Election wins spark race for vacant local council seats

NO SOONER is one election over than a host more are set to begin.

Election wins spark race for vacant local council seats

The success of 25 City and County Councillors in last week’s election means they each left a lucrative vacancy in the local chambers to be filled.

The six-year-old Local Authority legislation which kick-started this phenomenon has spared us another string of by-elections.

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