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Lib Dems win Whitefoot by-election
Liberal Democrat candidate, Pete Pattisson, has won the Whitefoot ward by-election held on Thursday 13th September. The result was:
Labour's failure to capture the seat will be an unexpected blow to the sitting Labour MP, Bridget Prentice, who could lose her parliamentary seat of Lewisham East at the next general election. The Lib Dems are the largest opposition party in Lewisham with seventeen councillors. 14th September 2007
Lewisham's Lib Dems are hoping to add a new councillor to their group on 13th September. That's when voters in Whitefoot ward go to the polls in a local council by-election. The Lib Dems are the largest opposition party on Lewisham Council with sixteen councillors. Former school teacher, Pete Pattisson, is hoping to join Lib Dem councillors Dan Houghton and Cathy Priddey who have represented Whitefoot ward since May last year. Pete has been campaigning on local issues such as the Excalibur pre-fabs estate and saving Whitefoot's team of Police Community Support Officers. He has also joined Lib Dem councillors in campaigning to save a local blood clinic and prevent inappropriate housing developments in the area. The contest is likely to be a two horse race between the Lib
Dems and Labour. Voting takes place from 7am to 10pm on
Thursday, 13th September.
5th September 2007
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The Whitefoot by-election takes place on Thursday, 13th September. |