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
Article 50 (political party) July 2014, causing the party's councillor in Weesp to split off. Later, Van der Stoep stepped down as party leader. On 27 January 2015, Article 50 merged with the party For the Netherlands, which had been founded by two other former PVV members the year before. Article 50 (political party) Article 50 () was a Eurosceptic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded by MEP Daniël van der Stoep in 2012. The name refers to article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, of which the first sentence is ""Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in