Independents for Frome


The Independents for Frome 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.
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.
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.

Electoral performance

Frome parish elections, 2011

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

Frome parish elections, 2019

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