Yes, you read that right.
The Liberal Democrats in Ceredigion today won a by-election in Aberystwyth. It will not have been highlighted on the major election blogs because it was not a unitary vacancy on the County Council. But a victory in the Rheidol Ward by-election for Aberystwyth Town Council is nevertheless a welcome thing.
The by-election was called when former Liberal Democrat Town Councillor Martin Shewring resigned from the party and from the Town Council recently but decided to stand in the ensuing by-election as an Independent.
Tonight, he lost as the Liberal Democrat candidate Wendy Morris-Twiddy, the daughter of former Aberystwyth Mayor Mona Morris, won the seat back for the Liberal Democrats.
The final vote:
Timothy Foster (Green Party) - 36
Samantha Jane Mackenzie-Grieve (Plaid Cymru) - 57
Wendy Elizabeth Morris-Twiddy (Welsh Liberal Democrats) - 135
Martin Shewring (Independent) - 108
Spoilt - 2
Majority - 28
Well done to Wendy and to the Liberal Democrat team in Aberystwyth - a sterling effort!
I look forward to coming back to Aberystwyth and delivering some focus leaflets in Rheidol Ward for Wendy.
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ReplyDeleteCome and get rid of the Independents in Pembrokeshire, Mark...
If you hide your true colours behind an independent label, what else are you hiding?
Well done - and we also won the principal authority by-election tonight. Gaining south Petherton (Somerset CC) from the Tories.
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