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Reform UK Councillor elected to Westmorland and Furness Council

A new Councillor has been elected to Westmorland and Furness Council.

In the by-election for the Hawcoat and Newbarns Ward former Mayor Hazel Edwards, standing for Reform UK, was elected.

The turnout for the by-election for the Hawcoat and Newbarns Ward was 27.16 percent.

  • Hazel Edwards, Reform UK – 1,139
  • Michael Leach, Labour – 576
  • Marco Fawcett, Conservative – 447
  • Rebekah Atkinson, Green Party – 121
  • Stephen Pickthall, Liberal Democrats – 69