Independent Ecology Independent Ecology Independent Ecology is a description once used in British politics to denote a form of non-party affiliation. It was used to designate a green politician as was independent of any political party, particularly of the Ecology Party before its transformation into the Green Party. Since the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 came into force, a candidate for election can no longer be described as an "Independent Ecology" on a ballot paper, as the 1998 Act prohibits any description which could cause confusion with a registered political party. In practice, the description used is either the name of
Christian Labour Party Christian Labour Party The Christian Labour Party (; PTC), formerly named National Reconstruction Party (; PRN), is a liberal-conservative political party in Brazil. The party was founded in 1985 as Youth Party ("Partido da Juventude", PJ) by Daniel Tourinho, a Brazilian lawyer. In 1989 the party was renamed National Reconstruction Party. Fernando Collor de Mello representing this party was elected president in 1990. After Collor's impeachment in 1992 the party suffered a deep crisis and eventually changed its name to "Partido Trabalhista Cristão" in 2000. In 2016 Collor de Mello (now a senator) re-joined PTC, which thus regained parliamentary representation.