Chris Davies has lost his seat - and a by-election will be held in Brecon and Radnorshire after a recall petition was successful.

Following a count held at County Hall, Llandrindod Wells on Friday, June 21, it was announced 10,005 people had signed the recall petition, above the threshold of 10 per cent required to force a by-election.

In total 19 per cent of the electorate signed the petition.

The recall petition was triggered following Chris Davies MP's conviction for falsifying expenses claims earlier this year.

Powys County Council chief executive, Dr Caroline Turner posts the result of the Chris Davies recall petition at County Hall in Llandrindod Wells. Picture: Mike Sheridan/County Times

Davies had been fined £1,500 and ordered to carry out 50 hours of community service for submitting two false expenses invoices for landscape photographs to decorate his new office, at Southwark Crown Court in central London.

The 51-year-old was told he had committed "two very serious offences" which were "absolutely intended to deceive" when he appeared before magistrates last month to admit two charges of attempting to provide false or misleading information for an allowance claim.

The two charges related to the period when Davies was setting up his constituency office following the 2015 snap general election.

He had contacted a photographer in his constituency and bought nine images from him to decorate and display in his constituency office, using his own money to pay the £700 for them initially.

There were two budgets available to him, the Start Up Costs Budget - for office furniture and IT equipment - and the Office Costs Budget, both of which he could claim the full amount from.

He then created two fake invoices, so the £700 cost could be split between the two budgets - £450 to the Start Up and £250 for the other.

However, Davies was not entitled to split the costs across two budgets, and said any claims had to be accompanied by genuine invoices.

Davies served as a councillor in Powys before he was elected as MP for Brecon and Radnorshire at the 2015 general election, beating incumbent Liberal Democrat Roger Williams with the seat's largest majority since 1983.

He served as parliamentary private secretary to the Wales Office from January to July 2018.

Before entering politics, he worked as a rural auctioneer, an estate agent and also managed a mixed veterinary practice in Hay-on-Wye.