Tag Archives: andrew kilburn

Liberal Democrats win Waltham Forest recount

A specially-constituted election court has announced that the Liberal Democrats have won a recount of the May 6 election result in High Street Ward, London Borough of Waltham Forest.

The recount took place in private on July 30 before a judge at the High Court after a member of the public spotted a potential error at the original count on May 6. It was thought that 1,000 votes may have been mistakenly added to each of the Labour candidates’ tallies.

From the Waltham Forest Guardian:

Lib Dem nominee Mahmood Hussain is now the new councillor for the ward, at the expense

…

Posted in Election law and News | Also tagged , , and | 9 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • Matt (Bristol)
    Oops, Richard Cripps not Roger Billins....
  • Matt (Bristol)
    Oh, and Roger Billins, I no longer see the party as a party of consensus, certainly not democratically derived negotiated consensus. Maybe the party of a consen...
  • Matt (Bristol)
    I don't think the Lib Dem problem is a lack of zippy slogans. I think, if anything, its a prioritisation of zippy slogans. Neither Badenoch or Burnham seem to h...
  • Graham Jeffs
    The point made by Roger Billins is extremely worrying. I, too, am part of this brigade. The reality is that the party leaders don't seem to have any concern ...
  • Big Tall Tim
    Mick Taylor has it spot on....