CANDIDATES: (Top left, clockwise) Liz Hendry, Aron Taylor, Jo Magne and Phil Walker were all vying to represent Kendal Town Council
THE results of district and town council elections for Kendal have been announced.
Yesterday's vote was triggered after the resignation of Liberal Democrat Jon Owen (now a member of the Green Party) earlier in the year left a vacancy in the Kendal North ward of South Lakeland District Council and the Strickland ward of Kendal Town Council.
The Liberal Democrats have won both seats - Jonathan Cornthwaite in the district council election, and Phil Walker in the town council vote.
The full results were as follows:
District council:
- Jonathan Cornthwaite, Liberal Democrats, 622 votes
- Liz Hendry, Green, 527 votes
- Aron Taylor, Conservative, 122 votes
- Virginia Branney, Labour, 54 votes
Town council:
- Phil Walker, Liberal Democrats, 647 votes
- Liz Hendry, Green, 511 votes
- Aron Taylor, Conservative, 115 votes
- Jo Magne, Labour, 60 votes
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