Conservative candidate Andy Ward has been declared the winner of yesterday’s by-election in the Primrose Bridge parish ward of Bradley Stoke. Mr Ward, with 387 votes, finished ahead of Caroline Sullivan (UKIP), with 269 votes, and Sarah Drake (Liberal Democrat), with 160. The Labour Party, which fielded a full set of candidates for the four-seat ward in 2011, did not
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The by-election for a vacant seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) will be a three-way fight between candidates from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and UKIP parties. The contest, which was forced by UKIP following the resignation of Conservative councillor Keir Gravil, will be determined on Thursday 2nd May when around 3,500 voters in the Primrose Bridge parish ward are
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The local branch of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has called for a by-election to fill a vacant seat on Bradley Stoke Town Council. The vacancy, in the Primrose Bridge parish ward, arose in February when Keir Gravil (Conservative) resigned because he is going to work abroad. Local UKIP councillor Ben Walker, buoyed by the good showing of his party’s
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The resignation of a Bradley Stoke Town Councillor could lead to a by-election being called, if local political groups choose to force a showdown. Keir Gravil (Conservative), one of four Town Councillors representing the Primrose Bridge parish ward, has resigned his seat because his work is taking him to Australia. His resignation follows that of another Conservative, Barry Mitchell, who
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