Candidates announced for Hackleton and Roade by-election

Six candidates have been confirmed as standing in a by-election following the resignation of a councillor who had been suspended.

Adam Smith was originally elected as a Reform UK councillor for Hackleton and Roade but was suspended by the party a month after last May's local elections, and has since sat as an independent.

Reform won control of North Northamptonshire Council at last year's election but the party has since seen a number of councillors defect or leave their posts across the county's two unitary authorities.

The by-election is set to be held on 7 May, the same date as the rest of this year's local elections in England.

The candidates for the Hackleton and Roade seat are:

• Maggie Clubley – The Conservative Party Candidate
• Peter French – Labour and Co-operative Party
• Ron Johnson – Independent
• Dave Pearson – Green Party
• Stephen Gordon Shellabear – Liberal Democrats
• Laura Christine Weston – Reform UK

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