Returning officer at Fenland apologises for candidate error

Published:
12:25 PM April 15, 2021
  
Returning officer Paul Medd blamed 'software error' for publishing a Tydd St Giles councillor as a candidate for Wisbech Town Council by-election.
- Credit: Archant
Chief executive and returning officer Paul Medd today blamed a “software issue” for publishing incorrectly that a deputy chairman of a parish council was a candidate for a vacancy on Wisbech Town Council.  
Geoff Mathias, a Tydd St Giles parish councillor, found himself at the centre of a political mystery when his name appeared on a list of declared candidates for Octavia Hill ward by election on May 6.  
Days later his name had been removed and the list of candidates reduced to three.  

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