The Southampton Independents was a minor political party of the

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based in the city of

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. The party campaigned on a wide range of local issues such a
tower block fire safety
after the

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tragedy, the faile
Solent Devolution Deal and Elected Mayorhousing development and re-generation
the misuse of City Council finances and corruption including th
tens of millions of pounds of public money
spent on the Council's Arts Complex (see the Party's archived website below). It had one seat on the local council of Southampton City Council, held by Andrew Pope. Pope also contested the

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constituency in the 2017 General Election finishing fourth of five candidates with 816 votes or 1.7%. Two Southampton Independents candidates stood in the 2018 Southampton City Council election, with Party Leader Denise Wyatt narrowly losing the "safe" Labour Council seat of Redbridge by less than 200 votes. The Party's Millbrook ward candidacy was designed to defeat the Labour Chair of the City Council's Planning and Rights of Way Panel, and forme
Agent for Basingstoke Conservative
MP

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, Mike Denness. Denness lost his Millbrook seat to the Conservative candidate, Steve Galton, by 63 votes - less than the number of votes received by the Southampton Independents candidate - 91. The party was voluntarily de-registered in 2019.

References

External links

Southampton Independents Website - verified owned by the subject of this article. (archived and no longer updated)
Locally based political parties in England Southampton Politics of Hampshire {{UK-party-stub