'Wombridge not Wombourne!' Polling cards to be reprinted after mistake ahead of Telford by-election
Polling cards for a Telford by-election are being reprinted after they gave the name of the wrong council ward.
The Oakengates Town Council by-election, which is for the Oakengates and Wombridge Ward, is due to take place on Thursday, November 20.
The election comes after the death of long-serving councillor Ernie Dabbs on August 17.
The town council would have been allowed to co-opt a new councillor without a vote, but enough members of the public submitted requests, meaning a full by-election was called.
But it has now emerged that polling cards sent out to voters in the ward were printed with the wrong details.
