Independents 4 Change is an Irish political alliance, with registration as a political party, comprising several independent politicians. It had two

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in the

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Clare Daly Clare Daly (born 16 April 1968) is an Irish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Dublin constituency from July 2019 to July 2024. She is a member of Independents 4 Change, affiliated to The Left in ...

and

Mick Wallace Michael Wallace (born 9 November 1955) is an Irish politician, former property developer and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Republic of Ireland, Ireland for the South (European Parliament constituency), South constituency f ...

History

The political grouping registered as a political party in 2014. It was previously known as the "Independents for Equality" Movement. Four candidates contested the 2014 local elections for the group in each of the

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s in Wexford County Council. None of them were elected. The party adopted its current name in September 2015, after the establishment of the Right2Change electoral alliance, which its candidates in the 2016 general election subscribed.

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, and Tommy Broughan, and councillor Barry Martin contested the 2016 general election for Independents 4 Change, with Broughan, Collins, Daly and Wallace being elected. Within the

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, I4C took advantage of revised Dáil standing orders to form their own

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, which also included three Independent TDs who were not members of the party itself:

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, Thomas Pringle, and

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. Tommy Broughan left the party on 26 July 2016. In 2016 Ruth Nolan, a member of

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for Lucan who had been elected for

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, joined Independents 4 Change. At the

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, Clare Daly and Mick Wallace were elected as MEPs; they became part of The Left group in the European Parliament. Three councilors were elected for Independents 4 Change in the

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held on the same day, including former Labour TD from Sligo, and longtime Independent Socialist councillor Declan Bree. In the February 2020 general election, Independents 4 Change returned one TD,

in Dublin South-Central. However, she soon left I4C to found a new party called Right to Change, leaving I4C with no TDs. Neither Daly nor Wallace were re-elected in the 2024 European elections. Dean Mulligan was re-elected as a councillor for the

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electoral area on

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. In addition to Mulligan, Wallace and Daly contested the

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; None were elected.

Election results

General elections

Local elections

European Parliament

References

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