An inner-city councillor who ran as a Liberal Party candidate has helped set up a new micro-party opposing the East West Link.

And opponents of the freeway plan have questioned whether the new political party has been set up to funnel votes back to Coalition candidates.

Cam Nation is a Moonee Valley councillor who unsuccessfully sought preselection for the state seat of Essendon this year.

He also ran as the Liberal Party candidate in the state seat of Footscray in 2006, and won preselection for the federal seat of Gorton in 2007 but pulled out midway through.

While on the council, Cr Nation has not been a vocal opponent of the $6 billion to $8 billion road the Napthine government wants built to link the Eastern Freeway in Clifton Hill to CityLink in Flemington.