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Wonderful photo from the Faraday by-election

By Newspuppy | Sun 24th January 2016 - 3:15 pm

Last Thursday, after an energetic campaign, 18 year old Liberal Democrat candidate Lauren Pemberton-Nelson achieved an 8.2% rise in our vote share, more than doubling it to 14.5%.

One theme that came across from the campaign was how brilliant a candidate she was. Tom Brake had this to say about her when he went to help:

Really impressed with Lauren Pemberton-Nelson #LibDems candidate in Faraday ward. She would shake-up Labour on Southwark Council.

— Tom Brake MP (@thomasbrake) January 14, 2016

We’ve been sent one special photo by regular LDV contributor Ruth Bright who represented the Faraday ward on Southwark Council before Lauren was born.

Here she is with Lauren on the Aylesbury Estate where Lauren has lived for most of her life.

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Posted in News | Also tagged local government by-elections. ruth bright and southwark | 13 Comments

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