Vale of White Horse District Council has formally announced the vacancy of the ward held by John Morgan.
Morgan, of Wantage, was convicted in January of stealing £154,000 from Berkshire pensioner Beryl Gittens and sentenced to five years in prison.
A by-election in his Wantage Charlton ward will be held in due course.
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