The Boston Bypass Independents were elected to Boston Borough Council at the 2007 local elections. The party campaigned on a wide range of issues but principally on the more vigorous promotion of a bypass for the town of Boston, Lincolnshire. In 2008, leader Richard Austin helped found a county-wide party, "Lincolnshire Independents – Lincolnshire First!". In 2012, the party was renamed as the Boston District Independents.