Kesteven

But North Kesteven District Council's electoral registration officer found that Dame Andrea was using her Lincolnshire home as her primary residence.

Dame Andrea was added to the North Kesteven electoral roll at an address in Bassingham, near Lincoln, this month.

Mrs Overton, who is an independent councillor on North Kesteven District Council and Lincolnshire County Council, is worried that scrapping smaller councils will mean fewer are led by independents.

About 100 properties have been flooded in Lincolnshire, where warnings are in place countywide from Brigg in North Lincolnshire to Market Deeping in South Kesteven.

The inquiry, chaired by Lady Justice Thirlwall, heard that the case of Beverley Allitt, a nurse who killed four babies at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital in 1991, was referenced in Letby's training.