The Patrick Commissioners by-election was held last night and Richard Jones was elected to the vacant seat.
He won with 235 votes and Kevin Oliphant-Smith, who didn’t attend the count, came in second with 19 votes respectively.
254 votes were cast out of a potential 1,183 which gave a voter turn out of 21.5 per cent.
Two postal votes were counted.
Local Democracy Reporter Emma Draper was at the count:
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