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Jan 2023
The Conservative Party has picked its candidate for the upcoming North Yorkshire County Council by-election for the Masham and Fountains division.
The by-election follows the death of long-serving Conservative councillor Margaret Atkinson in November.
Last month the Stray Ferret revealed Felicity Cunliffe-Lister will stand for the Liberal Democrats.
The Local Democracy Reporting Service now understands Brooke Hull will be the candidate for the Conservatives.
The candidates have not been officially confirmed yet as nominations close on January 13. Voters in the division, which includes the villages of Kirkby Malzeard, will go to the polls on February 9.
The winning councillor will sit on the new North Yorkshire Council from April 1 and the result will be significant for the balance of power in Northallerton.
The Conservatives currently control the council with 47 councillors, giving them a majority of four. A Liberal Democrat victory would reduce the Tories’ majority to just two.
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