AN election could take place to fill a vacancy created when a prominent Reform UK councillor was removed from his local council.

David Thomas, who is Reform’s regional director for Wales and a borough councillor, was kicked off Cwmbran Community Council at end of December for failing to attend meetings for six months.

He had had been elected, as an independent candidate at a by-election in September 2023, to represent the Two Locks ward. At the time he was already a member of Torfaen Borough Council representing Llantarnam a role he still holds.

Following his........

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