East Chesterton electors went to the polls yesterday in a by-election for a new county councillor.

Local Liberal Democrat Ian Manning beat off an intense Tory challenge from Matt Bradney, the Tory who was defeated at the last county elections, reportedly due to having overseen the Guided Bus fiasco.

When the votes were counted, the Tory actually came in third behind Labour. Full results as follows:

Liberal Democrat Ian Manning 832

Labour Gerri Bird 663

Conservative Matt Bradney 334

Green Peter Pope 117

Socialists Anna Gordon 53

UKIP Peter Burkinshaw 37 

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