A surge in the number of independent representatives in the Northern Territory may help the Parliament break away from adversarial politics and move to a consensus system, MLA Gerry Wood says.

Mr Wood, who was the only independent MP in the Parliament after the last election in 2012, has since been joined by five others on the crossbenches in the 25-seat chamber.

"I think there is a real opportunity for us to do something different to get away from what I call the stranglehold of the political parties and to put more power back to the people through having independent members of Parliament," Mr Wood said.

"By not having a majority government we are actually getting to a point where we are now able to consider legislation carefully.

"The Government hasn't got control and it is going to have to rely on independents if it wants to get legislation through.

"I think that makes for a healthier Parliament and a better democracy," Mr Wood said on Thursday.

Since becoming a minority government, the Country Liberals party (CLP) government has failed in a bid to rush through some legislation, and had to accept changes to beef-up a proposed anti-corruption body.

The latest person to leave a major party was Delia Lawrie, the former leader of the NT Labor Party.

Ms Lawrie was disendorsed by Labor last week amid ongoing legal issues that flowed from a decision to challenge the findings of the Stella Maris inquiry, criticism from a Supreme Court judge and an ongoing police investigation.

She resigned as Labor leader in April and announced on Thursday that she was leaving the party.

Mr Wood said after the next election, due next year, there was a real opportunity for change.

"If there was a large number of independents who won seats at the next election they could make an agreement with any of the political parties to say well, if you want us to work with you, then we want for instance the speaker to be elected by secret ballot, the chief minister to be elected by secret ballot and the ministers to be elected by secret ballot," Mr Wood said.

Mr Wood said on a trip to Canada he had seen parliaments where the government made decisions based on consensus, not along party lines.

"My trips to Canada showed me a completely different way of doing things," he said.

"They operate a Westminster system, but it is not meant to be a system that we have which is adversarial."