THE Conservatives have defeated Reform UK in a by-election in the council area the party’s first Senedd Member Laura Anne Jones previously represented.

The South Wales East Senedd Member’s defection was unveiled in a shock announcement by party leader Nigel Farage at the Royal Welsh Show and resulted in acrimonious comments from some of her former colleagues.

But the Conservatives are now celebrating after defeating a Reform UK candidate in a by-election for the Wyesham ward on Monmouth Town Council. Ms Jones had previously represented the area on Monmouthshire County Council.

It is the second community council by-election in Monmouthshire in a week in which the Conservatives have seen off the challenge from Reform UK with two more by-elections, in separate........

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