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Green co-leader Sian Berry is to quit amid a furious row over trans rights within the party.
The London Assembly member and perennial mayoral candidate lashed out at the party's 'mixed messages' on gender identity, suggesting her front bench team did not share her views.
Ms Berry, who is pro-trans rights, announced she would not seek re-election in a leadership by-election later this month.
That election was triggered by the resignation of her fellow co-leader, Jonathan Bartley, just a week ago.
In a statement last night she said she could 'no longer make the claim that the party speaks unequivocally, with one voice' on the issue of 'trans rights and inclusion'.
The election of new front bench representatives by the membership meant there was 'inconsistency' between her own and the party's stance, she added.
Ms Berry said: 'I must stand by our policies and my pledges made to Londoners in the recent election, and 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 front bench representatives.
'This inconsistency has left me in a very difficult position. I can no longer make the claim that the party speaks
