18 November 2021
Green candidate Jamie Payne worked hard to try to win the University & Scotforth Rural by-election. Despite winning more than 41% of the votes, he narrowly missed out on winning the seat by 23 votes.
Result of University & Scotforth Rural by-election 11.11.21:
Labour (Fabiha Askari) 216 46.1% (+5.0)
Green (Jamie Payne) 193 41.2% (+11.0)
Conservative 44 9.4% (-7.2)
Lib Dem 16 3.4% (-8.8)
Turnout 13.4%