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All eyes were on the battle for City Hall on Friday as results came in from across the capital throughout the day. At the same time, there were nine by-elections taking place in London across nine different local authorities which all returned the candidate from the incumbent party. In the Barnhill ward of Brent, Labour…
Continue readingThere were two by-elections in the east London local authorities of Barking and Dagenham and Tower Hamlets last Thursday (19 April). Independent candidate Gulam Robanni scraped a win from Labour hopeful Ala Uddin in the Spitalfields and Banglatown ward of Tower Hamlets. Only 43 votes separated the winner, who was openly backed by directly-elected mayor…
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There was no surprise yesterday as Labour held on to its seat in the London Borough of Barnet to take a decisive victory. Despite the dominance of the Conservative administration in the rest of the borough, Arjun Mittra took an extra 16.6% of votes from the party compared to the last election, receiving 2,117 votes….
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The Conservative Party held on to their council seat in the London borough of Wandsworth yesterday despite losing a large majority from the 2010 local elections. A Southfields ward by-election was called in Wandsworth following the resignation of the Conservative incumbent Lucy Allen in February. In the by-election that took place yesterday, the Conservative candidate Kim Caddy…
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The Liberal Democrats retained their council seat in the Dollis Hill by-election held in the London borough of Brent yesterday. Alison Hopkins won the seat with 1,205 votes, beating Labour candidate Parvez Ahmed by just 37 votes. The by-election was held following the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Alec Castle, who died last month having…
Continue readingThe Lib Dems retained their seat in the Worcester Park (Sutton) by-election last night. Roger Roberts secured the seat with 1,367 votes, beating Conservative candidate Simon Densley by 390 votes. The by-election was called following the resignation last month of Lib Dem councillor Jennifer Campbell-Klomps, who left her post due to moving abroad. In the 2010 London…
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There was no surprise in the Wembley Central by-election yesterday (Thursday 22 December) as Labour retained the council seat with a 2.3% swing from the Liberal Democrats since the 2010 local election here. Krupa Sheth of the Labour Party was elected with 1,402 votes beating the Liberal Democrat Afifa Pervez with a majority of 380. The Conservative…
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It was a busy day in the capital yesterday for returning officers as one new Member of Parliament and two new councillors were elected. The Labour Party secured a decisive yet predictable win in the Feltham and Heston constituency yesterday. Seema Malhotra (pictured), a former management consultant for Accenture and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, polled 12,639 votes in…
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Last Thursday (10 November) saw two London Labour wins in by-elections that took place in Islington and Redbridge. In the St Mary’s ward of Islington neighbouring ward of Conservative Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s residence, Labour candidate Gary Poole won a resounding victory – described as a landside in the Islington Gazette.Poole picked up 1,128…
Continue readingThe Shortlands ward by-election that took place yesterday (20 October) returned a Conservative councillor in a result that was wholeheartedly expected. David Jefferys easily won the Bromley Council seat vacated by his Conservative predecessor George Taylor in August 2011 for professional reasons. Taylor had won the council seat during the local elections back in May…
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