://humanists.uk/2024/07/30/all-party-parliamentary-humanist-group-relaunches-after-the-election/|title=All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group relaunches after the election|date=30 July 2024|access-date=30 July 2024|work=Humanists UK}}
=Other activism=
She is a patron of the Fair Pay Network.{{cite web|url=http://www.fairpaynetwork.org/|title=注文住宅で新築一戸建てを依頼する|work=fairpaynetwork.org}}[http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/3336 Siân joins new attack on poverty pay], Green Party of England and Wales, 25 February 2008 She has campaigned against genetically modified foods.
Monitoring by police
In April 2016, it was reported that Berry had been monitored by the National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit, in apparent contradiction of assurances by Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, that the unit would not target peaceful campaigners.{{cite news |author=Rob Evans and Vikram Dodd |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/28/police-anti-extremism-unit-monitoring-green-party-caroline-lucas-sian-berry |title=Police anti-extremism unit monitoring senior Green party figures |work=The Guardian |date=28 April 2016 |access-date=1 July 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428111633/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/28/police-anti-extremism-unit-monitoring-green-party-caroline-lucas-sian-berry |archive-date=28 April 2016 }}
Author
Berry is also author of a number of books, including 50 Ways to Greener Travel,{{Citation |publisher = Kyle Books |date = 2008 |author = Siân Berry |title = 50 Ways to Greener Travel |ol = 25884351M}} 50 Ways to be a Greener Shopper,{{Citation |publisher = Kyle Books |isbn = 978-1856267748 |location = London, UK |title = 50 Ways to Be a Greener Shopper |author = Siân Berry |date = 2008 |id = 1856267741 |ol = 25884355M }} 50 Ways to Save Water and Energy{{Citation |publisher = Kyle Books |isbn = 978-1856267731 |location = London, UK |title = 50 Ways to Save Water & Energy |author = Siân Berry |date = 2008 |id = 1856267733 |ol = 25884356M }} and 50 Ways to make your house and garden greener.{{Citation |publisher = Kyle Books |isbn = 978-1856267724 |location = London, UK |title = 50 Ways to Make Your House & Garden Greener |author = Siân Berry |date = 2008 |id = 1856267725 |ol = 25884349M }} In 2010 she published Mend it!{{Citation |publisher = Kyle Books |isbn = 978-1856268813 |location = London, UK |title = Mend It! |author = Siân Berry |date = 2009 |id = 1856268810 |ol = 25884350M }} and in 2011 Junk for Joy on upcycling projects.{{Citation |publisher = Kyle Books |isbn = 978-1856269735 |title = Junk for Joy! |author = Siân Berry |date = 2011 |id = 1856269736 |ol = 25884352M }}
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090427134833/http://www.sianberry.org.uk/ Official website]
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- [http://camden.greenparty.org.uk/council.html Biography] on the Green Party website
- [http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/sian_berry Sian Berry's blog] at the New Statesman
- [http://www.stopurban4x4s.org/ Alliance Against Urban 4x4s]
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