The winner of the Fletton and Woodston by-election has been confirmed.

Andrew O’Neil from Reform won the election, becoming the first Reform councillor on Peterborough City Council.

There are five candidates in the running, and the amount of votes they received, were:

Ed Murphy – Green Party – 529 votes

Andrew O’Neil – Reform UK – 565 votes

Neil Walton – Liberal Democrats – 84 votes

Andrew Willey – Conservative – 419 votes

Harvey Woodhouse – Labour – 323 votes

Rejected ballot papers – 6

Returning Officer Adrian Chapman confirmed the turnout for the by-election was 25.22 per cent, with 1,926 votes cast.

The result means the council make up is now:

Labour: 13 councillors

Independent 11 councillors

Conservative: 10 councillors

Peterborough First: 10 councillors

Liberal Democrat: 8 councillors

Green Party: 5 councillors

Reform 1: councillor

Not specified: 1 councillor

One further by-election is planned for the spring – again in the Fletton and Woodston Ward – following the death of Alan Dowson.

Other council elections have been postponed due to Local Government Re-organisation.

Reform win Fletton and Woodston by-election in Peterborough