West Yorkshire Independents for Change

Founding
The WYI4C was started up by 3 Labour Party councillors, 3 Conservative party councillors and 1 Liberal Democrat councillor. One of the party's founders would be Gayle Lofthouse, who is the current leader of the party. It intends to run as a more big-tent party which is striving for social and economic change within West Yorkshire.

Leadership
The party is currently led by Gayle Lofthouse, and she has been the party's main leader since its founding. She describes herself as mildly right wing, having some more liberal views on certain topics, but having more right-wing ones on others. During her leadership, WYI4C has achieved around 30,000 members across the country, placing them as having more members than Plaid Cymru or the SNP.

The party is also, currently, the fourth largest party within West Yorkshire, having around 10 councillors in total. The party has never elected a Mayor or MP