Reform win two Corby Town Council seats in by-election polls

The vote in the Kingswood and Corby West wards saw Helen Campbell and Patrick McMillan elected, respectively.

Turnouts in both elections was on the low side – Kingswood 14.2 per cent and Corby West 17.6 per cent – but supporters’ spirits were high at the declarations.

Cheers from the Reform UK group, including several unitary colleagues, greeted the election results read out at the Bowling Green Road count.

Cllr Campbell, who is chairman of North Northants Council (NNC) and a serving NNC councillor, said she was looking forward to working for her community.

She said: “I’m really excited to be getting involved in all the activities going on in Corby and making a difference to the community.

“And hopefully getting more funding for essential services that are run by volunteers – we want to increase the grants.”

Cllr McMillan said the result was ‘absolutely fantastic’ and that campaign workers had ‘smashed it’.

He said: “We’ve done a lot of canvassing to win this election and we smashed it.

“We’re going to put Corby Town Council, as run by Labour, to account for the things they haven’t been doing in our communities.”

Election for Corby West ward, Corby Town Council:

Heather Anderson (Labour Party) – 537

Alex Bailey (Liberal Democrat) – 74

Lee Forster (Green Party) – 436

Patrick McMillan (Reform) – 689

Neil Rielly (Independent) – 99

Election for Kingswood ward, Corby Town Council:

Tracy Bruce (Liberal Democrat) – 194

Helen Campbell (Reform) – 673

Sophie Campbell (Green Party) – 295

Mohammed Rahman (Labour Party) – 388