Reform council leader, 20, defends record one year on: ‘The establishment will throw anyone under the bus’

George Finch at the county council offices in Warwick. He said he was restoring ‘confidence and faith back into public service’. Photograph: Fabio de Paola/The Guardian

George Finch, who made history last year after he was elected as leader of Warwickshire county council at the age of 19, is no stranger to criticism.

His year at the helm of a minority Reform administration has been dominated by a string of controversies, including three code of conduct investigations and a no-confidence call – which he survived by just one vote.