Broxtowe Alliance is a

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in the

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. They form the minority administration of Broxtowe Borough Council.

History

The party was formed in January 2025 by announcement of the defection of 20 formerly Labour councillors, one of whom also served on

Nottinghamshire County Council Nottinghamshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Nottinghamshire in England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county; the non-metropolitan county excludes the city of ...

. 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's means testing of the

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, and the increase in bus fares. The group has said that they intend to run Broxtowe Borough Council in a minority administration in the short term. 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 the 2025 Nottinghamshire County Council election of the

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. One of the councillors, former deputy leader Greg Marshall, told '' The National'': " ere have been policy positions at national level which weren't within

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manifestos; winter fuel allowance for 11 million pensioners, abandonment of the Waspi women campaign, the Labour Party's response to Gaza. All of those things have been challenging". 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 the

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as the "Broxtowe Alliance". The Broxtowe Independent Group also registered as a political party.

References

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External links

Official website
2025 establishments in England Locally based political parties in England Political parties established in 2025 Politics of Nottinghamshire Labour Party (UK) breakaway groups