SOUTH Staffordshire Council has confirmed the results of its county council and police and crime commissioner elections after voters went to the polls last Thursday May 6.
Conservative candidate Victoria Wilson has been re-elected to serve as the county councillor for Kinver - having secured 2,911 votes.
Labour's Lorna Jones picked up 453 votes and Green Party candidate Bernadette McGourty notched up 546 votes.
Meanwhile, the Conservative Party has retained the role of Staffordshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - after Ben Adams was elected with 136,024 votes.
Tony Kearon, for the Labour and Co-operative Party, picked up 67,050 votes; independent candidate Deneice Florence-Jukes notched up 19,102 votes; Liberal Democrat Richard Whelan gained 10,690 votes; and Reform UK candidate Michael Riley earned 5,504 votes.
Mr Adams has taken over from Matthew Ellis, who has stepped down after holding the role since its creation in 2012.
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