SP win council by-election

international | politics / elections | news report Friday December 05, 2003 12:59 by SP

Last night the Socialist Party, the English section of the Committee for a Workers International (CWI) won a seat on Lewisham Council in London.

In a clear victory over a demoralised Labour, the Socialist Party won 590 votes, 100 more than the 490 for Labour, while the Schools campaign LEAP won 355 votes.

The SP candidate, Chris Flood, a psychiatric nurse and campaigner, joins Socialist Party councillor Ian Page.

Results were:

Socialist Party 590
Labour 490
LEAP 350
Liberal Democrats 155
Tories 121
Greens 88
UKIP 9