Tories lose seat at County Hall in Biddulph by-election

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A new Labour county councillor for the Biddulph North division has been elected in a by-election following the death of Conservative councillor Ian Lawson.

Nigel Yates, of the Labour and Co-operative Party, was elected as councillor with 931 votes.

He defeated Andrew Hart, Independent, who received 493 votes and Rathi Pragasam, Local Conservatives, who received 458 votes.

Full story and reactions: next week’s Chronicle.