 Oksana Syroyid is the first woman to ever hold a deputy chairman position in the Verkhovna Rada.Since November 28, 2014, the 8th Verkhovna Rada consists of a total of 420 people's deputies, which belong to one of six political party factions, two parliamentary groups, or the 38 unaffiliated people's deputies.For the first time in Ukrainian history, the Communist Party has failed to gain representation in the Verkhovna Rada.