[2] As a technical group, The Independents did not have any formal policies, only providing administrative support to its members who were bound by its six key values[3][4] of "country first, collaboration, integrity, respect, leadership and openness".

(The others who left Change UK at that time, Chuka Umunna and Sarah Wollaston, joined the Liberal Democrats.)

The fifth member of the new group, John Woodcock, had been suspended from Labour in 2018 over charges of sexual harassment and left the party while under investigation.

[3] Luciana Berger and Angela Smith left the group to join the Liberal Democrats in early September 2019,[8][9] and Allen followed on 7 October 2019.

[11][12] Former members Berger and Smith ran as Liberal Democrat candidates and were also unsuccessful; Allen did not stand for re-election.