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IndependentsIndependents
Dated changes for sitting Independents MPs in this snapshot. Public beta — not editorial, not a party briefing, and not a press scrape. Members as of 13 Sept 2026. Recent items from 14 Sept 2025.
Independents have no single Commons whip in this snapshot. Vote counts below are how sitting Independents voted, not a party line.
Sitting MPs
11
Current Members snapshot
Recent items
4
Since 14 Sept 2025
Whip splits
n/a
Not scored — no single whip
RMFI rows in window
45
Latest register; dated rows only
Recent (14 Sept 2025 onward)
- Joined this party (from curated departure row)
Bayo Alaba now listed as Independent
Curated whip withdrawn from Labour on 2026-08-17. Members snapshot now lists Independent. Sitting as Independent (Members snapshot).
Source: BBC News. As of 14 Sept 2026.
- Register of interests (latest snapshot)
45 RMFI rows dated since 2025-09-14
Rows in the latest Commons RMFI for sitting Independents MPs whose registered or published date falls on/after 2025-09-14. This is not a diff against a previous register — only the current published register is stored.
Source: UK Parliament Interests API (Registers + Interests CSV). As of 7 Sept 2026.
- Joined this party (from curated departure row)
Cameron Thomas now listed as Independent
Curated whip withdrawn from Liberal Democrat on 2026-06-18. Members snapshot now lists Independent. Sitting as Independent (Members snapshot).
Source: BBC News. As of 14 Sept 2026.
- Joined this party (from curated departure row)
Karl Turner now listed as Independent
Curated whip withdrawn from Labour on 2026-03-31. Members snapshot now lists Independent. Sitting as Independent (Members snapshot).
Source: The Guardian. As of 14 Sept 2026.
Party switches, resignations and joins
Whip withdrawals, expulsions and resignations of the whip are the curated Parliament 59 list. This snapshot does not include a Members API party-history feed, so a “join” is the current party field after that curated row. Full table: Let go by party.
| Date | MP | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Aug 2026 | Bayo Alaba | Now listed here; formerly Labour | BBC News |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Cameron Thomas | Now listed here; formerly Liberal Democrat | BBC News |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Karl Turner | Now listed here; formerly Labour | The Guardian |
| 5 Jul 2025 | James McMurdock | Now listed here; formerly Reform UK | BBC News |
| 4 Apr 2025 | Dan Norris | Now listed here; formerly Labour | The Guardian |
| 28 Sept 2024 | Rosie Duffield | Now listed here; formerly Labour | Sky News |
New or changed MPs
Sitting members whose current Commons membershipStart is after 4 July 2024. That is the current spell in the Members API — typically a by-election, sometimes a restarted membership — not a claim they were first elected on that date.
No sitting Independents MPs with a post-4 July 2024 membership start in this snapshot.
Commons leavers are not listed. This snapshot is sitting members only. MPs who left the Commons (resignation, death, disqualification) drop out of the Members list — Watchtower does not invent those names.
How sitting MPs voted
Individual Aye/No lists exist for the newest 120 divisions in this snapshot. Counts use each MP’s current party. Commons Votes does not publish whip instructions or free-vote labels.
Recent recorded pattern
| Date | Division | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sept 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading | 2 | 9 |
| 11 Sept 2026 | Closure motion | 3 | 8 |
| 10 Sept 2026 | Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading | 0 | 2 |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 Sept 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 Sept 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 Sept 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 Sept 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 | 7 | 0 |
Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Optional dated slice from the latest Commons RMFI: rows for sitting Independents MPs whose registered or published date is on/after 14 Sept 2025. Not a changelog of previous registers. Sample of 8 most recent (45 in the window). Full entries stay on each MP page.
| Date | MP | Category | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Aug 2026 | Karl Turner | Miscellaneous | — |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Ayoub Khan | Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | £888.49 |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Karl Turner | Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | £1,500 |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Karl Turner | Employment and earnings | — |
| 8 Jun 2026 | James McMurdock | Visits outside the UK | — |
| 6 May 2026 | Ayoub Khan | Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | £1,662.73 |
| 27 Mar 2026 | Ayoub Khan | Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | £1,662.73 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Cameron Thomas | Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | £560 |
Earlier in Parliament 59
Sourced rows from 4 Jul 2024 to just before 14 Sept 2025 — kept here so the recent feed stays scannable.
- Joined this party (from curated departure row)
James McMurdock now listed as Independent
Curated surrendered the whip from Reform UK on 2025-07-05. Members snapshot now lists Independent. Sitting as Independent (Members snapshot).
Source: BBC News. As of 14 Sept 2026.
- Joined this party (from curated departure row)
Dan Norris now listed as Independent
Curated whip withdrawn from Labour on 2025-04-04. Members snapshot now lists Independent. Sitting as Independent (Members snapshot).
Source: The Guardian. As of 14 Sept 2026.
- Joined this party (from curated departure row)
Rosie Duffield now listed as Independent
Curated resigned the whip from Labour on 2024-09-28. Members snapshot now lists Independent. Sitting as Independent (Members snapshot).
Source: Sky News. As of 14 Sept 2026.
Sources
Source: UK Parliament Members API. As of 13 Sept 2026.
Source: Curated party-discipline departures (no official bulk API). As of 14 Sept 2026.
Source: Commons Votes API. As of 13 Sept 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Interests API (Registers + Interests CSV). As of 7 Sept 2026.