Independents for Frome

The Independents for Frome (ifF) is a local 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.

Independents for Frome
LeaderKate Beilby
Founded2011
HeadquartersFrome
Political positionLocalism
Conservation
ColoursBlack and White
SloganI'm for Frome
Frome Town council seats
17 / 17
Website
iffrome.org.uk

The emergence of the party is a result of ideas developed by a group of citizens, later described as "flatpack democracy" by Peter Macfadyen, one of the founders and initial councillors.

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 Democrats 5*
ifF 10
Total 17

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

Frome parish elections, 2015

At the parish elections on 7 May 2015, the Independents for Frome contested and won all seventeen available seats.[3]

Party Members elected
ifF 17
Total 17

Frome parish elections, 2019

At the parish elections on 2 May 2019, the Independents for Frome again contested and won all seventeen available seats.[4]

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.
  4. "Election Results for Parish Elections 2019". Retrieved 17 June 2015.

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


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