Andrew Fox-Hewitt has been elected to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council after Labour and the Co-operative Party won the Town ward by-election from Reform UK.
Fox-Hewitt received 431 votes in the poll held on 8 October. Reform UK candidate Adam Griffiths finished second with 249, leaving a majority of 182.
Green candidate Mark Allan Jones received 115 votes. Conservative Conna Douglas Eynon polled 110 and Liberal Democrat Morgan Inwood 27.
Turnout was 23.2 per cent. The seat had previously been held by a Reform UK councillor.
The result takes Labour’s representation on the borough council to three seats. Reform UK holds 26 and the Conservatives 15, according to the council’s updated announcement.
The gain strengthens Labour’s small council group while leaving Reform UK with a majority of the 44 seats.
