Post by ginnyg2 on Oct 18, 2024 15:31:54 GMT
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Labour has lost a local by-election to the Tories in south east London amid a Conservative campaign against police station closures and the scrapping of winter fuel allowance for many pensioners.
The Conservatives saw their vote jump 12 per cent in the Eltham Town and Avery Hill of Greenwich council, while Labour was down by almost nine.
Charlie Davis, who had previously been a councillor in the borough until May 2022, was returned to the town hall after running an unsuccessful campaign to become MP for Eltham and Chislehurst at the general election.
He picked up 1,522 votes in the ward, compared to Labour’s Chris McGurk who won 981. Reform came third with 290 votes.
During his campaign Mr Davis vowed to lobby Sadiq Khan for a new Metropolitan Police base in the area. Eltham Police Station was closed down by the Mayor in 2022 and recently demolished to make way for housing.
Labour has lost a local by-election to the Tories in south east London amid a Conservative campaign against police station closures and the scrapping of winter fuel allowance for many pensioners.
The Conservatives saw their vote jump 12 per cent in the Eltham Town and Avery Hill of Greenwich council, while Labour was down by almost nine.
Charlie Davis, who had previously been a councillor in the borough until May 2022, was returned to the town hall after running an unsuccessful campaign to become MP for Eltham and Chislehurst at the general election.
He picked up 1,522 votes in the ward, compared to Labour’s Chris McGurk who won 981. Reform came third with 290 votes.
During his campaign Mr Davis vowed to lobby Sadiq Khan for a new Metropolitan Police base in the area. Eltham Police Station was closed down by the Mayor in 2022 and recently demolished to make way for housing.