Independent
Independent has stood 87,735 candidates in UK elections between 1889 and 2026, winning 24,683 seats. Its best year was 1973, with 1,749 seats won.
- Short name
- Independent
- Candidates stood
- 87,735
- Seats won
- 24,683
- Years active
- 1889–2026
| Year | Candidates | Seats won | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 999 | 108 | 470,411 |
| 2025 | 745 | 195 | 257,898 |
| 2024 | 1,182 | 160 | 1,762,459 |
| 2023 | 2,092 | 613 | 916,568 |
| 2022 | 1,696 | 672 | 742,389 |
| 2021 | 1,352 | 204 | 1,304,764 |
| 2020 | 36 | 5 | 6,810 |
| 2019 | 2,128 | 819 | 1,396,697 |
| 2018 | 499 | 83 | 210,020 |
| 2017 | 2,229 | 737 | 1,015,300 |
| 2016 | 481 | 85 | 1,413,826 |
| 2015 | 1,735 | 365 | 1,074,627 |
| 2014 | 474 | 68 | 180,968 |
| 2013 | 725 | 198 | 318,369 |
| 2012 | 1,586 | 574 | 2,847,872 |
| 2011 | 1,789 | 524 | 858,538 |
| 2010 | 926 | 35 | 525,417 |
| 2009 | 596 | 126 | 319,372 |
| 2008 | 1,243 | 431 | 536,151 |
| 2007 | 2,647 | 972 | 1,189,590 |
| 2006 | 569 | 67 | 227,767 |
| 2005 | 671 | 65 | 504,913 |
| 2004 | 1,297 | 484 | 657,510 |
| 2003 | 2,630 | 1,138 | 1,090,331 |
| 2002 | 615 | 138 | 332,136 |
| 2001 | 590 | 34 | 495,721 |
| 2000 | 368 | 75 | 1,603,811 |
| 1999 | 3,578 | 1,042 | 1,368,291 |
| 1998 | 347 | 68 | 139,346 |
| 1997 | 476 | 88 | 502,938 |
| 1996 | 327 | 94 | 147,861 |
| 1995 | 4,101 | 1,123 | 1,571,504 |
| 1994 | 675 | 216 | 288,601 |
| 1993 | 807 | 141 | 561,642 |
| 1992 | 705 | 256 | 291,207 |
| 1991 | 4,425 | 788 | 1,873,002 |
| 1990 | 586 | 189 | 279,187 |
| 1989 | 473 | 205 | 321,272 |
| 1988 | 627 | 280 | 231,963 |
| 1987 | 3,218 | 986 | 1,298,393 |
| 1986 | 534 | 190 | 213,256 |
| 1985 | 572 | 108 | 366,325 |
| 1984 | 249 | 43 | 110,454 |
| 1983 | 4,053 | 1,093 | 1,548,182 |
| 1982 | 308 | 41 | 112,266 |
| 1981 | 703 | 104 | 480,896 |
| 1980 | 266 | 52 | 100,639 |
| 1979 | 4,725 | 1,572 | 2,798,557 |
| 1978 | 147 | 14 | 67,657 |
| 1977 | 868 | 194 | 545,281 |
| 1976 | 5,539 | 1,634 | 2,272,658 |
| 1975 | 45 | 0 | 26,076 |
| 1974 | 1,222 | 538 | 527,684 |
| 1973 | 9,718 | 1,749 | 4,509,039 |
| 1972 | 440 | 245 | 198,634 |
| 1971 | 595 | 281 | 307,278 |
| 1970 | 37 | 1 | 45,183 |
| 1969 | 805 | 506 | 399,524 |
| 1968 | 82 | 5 | 34,673 |
| 1967 | 12 | 0 | 16,354 |
| 1966 | 13 | 0 | 23,455 |
| 1964 | 87 | 3 | 69,600 |
| 1962 | 15 | 0 | 4,498 |
| 1961 | 4 | 0 | 3,066 |
| 1959 | 32 | 1 | 15,478 |
| 1958 | 7 | 0 | 2,190 |
| 1956 | 25 | 0 | 7,186 |
| 1955 | 9 | 0 | 37,380 |
| 1954 | 480 | 328 | 291,613 |
| 1953 | 10 | 0 | 4,596 |
| 1952 | 2 | 0 | 1,672 |
| 1951 | 604 | 423 | 455,729 |
| 1950 | 6 | 0 | 28,443 |
| 1949 | 26 | 0 | 3,802 |
| 1946 | 2 | 0 | 1,184 |
| 1945 | 1,423 | 657 | 1,177,753 |
| 1937 | 15 | 0 | 4,326 |
| 1935 | 4 | 2 | 6,165 |
| 1934 | 51 | 3 | 13,737 |
| 1931 | 53 | 12 | 37,944 |
| 1929 | 8 | 4 | 81,721 |
| 1928 | 62 | 4 | 27,899 |
| 1925 | 70 | 8 | 36,679 |
| 1924 | 4 | 2 | 19,703 |
| 1923 | 4 | 2 | 31,282 |
| 1922 | 120 | 17 | 190,995 |
| 1919 | 165 | 56 | 102,418 |
| 1918 | 45 | 2 | 103,983 |
| 1913 | 6 | 0 | 3,911 |
| 1912 | 131 | 32 | 50,878 |
| 1910 | 1 | 0 | 56 |
| 1909 | 153 | 47 | 57,494 |
| 1907 | 5 | 1 | 3,183 |
| 1906 | 170 | 81 | 65,326 |
| 1904 | 4 | 1 | 1,864 |
| 1903 | 273 | 100 | 88,861 |
| 1901 | 4 | 0 | 1,401 |
| 1900 | 412 | 74 | 116,899 |
| 1898 | 5 | 0 | 2,369 |
| 1895 | 2 | 0 | 801 |
| 1892 | 7 | 0 | 3,016 |
| 1889 | 51 | 2 | 33,042 |