Lincolnshire Independents is a British political party based in the county of Lincolnshire. They were founded in July 2008.^[1][2][3]

At the 2009 election, Lincolnshire Independents stood 19 candidates for Lincolnshire County Council of whom four were elected.

Four years later, they increased their representation to nine seats and polled 10.4% of the votes cast county-wide.^[4]

In the 2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections the party stood a candidate for the Lincolnshire area, attaining 18,497 votes or approximately 16.52% of the vote.^[5]

At the 2017 county council election the party lost all but one of their seats on Lincolnshire County Council. Party leader Marianne Overton MBE won the Bassingham & Welbourn division.

Marianne Overton has been the Independent Group leader and a vice-chair on the Local Government Association since 2011.^[6]

At the 2010 general election, party leader Marianne Overton stood for Sleaford & North Hykeham.^[7][8] and retained her deposit by gaining more than 5% of the vote: She came fourth with 3,806 votes (6.4%).^[9][10] Campaign director Mark Horn, a Conservative Party member for 23 years who resigned as a county councillor in 2008,^[11] stood in Grantham and Stamford,^[12] receiving 929 votes (1.8%). In Louth and Horncastle, Daniel Simpson gained 576 votes (1.1%).^[13]

At the 2015 general election, Overton stood again in Sleaford & North Hykeham, coming fifth with 3,233 votes (5.2%). Jan Hansen stood in Grantham and Stamford, receiving 724 votes (1.3%) and Simpson stood again in Louth and Horncastle, polling 659 votes (1.3%). Additionally, Chris Darcel stood in Gainsborough, where he polled 505 votes (1%), and Helen Powell stood in Lincoln, where she received 286 votes (0.6%).

Overton stood in Sleaford and North Hykeham for a third time in the December 2016 by-election. She came fifth, with 2,892 votes (8.8%).

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