Great news as Steve Askew won the by election in Attleborough Besthorpe and Queens on Thursday 5th May 2016.
Steve Askew (CON) 546Crouch (IND) 360Spiby (LAB) 393 So a good win for Steve Askew as the third member of the three-councillor ward (along with Tristan Ashby and Rhodri Oliver). Rejected ballots: 5Registered voters: 5235Voters on the day: 1304Turnout was therefore: 24.91% Of the 1304 ballots counted 428 (or 32.82%) were postal votes.
The seat became free as Karen Pettitt, moved to Hong Kong with her husbands job.