The Newport Independents Party was registered with the Electoral Commission in March 2017 by its founder, Councillor Kevin Whitehead.

[2] It allowed independent councillors to work as a group and, therefore, have the right to sit on council scrutiny committees.

[4] Four Newport Independents were elected to Newport City Council on 4 May 2017: Kevin Whitehead, Janet Cleverly and Jason Jordan won seats in the Bettws ward and one candidate - Chris Evans - was successful in Rogerstone.

[5] Evans resigned from the party in January 2022 after being discovered soliciting a sex worker.

[6] The party fielded ten candidates in the May 2022 local elections, across six Newport wards.