REFORM UK has won a by-election in a Welsh county that was declared “a Reform-free zone” just a fortnight ago.

The Conservatives had been looking for a fourth successive victory in by-elections to town and community councils in Monmouthshire after successes in Caerwent, Wyesham in Monmouth and Portskewett near Chepstow.

But it was Reform that triumphed in the election to Goetre Community Council with candidate Martin John Stevens topping the poll in the Goytre Ward to become Monmouthshire’s first Reform councillor in the village between........

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