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Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has been elected to Norfolk County Council.

The Britpop star has been a Labour Party activist since 2002, and stood for the party in the University Ward in Norwich.

Rowntree has been the happy recipient of a string of Brit Awards for his work with Blur, but it's the first time he's won an election.

He's previously put himself forward for selection as a parliamentary candidate and ran as a councillor in London without success.

He said he was "delighted and humbled" to be elected as a councillor .

Overall, the council was a Conservative gain.

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There was previously no overall control of the council, but in an 'all-out' election, the Tories gained 13 seats, making them by far the largest group on the council.