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# Voting begins as three parties battle it out to win seat on Lichfield District Council in Stowe ward by-election
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/voting-begins-as-three-parties-battle-it-out-to-win-seat-on-lichfield-district-council-in-stowe-ward-by-election/
- Published: 2018-09-27T06:30:05.000Z
- Updated: 2018-09-28T07:57:24.000Z
- Description: Voting has opened to elect a new Lichfield councillor in the Stowe ward.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, News

Voting has opened to elect a new Lichfield councillor in the Stowe ward.

The seat on Lichfield District Council became vacant following [the resignation of former Conservative councillor Joanne Grange](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2018/07/31/conservative-councillor-resigns-after-admitting-her-faith-in-lichfield-district-council-as-an-organisation-doing-the-best-for-residents-has-been-destroyed/).

The by-election is being contested by three candidtes:

- Angela Lax (Conservatives)
- Donald Palmer (Labour)
- Richard Rathbone (Liberal Democrats)

Polling stations in the Stowe ward will remain open until 10pm this evening (27th September).