BY-ELECTIONS will be held on July 15 for seats on two North Yorkshire councils.
In Cayton ward, Tory John Blackburn, already a member of Scarborough Council, will take on Labour's Simon Turner for the North Yorkshire County Council seat vacant since the death of independent member Councillor Denis Pedder. Meanwhile, Tory Edward Legard will stand against Liberal Democrat Michael Beckett in the Wolds ward of Ryedale District Council.
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