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. 

Attempts to revive the electoral pact before May collapsed two weeks ago when Welsh Green leader Pippa Bartollotti accused Plaid members of “online bullying.”

But the ban on joint tickets for constituency candidates was formally lifted yesterday despite opposition from some Welsh members. 

It came after a motion allowing joint lists with other parties in European, Scottish and Welsh elections was passed at last year’s Green conference. 

Oxford delegate Adam Ramsey, who proposed the motion, said: “This means we can begin to have a conversation about collaboration with other parties. 

“That will be complex and difficult but at best it’s a step in the right direction. 

“People have celebrated the success of Syriza recently but what they forget is that was never just one party, it’s a coalition.”

The motion did not mention Plaid Cymru, instead specifying the National Health Action party and Cornwall’s Mebyon Kernow as possible partners. 

Candidates could stand on a joint ticket in the general election but the motion was passed with a view to next year’s local elections. 

Norwich South Green candidate and councillor Lesley Grahame said: “I don’t see us standing with other parties routinely but it means we could stand on a joint ticket in the right circumstances.”