Labour by-election win after Charnwood councillor's death

Gill Bolton had represented the Loughborough Shelthorpe ward at Charnwood Borough Council since May 2019

Labour has retained two council seats after a by-election in Leicestershire.

The by-election came after the death of Gill Bolton - who was elected for the Loughborough Shelthorpe ward at Charnwood Borough Council in May 2019 - and the resignation of Alice Brennan.

Beverley Jane Gray and Anne Gray secured 709 and 654 votes respectively.

Conservative candidate, Christopher Stewart - who was originally left off the postal vote ballots due to a printing error - received 311 votes.

Turnout for the election was 18.66%.

The result brings the number of seats held by the Labour opposition back to 12, compared to the 37 members of the Conservative majority, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.