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James Heappey holds on to Wells seat

By Tim Lethaby 16th Jul 2021

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Local News by Tim Lethaby 16th Jul 2021

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Conservative James Heappey is re-elected

Conservative James Heappey, who was the Prime Minister's Private Secretary, has won the Wells election. He won 33,33 votes, a total of 54.4 per cent of the vote, an increase over the last election of four per cent, putting the Liberal Democrat candidate Tessa Munt into second place with 23,345 votes. His majority is 9,991.The results came earlier than expected. Labour's Kama McKenzie won 4,034 votes, while Indendent

Dave Dobbs gained 373 votes and the Motherworld Party's Susie Quatermass had 207. The turnout was 72.9 per cent.

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