Labour have held the Dunston and Teams seat in the by-election held on Thursday 28th September. The new councillor is Pauline Dillon.
Liberal Democrat candidate Michael Ruddy came second, improving his share of the vote by 4%.
But it was a disappointing night for the fringe British National Party (BNP) who threw everything into the campaing. They turned up at the count hopeful of causing an upset. In the end they simply came in third.
Photo: Lib Dem candidate Michael Ruddy and agent Charles Jevon congratulate winning Labour candidate Pauline Dillon at the count for the Dunston and Teams by-election. Unhappy looking Conservative and BNP candidates are on the left and right respectively.
The Conservatives barely registered on the voters' radar screen, scoring only 6%, down 3% on the May elections.
1 comment:
I have just noticed the photgraph of the bnp on the right they dont look too unhappy to me. in fact they look positively optimistic after having looked up the results for the by-election I would say that they were over the moon. Considering they slashed the difference between yourselves and the BNP by almost 50% in as little as 6 months.And with an increase of 5.7%. I would say the BNP are slightly more than a fringe party wouldn't you? A little bit more of a threat this coming May with record numbers of candidates I believe too.
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