Labour wins by-election

Labour held off the challenge of the independents to win the Shevington with Lower Ground by-election.

By The Newsroom

Published 15th Dec 2017, 08:20 BST

Updated 15th Dec 2017, 09:40 BST

Marlaine Whitham became the chamber's newest elected representative after gaining 765 votes.

The Shevington Independents' candidate, Janet Brown, was the ward runner-up for the second election in a row, gaining 552 votes.

Conservative Callum Chadwick came third with 402 with Joseph Rylance for the Green Party and Liberal Democrat Joshua Hindle rounding out the field on 30 and 15 votes respectively.

Turnout was 18.7 per cent.

The by-election was called after former Labour backbencher Damian Edwardson stepped down.

Labour Turnout