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Liberal Democrats win in Aston by-elections after Labour fraud
July 29, 2005 2:49 PM
Liberal Democrats win in Aston by-elections after Labour fraud
Yesterday saw the re-runs of the 2004 Local Elections in the Aston and Bordesley Green wards of Birmingham City Council. The re-runs were required after Labour were found guilty of vote-fraud earlier this year. The Liberal Democrats won the three Aston Seats and the PJP two and Labour one of the Bordesley Green seats.
The make-up of Birmingham City Council is now:
Labour 47
Conservative 39
Liberal Democrat 31
PJP 2
Vacancy 1
Birmingham City Council will continue to be run by a joint administration of the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. Earlier this a Labour Councillor for Tyburn ward resigned and a by-election will take place in due course.
The full result in Aston:
Ayoub Khan - Liberal Democrat - 2,081 votes
Abdul Aziz -Liberal Democrat - 2,044 votes
Abdul Khalique - Liberal Democrat - 1,905 votes
Ziaul Islam - Labour - 1,896 votes
Tony Kennedy - Labour - 1,843 votes
Changese Khan - Labour - 1,578 votes
Raja Iqbal - Conservative - 282 votes
Anna Dunstan - Green - 182 votes
David Masinda -Conservative - 166 votes
Mohamed Mushtaq - Conservative -148 votes
Three Liberal Democrats elected
Turnout 25.9%
The full result in Bordesley Green
Shoukat Ali Khan - PJP - 2,241 votes
Shafique Hussain Shah - Labour - 2,183 votes
Saeed Mohammed - PJP - 2,065 votes
Choudhry Zaker Ullah - PJP - 2,041 votes
Nazar Hussain - Labour - 2,009 votes
Stewart Charles Stacey - Labour - 1,875 votes
Qamar Nawaz - Liberal Democrat - 1,372 votes
Nazar Hussain - Liberal Democrat -1,117 votes
Azad Mohammed Aslam - Liberal Democrat - 1,058 votes
Alan Clawley - Green - 341votes
David Michael Fazakerly - Conservative 251 votes
Mohammed Omar Sharrif-Malik - Conservative - 154 votes
Jasbir Singh - Conservative - 153 votes
Two PJP and one Labour elected
Turnout 31.3%
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