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Greens vote to lift ban on joint election tickets

GREEN general election candidates could seek formal support from other parties after a ban on joint tickets was lifted yesterday. 

The ban was introduced after an electoral coalition with Plaid Cymru broke down in 1997. 

Cynog Dafis was elected as MP for Ceredigion on a joint Plaid and Green ticket in 1992 but there was bad blood between the local parties. 

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