Reform UK announce candidate for Barnsley by-election
Reform UK has announced its candidate for the Barnsley Council by-election in Penistone East, following the resignation of its councillor Kay Hughes. The contest matters because it offers the party an early test of its support in a ward where it won a seat at the May local elections.
The by-election is scheduled for 20 August. Hughes resigned eight weeks after her election, citing personal reasons; the ward is represented by three councillors, with Labour’s Frances Nixon and Alex Burnett retaining their seats. Other parties are also expected to contest the vacancy.
- Reform names a candidate for Penistone East’s August by-election.
- The vote follows councillor Kay Hughes’s resignation.
- Labour retains two of the ward’s three seats.