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# Councillor who quit Conservatives to join Reform party to stand in county council by-electon
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/councillor-who-quit-conservatives-to-join-reform-party-to-stand-in-county-council-by-electon/
- Published: 2023-02-07T07:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-07T08:05:58.000Z
- Description: A councillor who quit the Conservatives will stand for his new party in a county council by-election.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Fazeley, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:07, News

A councillor who quit the Conservatives will stand for his new party in a county council by-election.

Cllr Barry Gwilt represents Fazeley ward at Lichfield District Council for the Reform UK party after his defection.

He has now been included on a list of candidates for the Watling Street South division on Staffordshire County Council.

Candidates contesting the by-election on 2nd March are:

- Carol Dean (Labour)
- Alex Farrell (Conservatives)
- Barry Gwilt (Reform UK)
- Helen Miller-Viner (Liberal Democrats)