Perhaps the most spectacular example of an Independent Political Group member's eagerness to conceal his political colours from the electorate is Cllr Jim Codd, who, just before the 2004 election, placed the advert below in the Tenby Observer.

In fact, when he wrote that, Cllr Codd had been a member of the Independent Political Group for almost three years (see below).
And he seems to have been in something of a hurry to sign up because the bye-election, at which he won his seat, was held on 28 June 2001.