The mother of a 9-year-old girl who was killed in a Boston Street elected as councillor

The mother of a 9-year-old girl who was killed in a Boston Street has been elected as a councillor today,

Lina Savickeine had been standing for election as part of the Boston Independents who have put up 24 candidates for the election.

And it's that independent group who've now secured control of Boston Borough Council taking 19 seats in total.

Elsewhere, other Independents took five seats, the Blue Revolution Party took one and the Liberal Democrats have one.

Conservative leader Paul Skinner was one of several council bosses across the county to lose their seat, with others including South Holland’s Gary Porter and South Kesteven’s Kelham Cooke.

East Lindsey and South Kesteven councils are under no overall control having been Conservative previously.

There's also a hung council in West Lindsey with the Lib Dems the biggest party.

But the Tories held on in North and North East Lincolnshire and by one seat in South Holland.

Labour held Lincoln.

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