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Reform UK candidate Tom Seston has been named the winner of Scarborough’s Eastfield by-election.
The successful candidate took 62.7 per cent of the vote in the by-election which was held yesterday (Thursday, 19 June).
The seat was vacant following the resignation of former councillor Tony Randerson.
The turnout for the by-election was 16.64 per cent, with 862 votes cast from an electorate of 5,181.
The full results are:
- Helen Susan Baker, Conservative Party, 40 votes.
- Mark Harrison, Liberal Democrats, 24 votes.
- Tom Seston, Reform UK, 538 votes.
- Hazel Anne Smith, Labour Party, 121 votes.
- Kieran Wade, Green Party, 17 votes.
- Helen Williams, Social Justice Party, 118 votes.
See more information about the election and the full results.