Liberal Democrat candidate secures win in North Yorkshire by-election

Dan Sladden, right, the winner of the Sowerby and Topcliffe by-election, with returning officer Richard Flinton, who is the chief executive of North Yorkshire Council.

The Liberal Democrat candidate has been elected to the Sowerby and Topcliffe division.

Dan Sladden took 41.5 per cent of the votes in the by-election yesterday (Thursday, November 30). The turnout was 29.27 per cent, with 1,838 votes cast from an electorate of 6,279.

The full results are:

  • Dave Elders, The Conservative Party: 460 votes.
  • Stew Exotic, The Official Monster Raving Loony Party: 20 votes.
  • John Philip Hall, The Yorkshire Party: 35 votes.
  • John Timothy Law, The Green Party: 306 votes.
  • Dan Sladden, The Liberal Democrat Party: 764 votes (elected).
  • Helen Kathleen Tomlinson, The Labour Party: 250 votes.

The election was held due to the resignation of the former councillor.

See more information on the election and the result.

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