About

The People's Independent Party was formed in 2020 by former Castle Point Mayor Steven Cole to campaign for change in Castle Point, ultimately to replace politician councillors who run the local council with independent campaigners who put people before party and personal gain every time. PIP believes that local people want their political representatives to stand up for them, to fight on behalf of local people and to deliver better services.PIP was formed by people who have been involved with other parties and people who have never been a member of any party. PIP believes that the local council needs the best local solutions, not ones imposed from Central Government, nor from unelected QUANGOs seeking to impose region wide planning solutions without recourse to the votes of the residents.Many local people believe the national parties have failed them and that is why they do not vote in local elections. PIP is made up of locally based people, not driven by party dogma and is fighting for a better deal for the residents. Within a short time of being formed PIP fielded local council candidates and were successful in three out of the eight mainland seats up for election, finishing second in the other five, a truly astonishing result. This in addition to Steven, who was already a councillor. In our second election contest in May 2022 we were successful in seven of the eight wards we contested, finishing a close second in the other. Much of this success was due to PIP informing local residents of the Local Plan for housing, and the implications of this plan, being pushed through by the Conservative grouping, on Green Belt, affordable housing and environmental issues.We now have ten councillors and PIP will be fielding candidates in all the mainland wards up for election in May 23.The Peoples Independent Party of Castle Point does not have any links with any other party that may have a similar name.