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Reform UK and Tories win Higham Ferrers council by-election
Reform UK and the Conservative Party have picked up more seats on North Northamptonshire Council after a was called in the Higham Ferrers ward after Liberal Democrat candidate John Ratcliffe died prior to last month's elections, which saw Reform UK take overall control of the went to the polls for the rearranged election on Thursday, and the results saw Reform UK's Mark Haddon newly elected, while Conservative councillor Jennie Bone retained her turnout was 31.1%, just below the 31.6% average for the wider North Northamptonshire Council vote. Haddon earned the most votes in the ward with 656, and the 76-year-old told the Local Democracy Reporting Service he was "apprehensive, excited and a little bit shell-shocked" after his who went to school and was married in Higham Ferrers, said it would be his first venture into politics."I considered initially that I'm too old to start a new career, shall we say," he said"It was something I didn't really think I was going to do, but I'd like to think that we can get council finances under control."A lot of what I got on the doorstep was 'We will vote for you so long as you're not Labour or Conservative.'" Bone was elected with 559 votes, just three more than the next Reform UK candidate - Elisa Perna - in results will not materially change the make-up of North Northamptonshire Council, with Reform UK sitting on a comfortable majority from the earlier are now 40 Reform UK, 14 Conservatives, eight Greens, four Labour and one Liberal Democrat and Independent councillor on the Tories had formerly led both North and West Northamptonshire Councils since their inception in 2021. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
08-05-2025
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New date for Higham Ferrers election after candidate's death
A new date has been set for an election which had to be postponed following the death of a death of John Ratcliffe, who was standing for the Liberal Democrats in the Higham Ferrers ward of North Northamptonshire Council, was announced on the eve of last Thursday's local elections in ward election will now be held on Thursday 12 June with new poll cards to be issued to all affected council said any postal votes that had already been submitted for the ward would not be counted and new voting forms would be sent to those who had registered to vote by post. Mr Ratcliffe was one of 11 candidates fighting for two Higham Ferrers seats on the unitary three Higham Ferrers ward seats will remain vacant until the election takes place and any residents with queries or complaints regarding services in the town is asked the contact the council's customer feedback team "in the short term".Last week's elections saw Reform UK take control of both West and North Northamptonshire Council. The Tories had headed the former county council since 2005 and led both unitaries since their formation in 2021. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
