Island Independents

The Island Independents are a political group who stood as mutually-supporting independent candidates for the 2013 Isle of Wight Council election. The group won 15 of the 40 seats, emerging as the joint-largest group on the council, but without an overall majority.[1] The group leader is Councillor Julia Baker-Smith. In the 2017 Local Elections the group are standing 22 candidates.

References

  1. ↑ "Isle of Wight council administration to be formed by independents". BBC. 8 May 2013.
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