Change UK - The Independent Group

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The Independent Group for Change
Logo of Change UK - The Independent Group
Anna Soubry
Party leader Anna Soubry
founding February 18, 2019
Place of foundation Altrincham , Cheshire
resolution 19th December 2019
Headquarters London , UKUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Alignment Progressivism
Pro-EU politics
Colours) Black and white
British House of Commons
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MEPs
0/73
Website voteforchange.uk

The Independent Group for Change until June 2019 Change UK - The Independent Group ( TIG ), in the German media often referred to as Independent group translated, was a short-lived pro EU - Party in the UK . The party initially emerged as a group of 11 parliamentarians who had left the Conservative Party and the Labor Party .

history

The Independent Group came into being when seven members of the Labor parliamentary group in the British House of Commons left the parliamentary group on February 18, 2019, among other things in order to protest against the fact that party chairman Jeremy Corbyn did not hold a second Brexit vote and because of alleged anti-Semitic tendencies in the party. On February 19, Joan Ryan followed as the eighth MP. On February 20, 2019, the previous MPs of the Conservative Party Heidi Allen, Anna Soubry and Sarah Wollaston joined the TIG - also in protest against Brexit.

In March 2019, TIG applied to the UK election committee to register as a party under the name Change UK - The Independent Group in order to participate in the European elections in May 2019 . Heidi Allen was appointed acting chairman. Registration was confirmed in mid-April. Following the official registration as a party, the EU- friendly small party Renew joined Change UK with a view to the European elections.

On April 16, 2019, then MEP Richard Ashworth announced that he had joined Change UK. He was originally elected as a representative of the Conservative Party in the European Parliament, but was expelled from the party in October 2017 due to disputes with the party leadership over his voting behavior on a resolution affecting Brexit. He sat in the Group of the European People's Party .

In the European elections, the result of which was announced on May 26 and 27, 2019, the party did not win a seat.

On June 4, 2019, Heidi Allen , Luciana Berger , Gavin Shuker , Angela Smith , Chuka Umunna and Sarah Wollaston left the party and announced that they would continue to exercise their mandates in the House of Commons as independent MPs. Umunna (mid-June 2019) and Wollaston (mid-August 2019) joined the Liberal Democrats . Allen, Berger, Shuker and Smith formed The Independents group in the House of Commons in July 2019 .

After the remaining candidates lost their seats in the 2019 general election , Soubry announced the dissolution of the party on December 19, 2019.

Members in parliaments

Former MPs in the House of Commons

Election results

The table below shows The Independent Group for Change's election results in the House of Commons and in the European Parliament elections.

year choice Voters Share of votes Seats
2019 EuropeEurope European elections 2019 571,846 3.4%
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2019 United KingdomUnited Kingdom General election 2019 10,006 0.0%
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Web links

Commons : Change UK - The Independent Group  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Change UK applies to change name . June 13, 2019 ( bbc.com [accessed August 24, 2019]).
  2. ↑ "Independent Group" in the House of Commons is a gesture of rebellion. In: faz.net. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ London - New "Independent Group" in British Parliament is growing. In: deutschlandfunk.de. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Labor MPs turn their backs on the party in protest against Brexit policies - Reuters. In: de.reuters.com. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
  5. ^ Frances Perraudin, Severin Carrell: Labor split: seven MPs resign from the party - Politics live . In: The Guardian . February 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ Jochen Wittmann Seven MPs leave Labor party because of Corbyn's Brexit course. Der Standard , February 18, 2019, accessed on the same day.
  7. ^ Peter Mühlbauer: Split from the British Labor Party. Telepolis , February 18, 2019, accessed the same day.
  8. ^ Eighth MP quits Labor for Independent Group . February 19, 2019 ( bbc.com [accessed February 19, 2019]).
  9. ^ Rowena Mason: Three Tory MPs defect to fledgling Independent Group . In: The Guardian . 20th February 2019.
  10. ↑ Markus Kollberg, London: New British Party: How “Change UK” wants to change Great Britain . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed April 17, 2019]).
  11. ↑ Rowena Mason Deputy political editor: Change UK registers as political party ahead of European elections . In: The Guardian . April 16, 2019, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed April 17, 2019]).
  12. ^ Renew Party folds to 'help' Independent Group in European elections. April 15, 2019, accessed April 17, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Change UK approved for European elections . April 16, 2019 ( bbc.com [accessed April 17, 2019]).
  14. ^ Press Association: Whip withdrawn from Tory MEPs who voted to block Brexit progress . In: The Guardian . October 7, 2017, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed April 17, 2019]).
  15. ↑ Several MPs leave the newly founded anti-Brexit party. In: zeit.de. June 4, 2019, accessed June 4, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Chuka Umunna joins the Lib Dems after quitting Change UK. BBC, June 14, 2019, accessed the same day. (English)
  17. ↑ Peter Walker Political correspondent: Totnes MP Sarah Wollaston joins the Liberal Democrats . In: The Guardian . August 14, 2019, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed August 24, 2019]).
  18. ↑ Ex-Change UK MPs form ANOTHER political group named The Independents. July 10, 2019, accessed on August 24, 2019 .
  19. ↑ General election 2019: Anna Soubry disbands Independent Group for Change . In: BBC News , December 19, 2019.