<P> There are usually a small number of Independent politicians in parliament with no party allegiance . In modern times, this has usually occurred when a sitting member leaves their party, and some such MPs have been re-elected as independents . The only independent MP in the current parliament is Sylvia Hermon, previously of the Ulster Unionist Party . However, since 1950, only two new members have been elected as independents without having ever stood for a major party: </P> <Ul> <Li> Martin Bell represented the Tatton constituency in Cheshire between 1997 and 2001 . He was elected following a "sleaze" scandal involving the - then incumbent Conservative MP, Neil Hamilton--Bell, a BBC journalist, stood as an anti-corruption independent candidate, and the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties withdrew their candidates from the election . </Li> <Li> Dr. Richard Taylor MP was elected for the Wyre Forest constituency in 2001 on a platform opposing the closure of Kidderminster hospital . He later established Health Concern, the party under which he ran in 2005 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Martin Bell represented the Tatton constituency in Cheshire between 1997 and 2001 . He was elected following a "sleaze" scandal involving the - then incumbent Conservative MP, Neil Hamilton--Bell, a BBC journalist, stood as an anti-corruption independent candidate, and the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties withdrew their candidates from the election . </Li> <Li> Dr. Richard Taylor MP was elected for the Wyre Forest constituency in 2001 on a platform opposing the closure of Kidderminster hospital . He later established Health Concern, the party under which he ran in 2005 . </Li>

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