Labour candidate holds on to see off Reform UK push and unseat Conservatives in Bispham

Joel McKevitt, of Labour, took the seat from the Conservatives but it was Reform UK who came a close second. Additional reporting by Richard Hunt

Blackpool Town Hall

The Labour Party were able to take the vacant seat on Blackpool Council from the Conservatives after a by-election yesterday.

Joel McKevitt, of Labour, is the new councillor for Bispham after being closely run from by William Thomas Banks, of Reform UK, by just 12 votes.

The by-election was contested on Thursday, November 7, following…