Plaid Cymru’s Phil Rees wins Gwersyllt North by-election
Gwersyllt North has a new councillor this evening, as Phil Rees topped the vote in the ward today.
A by-election was triggered last month after a councillor who was elected in 2017, announced in January that he would be resigning from the role.
Eight candidates stood for election in the ward
517 votes were cast, well down on the 708 last time around.
Martyn Davies – Independent 51
Helen Hay – Independent 19
Graham Kelly – Welsh Liberal Democrats 41
Jeremy Richard Kent – Welsh Conservative Party 78
Bernie McCann – Independent 43
Colin Powell – Welsh Labour 87
Duncan Rees – Green Party 9
Phil Rees – Plaid Cymru 189
Wrexham Council have tweeted the official result:
Following today’s election Philip Vaughan Rees has been duly elected as County Borough Councillor for Gwersyllt North @wrexham #wrexham
— Wrexham Council (@wrexhamcbc) February 27, 2020
The now enlarged Plaid Cymru group on Wrexham Council have their first group picture:
When you beat Labour and the Tories by a mile in @wrexham congrats Cllr Phil Rees 🏴 @Plaid_Cymru pic.twitter.com/mUT3uF18dj
— Carrie (@CarrieAHarper) February 27, 2020
Our brief tweets from the evening…
RESULT: Plaid Cymru gain as Phil Rees wins Gwersyllt North https://t.co/TEbkJ3SI9H
— Wrexham.com (@wrexham) February 27, 2020
Polls have closed – Gwersyllt North has a new councillor! Who is not yet known, with the count set to get underway at the Guildhall. Expecting several hundred votes so should not take that long to count, or recount. EIGHT candidates so could be a very tight one…!
— Wrexham.com (@wrexham) February 27, 2020
Postal vote verification underway.
— Wrexham.com (@wrexham) February 27, 2020
First of what could be three ballot boxes arriving.
— Wrexham.com (@wrexham) February 27, 2020
All ballot boxes have arrived at the count.
— Wrexham.com (@wrexham) February 27, 2020
Declaration of result for Gwersyllt North imminent
— Wrexham.com (@wrexham) February 27, 2020
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