Independents 4 Change
| Independents 4 Change Neamhspleáigh ar son to Athraithe |
|
|---|---|
| founding | 2014 |
| Headquarters |
Dublin , Ireland
|
| Alignment | socialism |
|
Parliamentary seats Dáil Éireann |
2020 : 0/160 |
| Seanad Éireann | 2020: 0/60 |
|
Local government in Ireland |
3/949 |
| MEPs |
2/13 |
| EP Group | European United Left / Nordic Green Left (GUE-NGL) |
Independents 4 Change (I4C, Irish Neamhspleáigh ar son an Athraithe , German: "Independents for change") is a socialist Irish party . She is represented in the European Parliament and was represented in the Irish Parliament ( Dáil Éireann ) until May 2020 .
history
The party was founded in 2014 under the name Independents for Equality Movement . The group ran in 2014 with four candidates in the local elections in Wexford , but without reaching a mandate.
In 2015, the party changed its name to Independents 4 Change and helped found the Right2Change alliance for the 2016 Irish general election . Other parties in the electoral alliance included Sinn Féin and People Before Profit . Right2Change won 32 of the 158 seats, including four I4C MPs: Mick Wallace , Clare Daly , Joan Collins and Tommy Broughan . In Dáil Éireann, I4C formed a parliamentary group with three independent MPs .
In the 2019 European elections , Clare Daly and Mick Wallace were elected to the European Parliament. There they joined the Confederal Group of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left .
In the 2020 Dáil Éireann election , four candidates were run in four constituencies and only Joan Collins was re-elected in her constituency.
In May 2020, Joan Collins left the party and started a new political party called The Right To Change Party (RTOC or Right To Change) .
Election results
| year | choice | Share of votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 |
Dáil Éireann 2016
|
1.5% |
4/158 |
| 2019 |
 European elections 2019
|
7.4% |
2/11 |
| 2020 |
Dáil Éireann 2020
|
0.4% |
1/160 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://adriankavanaghelections.org/2013/07/02/non-party-candidates-for-the-2014-local-elections
- ↑ http://www.thejournal.ie/election-2016/party/47/independents-4-change/
- ↑ http://oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie/debates%20authoring/debateswebpack.nsf/takes/dail2016041400039
- ^ Justine McCarthy: Dublin TD Joan Collins leaves I4C to found new party Right to Change. In: thetimes.co.uk. May 31, 2020, accessed on June 15, 2020 .
