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This is a list of members of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] who were elected as [[independent
Excluded are the [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|speaker]], who traditionally stands for re-election without party affiliation, and MPs who were elected representing a major party but then defected or had the whip removed during a parliamentary term.
==Great Britain==
In [[Great Britain]], the major parties are considered to be the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative and Unionist Party]], the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] and its forerunners, the [[Liberal Unionist Party]], the various [[National Liberal Party
Minor party and independent MPs have been rare in recent times: there were only 13 different people elected as such in Great Britain between 1950 and 2023. However, there was a surge at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|general election in 2024]], with 4 Green MPs, 5 Reform MPs, and 5 independent candidates elected in constituencies with large [[British Muslim|Muslim]] populations, where there was opposition to the Labour Party due to their stance on the [[Israel-Gaza war]].<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9e9ydj215yo</ref>
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