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Plymouth Conservatives elect new council group leader

The Conservative group on Plymouth City Council has elected a new leader.

Cllr Ian Bowyer was elected to succeed Cllr Ted Fry as leader in a meeting of group members on Monday, ahead of one other candidate, Cllr Glenn Jordan.

Cllr Fry lost a vote of no confidence in his leadership earlier this month. Cllr Patrick Nicholson has been acting leader but made it clear he was not...