A police and crime commissioner election candidate who withdrew after a historic driving conviction came to light has been declared the winner of the vote.
Jonathon Seed, Conservative Party candidate for Wiltshire and Swindon PCC, received 40 per cent of the vote in the first round and was elected after it went to a second ballot, but will not be able to take up the post.
A spokesperson for the party said Mr Seed, who had been hoping to take over from Conservative colleague Angus Macpherson who is standing down, had been 'disbarred' after a driving offence had 'come to light'.