It gained the 500 members required for registration within a month of its founding .
The Electoral Commission registered it on 6 October 2011 , allowing it to contest the party vote in the 2011 general election .
It gained the 500 members required for registration within a month of its founding , and the Electoral Commission registered it on 6 October 2011 , allowing it to contest the party vote in the 2011 general election .