Suzanne Nuri becomes the UK’s newest town councillor of Turkish Cypriot origin

Lib Dem candidate and former newspaper editor Suzanne Nuri won a by-election for a seat on Wymondham Town Council last night. She beat two other candidates to take the vacant position for Cromwells Ward. The results of the Cromwells By-Election, called following the resignation of Conservative councillor Adam Osborne for personal reasons, were as follows:

• James Leman (Labour) : 74 votes
• Martin Lemon (Conservative) : 195 votes
• Suzanne Nuri (Liberal Democrats) : 225 votes

The vote means there are now two Lib Dem councilors on Wymondham’s Tory-dominated 15-seat town council. Nuri’s win last night reverses her disappointment of the 2015 Local Elections, where she lost in the same ward by 37 votes. Talking to T-VINE after the count, she said her victory “hasn’t quite sunk in yet”. Among those to congratulate her was fellow Lib Dem politician Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece, who tweeted: “Congratulations to new town councillor, Suzanne Nuri! Well deserved. # Wymondham”

Congratulations to new town councillor, Suzanne Nuri! Well deserved. #Wymondham #LibDem @LibDems #Norfolk https://t.co/wT4zYlGYUB

— Baroness Hussein-Ece (@meralhece) December 1, 2017