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Independents for Dorset

British political party

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 7, 2025
Entity authorityQ125997067 ↗
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Independents for Dorset is a local political party based in Dorset, England.

History

The group was founded succeeding the Alliance for Local Living. It was originally known as "All for Dorset" and was inspired by the teal independents in Australia. Independents for Dorset had 4 councillors until May 2024.

Independents for Dorset won three seats in the 2024 Dorset Council election.

They won nine of the 14 seats on Portland Town Council.

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This entry incorporates text from “Independents for Dorset” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.