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.
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