 John Astley failed to report back to police |
A Bristol city councillor is being sought by police after failing to answer bail on allegations of vote-rigging. John Astley, a Liberal Democrat member, was arrested in August after allegations of irregularities in the proxy voting system during the May local elections.
The 38-year-old councillor for the Lawrence Hill ward was released on police bail pending further inquiries.
He was due to report back to police on Wednesday but failed to appear and is now being sought for breaching police bail, an arrestable offence.
Stella Hender, 43, of Stroud, Gloucestershire, who is believed to be part of Mr Astley's campaign team, did answer bail.
She was charged with conspiring to defraud the electoral returning officer of Bristol City Council into granting false proxy votes to electors between 20 April and 2 May.
Ms Hender was granted unconditional bail and is due to appear at Bristol Crown Court on 31 October.
A spokeswoman for the council's Liberal Democrat office said it was a police matter and they had no comment.
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