Independent Green Voice is a minor environmentalist

Environmentalist

An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...

 political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Scotland

Scotland

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. First registered with the Electoral Commission in 2003, it is led by Alistair McConnachie.

The party has a broadly environmentalist platform and campaigns for localism

Localism (politics)

Localism describes a range of political philosophies which prioritize the local. Generally, localism supports local production and consumption of goods, local control of government, and promotion of local history, local culture and local identity...

, including leaving the European Union

European Union

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 and opposing immigration

Immigration

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. It also opposed debt slavery and calls for the establishment of a not-for-profit "Public Investment Bank" to replace the "debt-based money system". The party is also opposed to Public Private Partnerships, and would restore the link between pensions and average earnings.

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election

Scottish Parliament election, 2003

The Scottish Parliament election, 2003, was the second general election of the Scottish Parliament. It was held on 1 May 2003 and it brought no change in terms of control of the Scottish Executive...

, McConnachie stood in Glasgow Kelvin

Glasgow Kelvin (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Kelvin is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election...

 and received 1,300 votes (5.9%). In the 2005 UK general election

United Kingdom general election, 2005

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, he stood in Glasgow South West

Glasgow South West (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow South West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

, and received 379 votes (1.2%).

McConnachie is also the party's treasurer and nominating officer.
Prior to establishing the party, he was the Scottish organiser for the United Kingdom Independence Party

United Kingdom Independence Party

The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP...

 but his membership was not renewed in the summer of 2001 amid allegations that he was a holocaust denier

Holocaust denial

Holocaust denial is the act of denying the genocide of Jews in World War II, usually referred to as the Holocaust. The key claims of Holocaust denial are: the German Nazi government had no official policy or intention of exterminating Jews, Nazi authorities did not use extermination camps and gas...

. McConnachie responded to these allegations at the time of the 2007 Scottish Parliamentary election

Scottish Parliament election, 2007

The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the third general election to the devolved Scottish Parliament since it was created in 1999...

when the party stood in the Glasgow Region constituency.