Reform wins rescheduled council election
BBCReform UK has won two seats on Nottinghamshire County Council in a rescheduled election.
Voting in the Mansfield North division was originally due to take place along with all other council seats in early May, but was postponed after the death of Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidate Karen Seymour.
The area's two council seats were previously held by the Conservatives and Labour respectively.
Reform's Gaynor Mann and David Smith won both by comfortable margins at the rearranged election held on Thursday.
Mann said the party's momentum "is increasing every day" and "it's onwards and upwards for Reform UK".
"I think Nigel Farage is going to be prime minister in another four years," she said.
Smith said it was "fantastic" to be elected.
"Whatever the residents' problems are, we will be there for them," he said.
The full results were:
- Gaynor Mann (Reform UK) - 3,077
- David Smith (Reform UK) - 2,998
- Anne Callaghan (Labour) - 1,259
- Andy Abrahams (Labour) - 1,211
- Timothy Bower (Conservatives) - 500
- Amy Clements (Conservatives) - 426
- Christopher Clarke (Green Party) - 292
- Milo Tooley-Okonkwo (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) - 62
- Otis Tooley-Okonkwo (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) - 39
Turnout for the rescheduled election was 28%.
The result does not change who is in control of the county council, because Reform already had enough seats for a majority, but the party now has 41 of the 66 seats.
The Conservatives are the next largest group with 17 seats, while Labour has four.
The Ashfield Independents, the Broxtowe Alliance and the Broxtowe Independent Group each have one seat.
A by-election is also due to be held in the Newark West division on 3 July after a Reform councillor stepped down a week after being elected.
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