Over the last two decades, membership to UK political parties has fallen by over 50 per cent.  Whilst the vast majority of the electorate remains interested in national and local issues, most people in the UK feel that they do not have a say in how the country is run.

 

This public frustration and disillusionment with career politicians and party politics demonstrates a role for Independent candidates elected to public office.   

 

The Independent Network (IN) is a new association that provides support to candidates who are not members of traditional political parties.  Independent candidates do not have access to a large national party structure with its human and financial resources.  The Independent Network was formed to attend to this inequality and will encourage the electorate to acknowledge the success and influence Independents are having in local government and can have in Parliament.

 

As a not-for-profit association with a simple constitution, the IN supports:  Independent elected members, candidates or prospective candidates of Government.  Members of the public who support the principle of elected representatives of public office being free of the established party political system will be encouraged to support the efforts of the IN to get more Independents elected to public office.

Labour, Tories, Lib Dems...

They’re just not normal

 

Most normal people 55% don’t feel they will be able to vote for a party that represents their needs in the general election

             Most normal people 58% can’t see the difference between the three main political parties.

Most  normal people 60% aren’t strong supporters of political parties.

                                Most normal people 73%  feel that they don’t have a say in the way the country is run.

Most normal people 99% aren’t members of a political party.

 

Most normal people want to be independent

We are, Aren’t you?

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