Green Party (UK) 54,299 votes. 1985 was a time of political change in the UK. After the formation of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), there were noises being made that the UK needed a "green" party. In response to the rumours that a group of Liberal Party activists were about to launch a UK 'Green Party', HELP (the Hackney Local Ecology Party) registered the name "The Green Party," with a green circle, designed by Steve O’Brien, as its logo. The first public meeting, chaired by David Fitzpatrick (then an Ecology Party speaker), was 13 June 1985 in Hackney Town Hall. Paul Ekins (then
Svoboda (political party) right-wing and the far-right. of the political spectrum. It is widely considered a fascist and/or anti-semitic party, while others have disputed the neo-fascist label, and simply considers it a radical nationalist party. In 2004, the party was reformed under the current name, and since then Oleh Tyahnybok has been party leader (elected every two years). During the 2009 and 2010 local elections in western Ukraine, the party made significant gains and became a major force in local government. The Social-National Party of Ukraine (SNPU) was registered as a party on 16 October 1995; the constituent congress of the party took