{{Use Australian English|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox political party | name = | logo = TheLocalIndependentParty.png | abbreviation = {{hlist|TLIP|LIP}} | colorcode = #F7CD47 | leader1_name = Francois Tarabay<ref name="nswec">{{cite web |title=Local government register of political parties |url=https://elections.nsw.gov.au/funding-and-disclosure/public-register-and-lists/register-of-parties/local-government-register-of-parties |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |access-date=9 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709052601/https://elections.nsw.gov.au/funding-and-disclosure/public-register-and-lists/register-of-parties/local-government-register-of-parties |archive-date=9 July 2024}}</ref> | leader1_title = Registered officer | founder = | foundation = 2017 | dissolved = | split = | predecessor = | merged = | successor = | headquarters = Wetherill, New South Wales, Australia<ref name="nswec"/> | ideology = Localism | seats1_title = {{nowrap|Local government}} | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|1480|hex=#F7CD47}} | country = New South Wales }} '''The Local Independent Party''' ('''TLIP''' or '''LIP''') is an Australian political party that competes in local elections in New South Wales.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Parramatta |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nswlg/2017/parramatta |publisher=ABC News}}</ref>
Unlike many other local government political parties in Australia, the party competes in elections for several different councils.
==History== The party was formed ahead of the 2017 New South Wales local elections. Two councillors who were formerly members of the Liberal Party − John Hugh (Parramatta) and Nasr Kafrouni (Cumberland) − joined the party.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cumberland council election, 2017 |date=12 May 2017 |url=https://www.tallyroom.com.au/archive/nswcouncil2017/cumberland2017 |publisher=The Tally Room}}</ref>
At the elections, the party received 0.65% of the total statewide vote but was not successful in getting any candidates elected.<ref>{{cite web |title=Results by Local Government Area |url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2017/results/index.htm |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228233706/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2017/results/index.htm |archive-date=28 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2017 NSW Local Government Elections |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nswlg/2017 |publisher=ABC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228232012/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nswlg/2017 |archive-date=28 December 2023}}</ref>
The party did not contest the 2021 New South Wales local elections, although is still registered with the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC) as of July 2024.<ref name="nswec"/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Local Independent Party}} Category:Political parties established in 2017 Category:2017 establishments in Australia Category:Local government political parties in Australia Category:Political parties in New South Wales
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