Independents 4 Change Explained

Country:Republic of Ireland
Independents 4 Change
Headquarters:21 Elmwood Drive, Swords, Dublin
Ideology:Socialism[1]
Anti-neoliberalism[2]
Position:Far-left
Seats1 Title:Local government

Independents 4 Change[3] is an Irish far-left political alliance, with registration as a political party, comprising several independent politicians.[4] It had two MEPs in the Ninth European Parliament: Clare Daly and Mick Wallace.

History

The political grouping registered as a political party in 2014.[5] It was previously known as the "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, Clare Daly, Joan Collins,[7] and Tommy Broughan,[8] and councillor Barry Martin[9] 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] 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.

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 February 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]

Neither Daly nor Wallace were re-elected in the 2024 European elections.

Election results

General elections

ElectionSeats won±PositionFirst pref. votes%Government
2016 4 6th31,3651.5%
with Fianna Fáil confidence & supply
2020 3 9th8,4210.4%

Local elections

ElectionSeats won±First pref. votes%
20141,8280.1%
2019 38,6260.5%
2024 23,5370.2%

European Parliament

ElectionLeader1st pref
Votes		%Seats+/−EP Group
2019Collective leadership124,0857.39% (#5)NewThe Left
202479,658 4.58% (#7) 2−

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ireland. Parties and Elections in Europe. Nordsieck. Wolfram. 2020. 29 April 2018. 7 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107051350/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/ireland.html. live.
  2. Web site: Independents 4 Change. GUE/NGL.
  3. Web site: Register of Political Parties . The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties . 16 October 2015 . 16 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024402/http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/regpolpart_16102015.pdf . 17 November 2015 . dead.
  4. Book: Escalona . Fabien . The Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe . 2023 . Springer . 353–355.
  5. Web site: Iris Oifigiúil, 14th March 2014. 20 May 2014. 21 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140521032252/http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/currentissues/IR140314.pdf. live.
  6. Web site: Non Party/Independent candidates for the 2014 Local Elections. Adrian Kavanagh – Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses. 2 July 2013. 20 May 2014. 20 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140520115156/http://adriankavanaghelections.org/2013/07/02/non-party-candidates-for-the-2014-local-elections/. live.
  7. Web site: Joan Collins. February 2016. Election 2016. RTÉ.ie. 15 February 2016. 9 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160209032438/http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754224-joan-collins/. live.
  8. Web site: Tommy Broughan. February 2016. Election 2016. RTÉ.ie. 15 February 2016. 9 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160209024130/http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754499-tommy-broughan/. live.
  9. Web site: Independents 4 Change. TheJournal.ie. 6 February 2016. 2 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160302014821/http://www.thejournal.ie/election-2016/party/47/independents-4-change/. live.
  10. [Mick Wallace]
  11. Web site: 10 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410100146/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=32&PartyID=56. Dáil Éireann Members' Directory - 32nd Dáil - Independents 4 Change. 1 May 2016. dead . dmy-all.
  12. News: Bardon . Sarah . Ministers told they must seek permission to miss Dáil votes over 'delicate voting situation' . . 0791-5144 . Dublin . en-ie . 1 June 2016 . 1 June 2016 . 2 June 2016 . 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 . live .
  13. Web site: Independents 4 Change members of the 32nd Dáil. Oireachtas Members Database. 6 April 2018. 6 April 2018. 10 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410100146/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=32&PartyID=56. live.
  14. News: Dublin TD Joan Collins leaves I4C to found new party Right to Change. The Times. 31 May 2020. McCarthy. Justine. 1 June 2020. 25 June 2020. 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. live.

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