Burnley UKIP wins county seat

By The Newsroom

Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT

UKIP has won its first ever seat on Lancashire County Council.

Alan Hosker took the Padiham and Burnley West seat from Labour's Marcus Johnstone.

(Left to right) Peter Bird, Tom Commis, Alan Hosker and Jamie McGowan.

placeholder image — (Left to right) Peter Bird, Tom Commis, Alan Hosker and Jamie McGowan.

He polled 1,234 of the votes, 288 more than Mr Johnstone, the previous Cabinet member for environment, planning and cultural services.

Burnley Lancashire County Council Labour Padiham

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