Conservatives hold seat in Carnforth and Millhead by-election
THE Conservatives held the Carnforth and Millhead seat in last night's Lancaster City Council by-election.
George William Askew was elected with 545 votes from Labour's Paul Malcolm Gardner who polled 320.
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It means the Conservatives now have 19 members on the council compared to Labour's 29.
The results were as follows: George William Askew (Conservative), 545; Christopher Bruce Coates (Green), 52; Philip Graham Kenneth Dunster (Lib Dems), 38; Paul Malcolm Gardner (Labour), 320; Michelle Ogden (UKIP), 37.
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