The Heavy Woollen District Independents was a political party based in the Heavy Woollen District of West Yorkshire, England. The party was registered with the Electoral Commission on 13 September 2017.[1] Its leader was Aleksandar Lukic-Scott, who was the chairman for UKIP's Dewsbury, Batley and Spen branch until 2017.[1][2]

Lukic was elected as councillor for the Dewsbury East ward of Kirklees Council in 2019 by 71 votes.[2]

Paul Halloran stood for the party in the 2019 United Kingdom general election in Batley and Spen, coming third holding their deposit with 12.2% of the vote.[3][4]

The party goes by a variety of descriptions, including:

A full list can be found at The Electoral Commission website.[1] The party was deregistered in March 2022.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "View registration - The Electoral Commission". search.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Independent Aleks Lukic takes seat from Labour in Dewsbury East". Examiner Live. 3 May 2019. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  3. ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED, NOTICE OF POLL AND SITUATION OF POLLING STATIONS" (PDF). Kirklees Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Batley & Spen parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  5. ^ "'Politics is broken' says Independent candidate for Batley and Spen". Dewsbury Reporter. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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