Don't miss a thing that's happening in and around Bury by signing up to the free MyBury newsletter A local election candidate in Lancashire who became an unlikely viral hit after releasing his campaign video has won his seat in the local elections.
Tiger Patel, who says he has been described as "the BoJo of Blackburn", won his seat as the Conservative candidate for the Audley and Queen's Park ward.
He beat the Labour incumbent Maryam Batan by 1,209 votes to 1,096. Responding to the news, Mr Patel tweeted: "THANK YOU, Great People of Audley & Queen's Park! "I will be Councillor for all!
Thank you, thank you!" The election candidate's quirky campaign video, upstaged by rude graffiti, was viewed millions of times on Twitter.
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