He attempted to get permission from the party to formally use the description on the ballot paper at the 2018 state election, but was unsuccessful.
[11] Activist Saru Rana contested the 2019 Enfield state by-election in South Australia as an Independent Liberal.
At the 2022 Victorian state election, former Liberal Party member Fred Ackerman ran as a 'Liberal Independent' on a ticket with Mark Barrow.
[13][14] Western Metropolitan MP Moira Deeming started sitting as an Independent Liberal in April 2023 after receiving a 9-month suspension from the parliamentary party.
[17] Multiple members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly have been elected as Independent Liberals, including Harry Shearn (Maylands), Noel Butcher (Gascoyne), Bill Grayden (South Perth) and Edward Oldfield (Mount Lawley).