a south gloucestershire councillor leads for the conservative group on south wiltshire council.ssage and we'll have to see what the result brings in a few hours' time. if the labour candidate grew up here but moved to london and said that he would move back, we're having this by election because chris skidmore, the former conservative mp, resigned, said that the government should be pushing ahead more quickly with net zero policies and he's since refused to endorse the conservative party in this byelection and said that if you lose then you should take a lesson from that, that people want to hear more about green issues. is that the lesson that you would take if you were to lose here? well, firstly, chris is a very good friend of mine. i still speak to him regularly and very much wish him well, although i disagree with the decision he took. he actually has said in the last few days that he greatly admires the conservative candidate on a personal level. so i think we'll see what the result brings in a few hours' time and not to start speculating about what it might, may or may no