"I did it for him" - they were the words of the newly elected councillor Eve Chicken after she succeeded her close friend Paul Scott following a by-election victory.
Voters in the Seghill with Seaton Delaval ward took to the polls on Thursday to elect a new councillor following the death of Paul Scott, the Conservative councillor who won the seat from Labour in 2021.
Coun Chicken was a close friend of Mr Scott, and the pair worked closely together during his time as county councillor while Coun Chicken was a member of Seaton Valley Community Council.
