The Jury Team was a British political campaign established in 2009 to back independent candidates in United Kingdom domestic and European elections.

After contesting the European Parliament elections in June 2009, the Jury Team's first Independent United Kingdom parliamentary candidate was John Smeaton, who stood in the 2009 Glasgow North East by-election.

The Jury Team campaign for more independent politicians was launched on 8 March 2009 by Sir Paul Judge, a businessman and former director-general of the Conservative Party.

[2] A YouGov poll commissioned by Jury Team as part of its launch suggested that 55% of electors would vote for an Independent candidate if they thought they had a realistic chance of being elected.

On 25 September 2009 it was announced that John Smeaton, an airport worker who came to national attention for intervening in the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack, would be the first candidate selected by Jury Team to stand for a seat in the Westminster Parliament, and would contest the 2009 Glasgow North East by-election for the vacant seat formerly held by the Speaker of the House Michael Martin.

[7] Jury Team's candidate public vote by text message selection method was likened to the reality TV shows The X-Factor and American Idol.

[7] TIME magazine called the movement similar to the reality show American Idol[4] Jury Team's lack of manifesto attracted the moniker the "anti-party party".