Lib Dems win by-election at Yaxley and Farcet in Cambridgeshire

The by-election was held following the death of long serving councillor Mac McGuire

The Liberal Democrats have won a tightly-contested council by-election in a previous Conservative stronghold.

The party took the seat of Yaxley and Farcet on Cambridgeshire County Council.

Andrew Richard Wood secured 509 votes - defeating his Conservative rival Kev Gulson by 39 votes.

The contest was held following the death of long-serving Tory councillor for the ward, Mac McGuire, earlier this year.

The result means the Lib Dems have now become the largest party on the council - with 23 councillors.

It has run the authority as part of a coalition alongside Labour and independents since 2021.