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In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between the two parties, they may hold an extremist viewpoint that goes beyond that of either major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that either party addresses.[1]
Independents have rarely been elected to the federal Parliament of Australia, although they are more commonly elected to state parliaments. In Canada Independent politicians have held considerable sway in the Canadian House of Commons. In Philippines, Noli de Castro, the Philippines’ current vice president, ran as senator in 2001 with no political party affiliation. He was an adopted candidate of the opposition Pwersa ng Masa coalition but he never joined their campaign rallies. He won in the senate race with the highest votes (then) in Philippine history. In UK, Independent Members of Parliament were once frequently elected in the United Kingdom, but they have been much less successful in the last half-century. (See List of UK minor party and independent MPs elected.)[2]
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[1] Wikipedia
[2] Ibid