Newport Independents Party
Political party in the United Kingdom
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The Newport Independents Party (Welsh: Plaid Annibynwyr Casnewydd) is a small political party formed in 2017 to campaign in the city of Newport, Wales. The party won three council seats on Newport City Council in May 2022.
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| Leader | Kevin Whitehead |
| Nominating officer | Jason Alan Jordan |
| Treasurer | Diane Josephine Jordan |
| Campaigns officer | Kevin Whitehead |
| Additional officer | Andrew Collingbourne |
| Founded | 16 March 2017 |
| Headquarters | 605 Monnow Way Bettws Newport NP20 7DJ |
| Colours | Amber |
| Newport City Council | 3 / 51
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The Newport Independents Party was registered with the Electoral Commission in March 2017 by its founder, Councillor Kevin Whitehead.[1] It aimed to break the "stale national party politics" in the city.[2] It allowed independent councillors to work as a group and, therefore, have the right to sit on council scrutiny committees.[3]
The party fielded fifteen candidates in the May 2017 elections to Newport City Council[2] and one candidate for Rogerstone Community Council.[4] Four Newport Independents were elected to Newport City Council on 4 May 2017: Kevin Whitehead, Janet Cleverly and Jason Jordan won seats in the Bettws ward and one candidate - Chris Evans - was successful in Rogerstone.[5] Evans resigned from the party in January 2022 after being discovered soliciting a sex worker.[6]
The party fielded ten candidates in the May 2022 local elections, across six Newport wards.[3] It retained its three seats in the Bettws ward.[7]