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Vacated seat now up for grabs
Somerset Guardian
|May 29, 2025
A council by-election is to take place for the local council seat that represents Jacob Rees-Mogg, after the current councillor for Mendip ward on Bath and North East Somerset Council stepped down.
David Wood became the first Liberal Democrat to ever represent the council seat in 2019, when he unseated then Conservative council leader Tim Warren.
He was re-elected with an increased share of the vote in 2023 but has now stepped down.
At a full meeting of Bath and North East Somerset Council on May 22, Liberal Democrat council leader Kevin Guy said: “Over the past six years, Dave has been a key member of the cabinet.
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