Reform UK win Worksop East by-election with 600 votes
Reform UK have narrowly won the Worksop Easy by-election – beating Labour by just over 100 votes.
Following the count on Thursday, October 29, Reform UK candidate Nancy Wright was elected with 600 votes, compared with 485 for Labour candidate Cameron Holt with 485 votes.
In third place, but miles behind, Restore Britain candidate Anne Froggatt received 91 votes, beating Conservative candidate Ben Storey by two votes, with 89.
The Green Party candidate Anne Kean received 42 votes.
Turnout from the 4,687 was a little over 27 per cent, with 1, 304 ballot papers issued, of which one was spoiled.
The result increases Reform UK’s presence on the council to eight seats, compared to Labour’s 34, with three Conservatives and three independents.