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Broxtowe Independents
The Broxtowe Independents are a political party in the Borough of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, England. HistoryThe party was formed in January 2025 by announcement of the defection of 20 formerly Labour councillors, one of whom also serves on Nottinghamshire County Council. The councillors quit the Labour party, claiming that it had "abandoned traditional Labour values", with the new group notably expressing their opposition to the government's means testing of the Winter Fuel Payment, and the increase in bus fares.[1][2][3] The group has said that they intend to run Broxtowe Borough Council in a minority administration in the short term.[4] Two of the announced defectors ended up staying with the Labour Party, leaving the group with 18 councillors. The group's joint statement claimed 10 of their councillors had been blocked from standing as Labour candidates for the 2025 Nottinghamshire County Council election of the 2025 United Kingdom local elections.[5] One of the councillors, former deputy leader Greg Marshall, told The National: "[T]here have been policy positions at national level which weren't within General Election manifestos; winter fuel allowance for 11 million pensioners, abandonment of the Waspi women campaign, the Labour Party's response to Gaza. All of those things have been challenging".[6] References
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