Reform UK Gains First County Seat as Winner Takes over Late Councillor’s Ward

Reform wins first councillor on authority in boost for Nigel Farage's party in Wales

Reform UK has won its first councillor on a Welsh council as the party looks to make gains in this year's Senedd elections. Nigel Farage's party has won the Hakin by-election on Pembrokeshire County Council, with Scott Thorley becoming Reform's first councillor in the independently controlled authority.The by-election was called after the death of outspoken former councillor Mike Stoddart. GB News has dissected the result and what it could mean …

Reform UK gains first county seat as winner takes over late councillor’s ward

Reform UK has gained its first county council seat in Pembrokeshire following a seven-way battle for a ward made vacant following the death of…

Reform UK gains county council seat

Bruce Sinclair, Local Democracy Reporter Reform UK has gained its first county council seat in Pembrokeshire following a seven-way battle for a ward made vacant following the death of veteran councillor Mike Stoddart. Cllr Mike Stoddart, who passed away in January, represented Milford Haven’s Hakin ward, and had been a county councillor for more than […]

Scott Thorley wins Milford Hakin by-election for Reform UK

Scott Thorley of Reform UK has been elected as the County Councillor for Milford Hakin in the Pembrokeshire County Council by-election.

Scott Thorley elected as Pembrokeshire’s first Reform councillor

REFORM UK candidate Scott Thorley has won the Hakin by-election after securing 179 votes. The full result is as follows: • Derrick Abbott (Independent) – 11• Sam Booth (Wales Green Party) – 85• Lee James Bridges (Independent) – 106• Duncan Edwards (Independent) – 52• Nicola Catherine Harteveld (Welsh Labour) – 27• Brian Taylor (Welsh Conservative Party) – 144• Scott Thorley (Reform UK) – 179• Sam Warden (Welsh Liberal Democrats) – 57 A total of …