Tories win Maidenbower by-election

The Conservatives have won a by-election for the Crawley Borough Council seat of Maidenbower.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th May 2017, 18:16 BST
Updated 9th May 2017, 18:26 BST

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After last year’s election elections Labour had 20 councillors compared to 17 for the Tories.

Ken Trussell, a Conservative borough councillor, stepped down earlier this year and a by-election was held yesterday (Thursday May 4) at the same time as the county council elections.

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Conservative candidate Nigel Boxall has been elected with 1,377 votes, more than three times his nearest challenger.

The results were: Paul Cummings, Liberal Democrat 178 votes,

Morgan Flack, Labour 413 votes,

Allan Griffiths, UKIP 100 votes,

Richard Kail, Green Party 48 votes.

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