Overview
- The Littletons ward contest ended level on 889 votes, with Hannah Robson declared winner by lot after a name was drawn from a box.
- Reform UK candidate Liz Williams lodged her High Court petition a day late, and Mr Justice Martin Spencer dismissed it under Section 129(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
- The judge said authorities cited in Williams’s filings could not be traced and appeared to be AI hallucinations, which she acknowledged using in preparing her case.
- Williams was ordered to pay about £19,000 in costs to respondents, including returning officer Vic Allison and legal director Meesha Patel.
- Wychavon District Council said it opposed the petition on technical grounds to avoid further expense, while Williams called the costs unfair and said the ruling did not assess the election’s validity.