LIBERAL Democrat leaflets distributed in Saltford have incorrectly named a defeated council candidate as one of their councillors.

Candidate Hossein Pirooz missed out on being elected by just four votes in a B&NES by-election in January 2025. Independent Chris Warren won the knife edge 2025 by-election and is the village’s second councillor alongside Mr Hounsell.

More than a year later, Liberal Democrat activists were delivering leaflets titled “Cllr Duncan Hounsell and Cllr Hossein Pirooz’s local survey”, calling him a councillor.

A Liberal Democrat spokesperson said: “This was an office error, and the calling card only went to a maximum of 120 houses out of the 2,221 in Saltford before the mistake was noticed and pulled. Two full apologies were sent to Cllr Warren on March 31.”