Newport Independents Party

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Newport Independents Party
LeaderKevin Whitehead
Nominating officerJason Alan Jordan
TreasurerDiane Josephine Jordan
Campaigns officerKevin Whitehead
Additional officerAndrew Collingbourne
Founded16 March 2017;7 years ago (2017-03-16)
Headquarters605 Monnow Way
Bettws
Newport
NP20 7DJ
Ideology
Colours  Amber
Newport City Council
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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.

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Newport Independents Party". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 Ian Craig (30 March 2017). "Fifteen candidates set to stand for Newport Independent Party". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 Rhiannon James (18 April 2022). "Council Election 2022: Newport Independents Party profile". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Council Election 2017 - Newport community council nominees". South Wales Argus. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Gareth Willey (5 May 2017). "Newport Local Election Results (2017)". Newport City Radio. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Rhiannon James (19 January 2022). "Cllr Chris Evans resigns from Newport Independents Party". The National . Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  7. ↑ Nicholas Thomas (6 May 2022). "Labour victory in Newport council elections 2022". The National. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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