May 2, 2008

End of the road for ‘Independents’ in Birmingham

Sallyann Rose

Labour had a poor set of election results in Birmingham on May 1st, losing ground to the Conservatives, and falling to a level only slightly ahead of the Liberal Democrats. Labour lost 6 seats to the Conservatives. The Lib Dems stayed the same, -they have 32 of the 120 seats on the City Council. [...]

May 2, 2008

Ann Holtom wins election for Tyburn

Ann Holtom (Liberal Democrat ) held her seat as Councillor for Tyburn Ward yesterday at the Birmingham Council elections. She had a majority of 508 over Des Hughes (Labour) who came second. Ann won the seat for Labour in 2004, and transferred to the Liberal Democrat party during her time in office. The turnout yesterday [...]