Harry Clarke stepped down from Dereham Town Council last month after the council voted to take over its car parks from Breckland, a plan which he labelled as “deliberate self-harm”.

The move - which included voting to consider introducing parking charges - prompted him to end his 11-year tenure, saying in a lengthy resignation letter that such charges would leave him “unable to look residents in the face”.

Harry Clarke (Image: Labour)

A by-election to choose........

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