Signage for the Reform UK party.A Reform UK councillor has resigned just a week after being elected.Des Clarke said he was unable to represent voters “in the way they deserve”.Clarke was one of 40 Reform UK candidates elected to Nottinghamshire County Council last Thursday as the right-wing party seized control of the local authority.He received 909 votes to win in the Newark West ward, more than 100 votes clear of his Tory rival.But in a statement days later, the party said Clarke was “not in a position to represent the people of Newark West in the way they deserve, while at the same time continuing his career in social care, about which he is very passionate.”Local Tory MP and shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick criticised the former councillor.Posting on X, he said: “Just 7 days after being elected the Reform councillor in Newark has resigned saying he’s ‘not in a position to represent the people of Newark in the way they deserve’. Perhaps he should have thought about that before standing. Thousands of £ will now be wasted on a by-election.”Just 7 days after being elected the Re