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Party hopping councillor once dubbed 'turncoat of the year' has left the Conservatives citing 'Tory sleaze'

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A party-hopping councillor who has represented Labour, the Lib Dems and the Brexit Party has now parted company with the Conservatives.

Rochdale councillor Kath Nickson - dubbed ‘turncoat of the year’ by Private Eye magazine in 2020 - said she had found her political home after joining the Tories last year.

But the Balderstone and Kirkholt member has now ditched the blue rosette citing ‘Tory sleaze’ in the wake of the Owen Paterson lobbying scandal. READ MORE : Ex-Labour and Lib Dems councillor who said she was defecting to Brexit Party joins the Conservatives It is understood she intends to see out the rest of her term of office - which ends in May - as an independent.

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