A former Labour councillor who caused a stir last year by announcing she was ending her short tenure with the Lib Dems to join The Brexit Party has hooked up with the Conservatives.
Coun Kath Nickson - who most recently sat as an independent - has been confirmed as the newest member of Rochdale council’s Tory group.
It means that, since being elected in May 2014, the Balderstone and Kirkholt councillor has represented three different political parties - as well as two interim stints as an independent.
However, despite stunning her new Lib Dem colleagues last July by declaring she was joining The Brexit Party, she ultimately did not go through with the move, confirming in August that she was to continue as an independent.
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