Broxtowe Alliance | |
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| Leader | Milan Radulovic |
| Founded | 2 January 2025; 13 months ago (2025-01-02) |
| Registered | 19 February 2025 |
| Split from | Labour Party |
| Headquarters | Beeston, Nottinghamshire |
| Colours | Green Red |
| Broxtowe Borough Council | 18 / 44 |
| Nottinghamshire County Council | 1 / 66 |
| Website | |
| broxtoweindependents | |
Broxtowe Alliance is apolitical party in theBorough of Broxtowe inNottinghamshire,England. They form the minority administration of Broxtowe Borough Council.
The party was formed as the Broxtowe Independents party in January 2025 by announcement of the defection of 20 formerlyLabour councillors, one of whom also served onNottinghamshire County Council. The councillors quit the Labour party, claiming that it had "abandoned traditional Labour values", with the new group notably expressing their opposition to the government'smeans testing of theWinter Fuel Payment, and the increase in bus fares.[1][2] The group has said that they intend to run Broxtowe Borough Council in a minority administration in the short term.[3] Two of the announced defectors ended up staying with the Labour Party, leaving the group with 18 councillors.
The group's joint statement claimed 10 of their councillors had been blocked from standing as Labour candidates for the2025 Nottinghamshire County Council election of the2025 United Kingdom local elections.[4]
One of the councillors, former deputy leader Greg Marshall, toldThe National: "[T]here have been policy positions at national level which weren't withinGeneral Election manifestos; winter fuel allowance for 11 million pensioners, abandonment of theWaspi women campaign, the Labour Party's response toGaza. All of those things have been challenging".[5]
The party's name was disputed by a preexisting group on Broxtowe Borough Council called the "Broxtowe Independent Group". They had been formed on 31 December 2024, and claimed that the naming was "causing unnecessary confusion". This eventually lead to the Broxtowe Independents being registered with theElectoral Commission as the "Broxtowe Alliance".[6][7] The Broxtowe Independent Group also registered as a political party.[8]