These are the candidates vying for election as councillor Bridgend Central at a by-election on August 11, after Labour councillor Stuart Baldwin announced in May that he would not be taking up his seat.
The Labour candidate was voted in with a total of 1,112 votes at the 2022 local council election but quit days later. He claimed the 'increasingly toxic' nature of local politics was to blame. But it has since emerged he had been been appointed to a £50,000 job working for the local authority and was not allowed to hold both roles.
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