Labour storm to Kentish Town by-election win

Friday October 29, 2010

1AM RESULTS REPORT

CAMDEN'S Labour Party are celebrating a storming victory in yesterday's Kentish Town by-election. Winner Jenny Headlam-Wells trounced the field as she was elected as a councillor in a ward where the party already holds the other two seats at the Town Hall. Only six months ago, the neighbourhood was represented wholly by Liberal Democrats. Their candidate Nick Russell, himself a former councillor, fell nearly 700 votes short this time. The ballot was called following the death of Labour councillor Dave Horan last month.

FULL RESULT

Jenny Headlam-Wells (Labour) 1,411

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Nick Russell (Liberal Democrats) 715

Naomi Aptowitzer (Green) 349

Will Blair (Conservative) 186

More updates and reaction folllows on Friday. Email your thoughts to Richard Osley at rosley@camdennewjournal.co.uk for inclusion.

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