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The Brexit Party is contesting a by-election seat on the local council at Torbay.

Eddie Davis is standing at the election due on Thursday, November 14, in the Goodrington with Roselands ward at Paignton.

The vacancy on Torbay Council has come about following the resignation for personal reasons of Liberal Democrat Rick Heyse.

The ward covers the area between the A3022 Brixham Road and the beaches at Goodrington, and includes Paignton Zoo.

They five candidates nominated are:

Jane Barnby, Conservative Party;

Eddie Davis, Brexit Party;

Catherine Fritz, Labour Party;

Jane Hughes, Green Party;

Dennis Shearman, Liberal Democrats.

Conservative Mrs Barnby was previously a councillor but lost her seat at the local election in May this year when Mr Heyse and fellow Liberal Democrat Lee Howgate were elected.

She ended up just 45 votes behind Mr Heyse, who received 761 votes to take the second seat in the ward.

The election in all the 36 seats resulted in a partnership of Liberal Democrats and Independents taking control of the council, leaving the Conservative group in opposition.

Torbay voted just over three to two in favour of leaving at the 2016 referendum.

The Brexit Party led by Nigel Farage was launched in April 2019 with the aim of ensuring the UK left the EU by October 31.

It now seems unlikely prime minister Boris Johnson will achieve that target, despite obtaining a new withdrawal agreement from the EU.

MPs blocked the quick progress of a law to enact the withdrawal by the deadline, and the prime minister is now seeking a general election in December.

The European Union on Monday agreed a new flexible extension of the UK remaining in the EU to the end of January.