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Independents 4 Change
Independents 4 Change
Founded	2014
Headquarters	21 Elmwood Drive, Swords, Dublin
Ideology	Socialism; Anti-neoliberalism
European Parliament group	The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
Local government	2 / 949
European Parliament	2 / 13
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Independents 4 Change^[3] is an Irish far-left political alliance comprising several independent politicians.^[4] It has two Members of the European Parliament (MEPs): Clare Daly and Mick Wallace.

History

Independents 4 Change MEPs elected in 2019: Mick Wallace and Clare Daly

The political grouping registered as a political party since 2014.^[5] It was previously known as Independents for Equality Movement.

Four candidates contested the 2014 local elections for the group in each of the local electoral areas in Wexford County Council.^[6] None of them were elected.

The party adopted its current name in September 2015, after the establishment of the Right2Change electoral alliance, which its candidates in the 2016 general election subscribed.

Mick Wallace,^[7] Clare Daly,^[7] Joan Collins,^[8] and Tommy Broughan,^[9] and councillor Barry Martin^[7] contested the 2016 general election for Independents 4 Change, with Broughan, Collins, Daly and Wallace being elected.

Within the 32nd Dáil, I4C took advantage of revised Dáil standing orders to form their own technical group, which also included three Independent TDs who were not members of the party itself: Catherine Connolly, Thomas Pringle, and Maureen O'Sullivan.^[10]^[11]^[12]

Tommy Broughan left the party on 26 July 2016.^[13]^{[failed verification]} In 2016 Ruth Nolan, a member of South Dublin County Council for Lucan who had been elected for People Before Profit, joined Independents 4 Change.^{[citation needed]}

At the 2019 European Parliament election, Clare Daly and Mick Wallace were elected as MEPs; they became part of The Left group in the European Parliament. Three councilors were elected for Independents 4 Change in the local elections held on the same day, including former Labour TD from Sligo, and longtime Independent Socialist councillor Declan Bree.

In the May 2020 general election, Independents 4 Change returned one TD, Joan Collins in Dublin South-Central. However, she soon left I4C to found a new party called Right to Change, leaving I4C with no TDs.^[14]

Election results

General elections

Election	Seats won	±	Position	First pref. votes	%	Government
2016	4 / 158	4	6th	31,365	1.5%	Fine Gael – Independents with Fianna Fáil confidence & supply
2020	1 / 160	3	9th	8,421	0.4%	Fianna Fáil – Fine Gael – Green Party

Local elections

Election	Seats won	±	First pref. votes	%
2014	0 / 949		1,828	0.1%
2019	3 / 949	3	8,626	0.5%

European elections

Election	Seats won	±	First pref. votes	%
2019	2 / 13	2	124,085	7.4%

References

^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Ireland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "Independents 4 Change". GUE/NGL.
^ "Register of Political Parties" (PDF). The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
^ Escalona, Fabien, ed. (2023). The Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe. Springer. pp. 353–355.
^ "Iris Oifigiúil, 14th March 2014" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ "Non Party/Independent candidates for the 2014 Local Elections". Adrian Kavanagh – Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses. 2 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Independents 4 Change". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ "Joan Collins". Election 2016. RTÉ.ie. February 2016. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ "Tommy Broughan". Election 2016. RTÉ.ie. February 2016. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ Mick Wallace (14 April 2016). "Housing Issues: Statements". Dáil Debates. Oireachtas. 14 April 2016. p. 39. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016.
^ "Dáil Éireann Members' Directory - 32nd Dáil - Independents 4 Change". Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ Bardon, Sarah (1 June 2016). "Ministers told they must seek permission to miss Dáil votes over 'delicate voting situation'". The Irish Times. Dublin. ISSN 0791-5144. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
^ "Independents 4 Change members of the 32nd Dáil". Oireachtas Members Database. 6 April 2018. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ McCarthy, Justine (31 May 2020). "Dublin TD Joan Collins leaves I4C to found new party Right to Change". The Times. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

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[Nordsieck-1] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Ireland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[auto-2] "Independents 4 Change". GUE/NGL.

[3] "Register of Political Parties" (PDF). The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.

[4] Escalona, Fabien, ed. (2023). The Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe. Springer. pp. 353–355.

[5] "Iris Oifigiúil, 14th March 2014" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[6] "Non Party/Independent candidates for the 2014 Local Elections". Adrian Kavanagh – Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses. 2 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[thejournallist-7] "Independents 4 Change". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[8] "Joan Collins". Election 2016. RTÉ.ie. February 2016. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[9] "Tommy Broughan". Election 2016. RTÉ.ie. February 2016. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[10] Mick Wallace (14 April 2016). "Housing Issues: Statements". Dáil Debates. Oireachtas. 14 April 2016. p. 39. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016.

[11] "Dáil Éireann Members' Directory - 32nd Dáil - Independents 4 Change". Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

[12] Bardon, Sarah (1 June 2016). "Ministers told they must seek permission to miss Dáil votes over 'delicate voting situation'". The Irish Times. Dublin. ISSN 0791-5144. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[13] "Independents 4 Change members of the 32nd Dáil". Oireachtas Members Database. 6 April 2018. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[leaves-14] McCarthy, Justine (31 May 2020). "Dublin TD Joan Collins leaves I4C to found new party Right to Change". The Times. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

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-'''Independents 4 Change'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/regpolpart_16102015.pdf|title=Register of Political Parties|work=The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties|date=16 October 2015|access-date=16 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024402/http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/regpolpart_16102015.pdf|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an Irish [[political party]].
+'''Independents 4 Change'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/regpolpart_16102015.pdf|title=Register of Political Parties|work=The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties|date=16 October 2015|access-date=16 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024402/http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/regpolpart_16102015.pdf|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an Irish [[Far-left politics|far-left]] political alliance comprising several independent politicians.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Escalona |editor1-first=Fabien |title=The Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe |date=2023 |publisher=Springer |pages=353-355}}</ref> It has two [[Members of the European Parliament]] (MEPs): [[Clare Daly]] and [[Mick Wallace]].
 == History ==
+[[File:I4C MEPs 2019.jpg|thumb|Independents 4 Change MEPs elected in 2019: Mick Wallace and Clare Daly]]
 The political grouping registered as a political party since 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/currentissues/IR140314.pdf|title=Iris Oifigiúil, 14th March 2014|access-date=20 May 2014|archive-date=21 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521032252/http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/currentissues/IR140314.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> It was previously known as Independents for Equality Movement.
+Four candidates contested the [[2014 Irish local elections|2014 local elections]] for the group in each of the [[local electoral area]]s in [[Wexford County Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adriankavanaghelections.org/2013/07/02/non-party-candidates-for-the-2014-local-elections/|title=Non Party/Independent candidates for the 2014 Local Elections|work=Adrian Kavanagh – Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses|date=2 July 2013|access-date=20 May 2014|archive-date=20 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520115156/http://adriankavanaghelections.org/2013/07/02/non-party-candidates-for-the-2014-local-elections/|url-status=live}}</ref> None of them were elected.
 The party adopted its current name in September 2015, after the establishment of the [[Right2Change]] electoral alliance, which its candidates in the 2016 general election subscribed.
+[[Mick Wallace]],<ref name="thejournallist"/> [[Clare Daly]],<ref name="thejournallist"/> [[Joan Collins (politician)|Joan Collins]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754224-joan-collins/|title=Joan Collins|date=February 2016|work=Election 2016|publisher=[[RTÉ.ie]]|access-date=15 February 2016|archive-date=9 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209032438/http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754224-joan-collins/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Tommy Broughan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754499-tommy-broughan/|title=Tommy Broughan|date=February 2016|work=Election 2016|publisher=[[RTÉ.ie]]|access-date=15 February 2016|archive-date=9 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209024130/http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754499-tommy-broughan/|url-status=live}}</ref> and councillor Barry Martin<ref name="thejournallist">{{cite web|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/election-2016/party/47/independents-4-change/|title=Independents 4 Change|work=TheJournal.ie|access-date=6 February 2016|archive-date=2 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302014821/http://www.thejournal.ie/election-2016/party/47/independents-4-change/|url-status=live}}</ref> contested the [[2016 Irish general election|2016 general election]] for Independents 4 Change, with Broughan, Collins, Daly and Wallace being elected.
 Within the [[32nd Dáil]], I4C took advantage of revised Dáil standing orders to form their own [[technical group]], which also included three Independent TDs who were not members of the party itself: [[Catherine Connolly]], [[Thomas Pringle (politician)|Thomas Pringle]], and [[Maureen O'Sullivan (politician)|Maureen O'Sullivan]].<ref>[[Mick Wallace]] (14 April 2016). {{cite web |url=http://oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie/debates%20authoring/debateswebpack.nsf/takes/dail2016041400039 |title=Housing Issues: Statements |date=14 April 2016 |work=[[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]] Debates |publisher=[[Oireachtas]] |volume=906 |issue=4 |page=39 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603101057/http://oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie/debates%20authoring/debateswebpack.nsf/takes/dail2016041400039 |archive-date=3 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-date=10 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410100146/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=32&PartyID=56|title=Dáil Éireann Members' Directory - 32nd Dáil - Independents 4 Change|url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=32&PartyID=56|access-date=1 May 2016|url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bardon |first=Sarah |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ministers-told-they-must-seek-permission-to-miss-d%C3%A1il-votes-over-delicate-voting-situation-1.2667751 |title=Ministers told they must seek permission to miss Dáil votes over 'delicate voting situation' |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |issn=0791-5144 |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |date=1 June 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016 |archive-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602125538/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ministers-told-they-must-seek-permission-to-miss-d%C3%A1il-votes-over-delicate-voting-situation-1.2667751 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-[[Tommy Broughan]] left the party on 26 July 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=32&PartyId=56|work=Oireachtas Members Database|title=Independents 4 Change members of the 32nd Dáil|date=6 April 2018|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-date=10 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410100146/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=32&PartyID=56|url-status=live}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2019}}
+[[Tommy Broughan]] left the party on 26 July 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=32&PartyId=56|work=Oireachtas Members Database|title=Independents 4 Change members of the 32nd Dáil|date=6 April 2018|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-date=10 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410100146/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=32&PartyID=56|url-status=live}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2019}} In 2016 Ruth Nolan, a member of [[South Dublin County Council]] for Lucan who had been elected for [[People Before Profit]], joined Independents 4 Change.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}
-In 2016 Ruth Nolan, a member of [[South Dublin County Council]] for Lucan who had been elected for [[People Before Profit]], joined Independents 4 Change.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}
-In May 2020, Joan Collins left I4C to found a new party called [[Right to Change]], leaving the party with no TDs.<ref name="leaves">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dublin-td-joan-collins-leaves-i4c-to-found-new-party-right-to-change-8cf70tw9b|title=Dublin TD Joan Collins leaves I4C to found new party Right to Change|work=The Times|date=31 May 2020|last1=McCarthy|first1=Justine|access-date=1 June 2020|archive-date=25 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625084606/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dublin-td-joan-collins-leaves-i4c-to-found-new-party-right-to-change-8cf70tw9b|url-status=live}}</ref>
-==Electoral history==
-Four candidates contested the [[2014 Irish local elections|2014 local elections]] for the group in each of the [[local electoral area]]s in [[Wexford County Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adriankavanaghelections.org/2013/07/02/non-party-candidates-for-the-2014-local-elections/|title=Non Party/Independent candidates for the 2014 Local Elections|work=Adrian Kavanagh – Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses|date=2 July 2013|access-date=20 May 2014|archive-date=20 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520115156/http://adriankavanaghelections.org/2013/07/02/non-party-candidates-for-the-2014-local-elections/|url-status=live}}</ref> None of them were elected.
-[[Mick Wallace]],<ref name="thejournallist"/> [[Clare Daly]],<ref name="thejournallist"/> [[Joan Collins (politician)|Joan Collins]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754224-joan-collins/|title=Joan Collins|date=February 2016|work=Election 2016|publisher=[[RTÉ.ie]]|access-date=15 February 2016|archive-date=9 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209032438/http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754224-joan-collins/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Tommy Broughan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754499-tommy-broughan/|title=Tommy Broughan|date=February 2016|work=Election 2016|publisher=[[RTÉ.ie]]|access-date=15 February 2016|archive-date=9 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209024130/http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754499-tommy-broughan/|url-status=live}}</ref> and councillor Barry Martin<ref name="thejournallist">{{cite web|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/election-2016/party/47/independents-4-change/|title=Independents 4 Change|work=TheJournal.ie|access-date=6 February 2016|archive-date=2 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302014821/http://www.thejournal.ie/election-2016/party/47/independents-4-change/|url-status=live}}</ref> contested the [[2016 Irish general election|2016 general election]] for Independents 4 Change, with Broughan, Collins, Daly and Wallace being elected.
-At the [[2019 European Parliament election in Ireland|2019 European Parliament election]], [[Clare Daly]] and [[Mick Wallace]] were elected as MEPs; they became part of [[The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL|The Left group in the European Parliament]] as did the Sinn Féin MEP [[Matt Carthy]]. Three councilors were elected for Independents 4 Change in the [[2019 Irish local elections|local elections]] held on the same day, including former Labour TD from Sligo, and longtime [[Sligo/Leitrim Independent Socialist Organisation|Independent Socialist]] councillor [[Declan Bree]].
+At the [[2019 European Parliament election in Ireland|2019 European Parliament election]], Clare Daly and Mick Wallace were elected as MEPs; they became part of [[The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL|The Left group in the European Parliament]]. Three councilors were elected for Independents 4 Change in the [[2019 Irish local elections|local elections]] held on the same day, including former Labour TD from Sligo, and longtime [[Sligo/Leitrim Independent Socialist Organisation|Independent Socialist]] councillor [[Declan Bree]].
-In the [[2020 Irish general election|2020 general election]], Independents 4 Change returned one TD, [[Joan Collins (politician)|Joan Collins]] in [[Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-Central]]. However, Collins would leave the party a few months into the new Dáil, forming a new political party, [[Right to Change]].
+In the [[2020 Irish general election|May 2020 general election]], Independents 4 Change returned one TD, [[Joan Collins (politician)|Joan Collins]] in [[Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-Central]]. However, she soon left I4C to found a new party called [[Right to Change]], leaving I4C with no TDs.<ref name="leaves">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dublin-td-joan-collins-leaves-i4c-to-found-new-party-right-to-change-8cf70tw9b|title=Dublin TD Joan Collins leaves I4C to found new party Right to Change|work=The Times|date=31 May 2020|last1=McCarthy|first1=Justine|access-date=1 June 2020|archive-date=25 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625084606/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dublin-td-joan-collins-leaves-i4c-to-found-new-party-right-to-change-8cf70tw9b|url-status=live}}</ref>
+==Election results==
 ===General elections===
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