Labour have gained a council seat in Wigan at a by-election called after an independent councillor who won 67 per cent of the vote in May quit weeks later.
Steve Jones, who was re-elected as a councillor for Bryn ward earlier this year announced he would stand down in the summer, before he changed his mind.
However, he was forced to follow through with his resignation nearly three months later due to the threat of a legal challenge by a former political ally. READ MORE: Labour win seat held by former council leader for more than 40 years It comes three years after the same councillor took Wigan council to court because the local authority had called an unlawful by-election for his seat.
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