Independents for Frome

Independents for Frome
Leader Mel Usher
Founded 2011
Headquarters Frome
Political position Localism
Conservation
Colours Black and White
Slogan I'm for Frome
Frome Town council seats
17 / 17
Website
iffrome.org.uk

The Independents for Frome (ifF) are a minor political party based in Frome, in the English county of Somerset. Formed in 2011, it gained a majority on the Frome Town Council in 2011, and it has held all of the council's 17 seats since May 2015.

The emergence of the party is a result of ideas developed by Peter Macfadyen which have been described as "flatpack democracy".

History

Independents for Frome was first established in January 2011 by a group of Frome residents. The party fielded 17 candidates in the 2011 local elections, winning ten seats and therefore taking control of the town council with their majority.[1]

Independents for Frome featured in a discussion on 'Radical Movements' alongside representatives from Podemos, Syriza and the Radical Independence Campaign at the Left Field at Glastonbury Festival 2015.[2]

Electoral performance

Frome Parish elections, 2011

Party Members elected
Conservative 2
Liberal Democrat 5*
ifF 10
Total 17

*One of the Liberal Democrat councillors defected to UKIP prior to the 2015 election.

Frome Parish elections, 2015

At Mendip Parish elections on 7 May 2015, the party contested and won all seventeen available seats.[3]

Party Members elected
ifF 17
Total 17

References

  1. ↑ Reading, Nick (13 November 2012). "What a democratic revolution in the Somerset town of Frome could teach our political class". The Independent. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Harris, John (22 May 2015). "How Flatpack Democracy beat the old parties in the People's Republic of Frome". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Results for Parish Council Elections 2015". Retrieved 11 May 2015.

Further reading

  • Macfadyen, Peter (2014). Flatpack Democracy: A DIY Guide to Independent Politics. Eco-logic Books. ISBN 9781899233229.


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