Independents for Frome
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Independents for Frome
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| 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
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| 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".
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.
*One of the Liberal Democrat councillors defected to UKIP prior to the 2015 election.
At Mendip Parish elections on 7 May 2015, the party contested and won all seventeen available seats.
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