Independent councillor Emma Faramarzi, formerly a Conservative, has resigned from the council
The only councillor on Swindon Borough Council who is neither a Conservative nor Labour member has resigned.
Emma Faramarzi was elected in 2018 as Conservative candidate for Priory Vale and had previously served in the group’s cabinet during her 10 years as a councillor – but she left last year.
She has been sitting as an Independent Tory with her partner, former Conservative councillor Oliver Donachie.
After Mr Donachie lost his Haydon Wick seat to a Conservative challenger in Thursday’s elections, Coun Faramarzi was the only councillor left in the new chamber of 57 councillors not to be a member of the winning Conservative group or the Labour opposition.