The Lincolnshire Independents is a minor British political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, founded in July 2008.

They have 4 councillors on Lincolnshire County Council, gaining one in the 2009 local elections (the allied Boston Bypass Independents

Boston Bypass Independents

The Boston Bypass Independents were elected to Boston Borough Council at the 2007 local elections. The party campaigned on a wide range of issues but principally on the more vigorous promotion of a bypass for the town of Boston, Lincolnshire....

 have another seat). Their leader, Marianne Overton, stood for the Sleaford & North Hykeham constituency in the 2010 general election. She came fourth with 3,806 votes (6.4%). Campaign director Mark Horn, a Conservative Party member for 23 years who resigned as a county councillor in 2008, stood in Grantham and Stamford, receiving 929 votes (1.8%). In Louth and Horncastle

Louth and Horncastle

Louth and Horncastle is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...

, Daniel Simpson gained 576 votes (1.1%).

External links

• Lincolnshire Independents homepage
• Mark Horn's campaign site
• Election leaflets on The Straight Choice