Spencer Ledger is a member of the Green Party of England and Wales

1. What the party is and how membership is managed

The Green Party of England and Wales is a left‑wing, environmentalist political party with over 200 local parties and a formal membership structure governed by a constitution and a Members’ Code of Conduct; the party invites people to join and manage membership through a Membership Portal ^{[2] [4] [1]}. These publicly available organisational pages set out that members help shape policy and that there are discipline processes for complaints, implying that membership is tracked and administratively recorded ^[1].

2. Public records and widely cited profiles do not list individual members

Major public sources about the party — including the party’s own “Our People” and “Members” pages and neutral news coverage — focus on office‑holders, spokespeople, elected Greens and governance arrangements rather than exhaustively publishing lists of ordinary members ^{[5] [1] [3]}. That pattern means an absence of public confirmation does not prove non‑membership: it only shows membership is not routinely published in the cited sources ^{[5] [1] [3]}.

3. Name‑checking in local and national reporting: what appears in your results

Search results include local press stories that name specific councillors and candidates (for example a Trafford councillor, Hannah Spencer, named as a Green candidate) and national listings of leaders and deputies, but none of the supplied snippets or pages refer to “Spencer Ledger” ^{[6] [2] [5]}. Therefore the claim about Spencer Ledger cannot be corroborated from these documents (available sources do not mention Spencer Ledger).

4. How to verify membership if you need to be sure

Given the party’s constitution and membership portal, the most direct ways to verify an individual’s membership would be: (a) ask the person to produce confirmation via the party’s membership system; (b) contact the Green Party press or membership team listed on the party website; or (c) find reliable local reporting that names the person as a Green candidate or office‑holder — the provided sources show the party issues candidate and staff announcements but do not publish full membership lists ^{[1] [5] [6]}.

5. Misinformation risks and journalistic caution

Because mainstream pages and reference entries emphasise named leaders, councillors and candidates (for example recent deputy leaders and local candidates) rather than comprehensive membership rosters, an unchecked claim that someone is a member risks being repeated without documentary support; the sources provided demonstrate how names enter the record when people hold office or stand for election, which is the reliable public trail to party association ^{[5] [6] [3]}.

6. Competing perspectives and limits of available reporting

The available materials show two relevant facts: the party maintains structured, private membership records ^[1], and public reporting tends to cover officials and candidates rather than private members ^{[5] [3]}. From those facts, two perspectives arise: one could reasonably infer membership is private unless someone holds office or is publicly announced; conversely, absence from these public sources is not proof of absence. The supplied sources do not resolve the specific claim about Spencer Ledger either way (available sources do not mention Spencer Ledger).

7. Practical next steps and sources to consult

If you require confirmation beyond the limits of these sources, request membership confirmation from the Green Party’s membership team or look for reputable local press coverage or electoral registrations naming Spencer Ledger as a candidate or officeholder — the supplied party pages and news outlets illustrate where verified names tend to appear ^{[1] [6] [3]}. If you want, I can draft a short email you could send to the Green Party press office asking whether Spencer Ledger is a registered member; the party’s site lists contact routes for press and membership enquiries ^{[5] [1]}.