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Dean Richardson celebrates by-election win with fellow Conservatives Want Stoke-on-Trent news emailed to you direct from our journalists? Sign up to our newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Stoke-on-Trent s Conservatives are celebrating once again following a narrow victory in a city council by-election. Tory candidate Dean Richardson won the contest in Penkhull and Stoke on Thursday with 582 votes, just 10 ahead of his Labour opponent Lee Polshaw. ....
Counting is underway in today s Penkhull and Stoke by-election. Four candidates are contesting the vacant seat on Stoke-on-Trent City Council, with the polls closed at 10pm. The by-election was called following the resignation of veteran councillor Randy Conteh in May. The 62-year-old has been charged with rape and will appear at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on July 16. The four candidates standing in the by-election are: Adam Colclough, of the Green Party; Hazel Lyth, of the City Independents; Lee Polshaw, of Labour; and Dean Richardson, of the Conservatives. The city council is run by a minority Conservative administration, with the support of two independent councillors. But the Tories have been edging closer to an overall majority, following their victory in the Moorcroft by-election in May and the defection of former Labour councillor Candi Chetwynd this week. ....