[2] Flatpack democracy was reported in 2015 as having been directly responsible for the election successes of similarly independent groups in Arlesey, Bedfordshire and in Buckfastleigh, Devon.

[4] Specific examples in addition to Buckfastleigh include Dartmouth, Devon, Queen's Park, London and Alderley Edge, Cheshire.

In 2019, Amy Burnett of the University of Reading completed her PhD study of the town and its local politics following the election of Independents for Frome councillors in 2011.

[7] In June 2020 Emil Husted of the Copenhagen Business School published research analysing how Independents for Frome has made use of normative control techniques to reduce homogenizing norms.

[8] In March 2021 Burnett and Richard Nunes, also from the University of Reading, published a journal article reporting the results of an in-depth study[9] of Independents for Frome and its flatpack democracy model.

They considered ifF to be a "notable example of a potential political 'transition' where local voters rejected adversarial party-politics" and they argued that Frome's case is important in that the key protagonists were a group of independent councillors seeking to encourage inclusion and diversity.