2016 Central ward by-election

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Matthew Storey was elected as Borough Councillor for Central on Thursday 20 October 2016.

Name	Candidate's party	Number of votes
ARMSTRONG, Ron Wilken	Conservative Party candidate	70
CLARK, Dale James	Independent	149
SABIN-MOTSON, Elliott Stuart Robert	Liberal Democrats	53
STOREY, Matthew Stephen	Labour Party	760 (E)

Electorate: 5634
Ballot Papers Issued:
Turnout: 18.61%

View the Declaration of Results (PDF)

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