Old rivalries will be renewed in a by-election at Burntwood Town Council.
Labour’s Rob Birch will contest the seat against Conservative candidate Brian Bacon.
It will mean Mr Birch is squaring off against the husband of Burntwood Town Council leader Cllr Norma Bacon, who controversially won a vote to be co-opted onto the authority.
That decision – which Labour claimed saw the Tories go back on a verbal agreement not to put anyone forward so Mr Birch could be chosen to fill the void left open following the resignation of Keith Willis-croft – has led to the Boney Hay by-election.
Parish council seats are often be filled by co-opting a new member from the same party onto the authority to avoid a costly by-election.
But following the row over the Chasetown seat, Labour had indicated it would not step aside to allow the Tories to co-opt a replacement for Natasha Pullen, who resigned after her election to Staffordshire County Council.
The by-election will now take place on July 27.
