Labour Ukraine should not be confused with Labour Party Ukraine.
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Labour Ukraine | |
| Foundation: | June 21, 2000 |
| Ideology: | Labourism Liberalism |
| Position: | Centre-left |
| National: | Opposition Bloc |
| Colours: | Dark blue |
| Colorcode: | darkblue |
Labour Ukraine (uk|Трудова Україна|Trudova Ukraina)[1] is a political party in Ukraine registered in June 2000.[1]
A Labour Ukraine faction was created after the 1998 parliamentary election[2] on April 20, 1999.[3] In September 2000 the Labour Ukraine faction in the Ukrainian Parliament numbered 45 MPs and was the second largest entity in the parliament.[4] Serhiy Tihipko was elected party leader in November 2000.[3] The party supported President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma during his presidency.[5]
At the legislative elections of 30 March 2002, the party was part of the For United Ukraine alliance.[6] winning 49 seats, their list of deputies included Viktor Pinchuk.[7] The party leader was Serhiy Tyhypko.[8] After the 2004 presidential election Tihipko stepped out of Ukrainian politics, resigning as Labour Ukraine leader on April 23, 2005,[9] before returning to it in the 2010 presidential election.[10]
In the 2006 elections, the party failed on its own to win parliamentary representation, winning only 0,09% of the votes.[1]
In the 2007 parliamentary elections the party did not participate.[1] In this election Labour Ukraine members, including party leader Valeriy Konovalyuk, decided to join the Party of Regions election list.[11] Again in the 2012 parliamentary elections the party was absent.[12]
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election members of the party took part in the elections on the party list of Opposition Bloc; Opposition Bloc won 29 seats.[13] [14] [15]