It's emerged a North Somerset councillor was taken to court for not paying his council tax.

Conservative Carl Francis-Pester, also the chairman of Clevedon Town Council's finance committee and local Mp Liam Fox's election agent, owed 904 pounds last September.

He was also taken to court by Wessex Water and order to pay 825 pounds.

Mister Francis-Pester hasn't responded when asked to comment.