Localised political party in West Yorkshire, England
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 of UKIP's Dewsbury, Batley and Spen branch until 2017.[1][2]
Lukic was elected to Kirklees Council in 2019, as councillor for the Dewsbury East ward, by 71 votes.[2]
Paul Halloran stood for the party in the 2019 United Kingdom general election in Batley and Spen, coming third and holding his deposit with 12.2% of the vote.[3][4]
The party went by a variety of descriptions, including:
Dewsbury Borough Independents — Heavy Woollen District
Batley Borough Independents — Heavy Woollen District[5]
Spen Valley Independents — Heavy Woollen District
A full list can be found at the Electoral Commission website.[1] The party was deregistered in March 2022.[1]
^ abcd"View registration". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ ab"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.
^"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.
^"Batley & Spen parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^"'Politics is broken' says Independent candidate for Batley and Spen". Dewsbury Reporter. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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