page_title: Strong Ukraine
section_title: Labour Party Ukraine
hierarchical_section_title: Strong Ukraine / History / Labour Party Ukraine
caption_attribution_description: English: party logo if the party "Labour Party Ukraine"; that has since 2009 is called "Strong Ukraine" Українська: рудова партія України
context_page_description: Strong Ukraine; formerly the Labour Party Ukraine, is a political party in Ukraine that was re-established in April 2014. It was originally registered in August 1999 and dissolved in March 2012 after it had merged with the Party of Regions on 17 March 2012. Since late 2009 the party was and is the main vehicle of billionaire Serhiy Tihipko. After the parties merger Tihipko became a member of the Party of Regions. On 7 April 2014 the political council of this party expelled Tihipko from the Party of Regions.
  The party claimed to have over 80,000 members in mid-May 2010.
  In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party won one constituency parliamentary seat.
context_section_description: Founded on 19 June 1999 as Labour Party Ukraine it did not participate in the legislative elections of 30 March 2002.
  In the 2006 elections, the party failed as part of "Bloc Borys Olijnyk and Myhailo Syrota" to win parliamentary representation (the Bloc won 0,08% of the votes).
  In the 2007 parliamentary elections the party was part of the Lytvyn Bloc alliance, that won 20 out of 450 seats.
caption: Labour Party Ukraine logo